In this post-Modern Warfare 2 world, a number like five million may seem insignificant -- even laughable, to some. But hey, don't knock the PS3's latest accomplishment of selling 5,001,598 consoles in Japan.
Famitsu brings us the news, along with the top-selling games on the platform so far: Final Fantasy XIII is first with 1,883,828 units, Metal Gear Solid 4 takes second with 706,461 and Yakuza 4 -- which was just released a few weeks ago -- comes in third, selling an impressive 526,093 copies so far. Gosh, the only thing that's missing is a Dragon Quest.
[Via Andriasang]
Reader Comments (59)
Posted: Apr 13th 2010 3:42PM (Unverified) said
The 360 deserves to be ahead. Japan is just too set in their ways to move on.
Posted: Apr 13th 2010 4:01PM (Unverified) said
Yep, the Japanese really want to
Pay to play online
pay for overpriced peripherals that will only work on the 360
1990 disc tray
LOUD disc drive and fan
multi disc games
inferior 1st party games...graphics, size, scale, AI....you name it
the power brick
replace battery after battery
vs
FREE online
blu-ray player
ability to use almost anything that has a USB port
no power brick
slot loading drive
no battery replacements
Yep, The Japanese are just to biased and set in their ways/
I mean....the HATE McDonalds right? They HATE American movies, they HATE American culture.
Reply
Pay to play online
pay for overpriced peripherals that will only work on the 360
1990 disc tray
LOUD disc drive and fan
multi disc games
inferior 1st party games...graphics, size, scale, AI....you name it
the power brick
replace battery after battery
vs
FREE online
blu-ray player
ability to use almost anything that has a USB port
no power brick
slot loading drive
no battery replacements
Yep, The Japanese are just to biased and set in their ways/
I mean....the HATE McDonalds right? They HATE American movies, they HATE American culture.
Posted: Apr 13th 2010 6:36PM Chopper731 said
After perusing this site for some time I have come to realize that wii60dsgamer is the biggest buffoon on Joystiq. He is either mentally challenged, very young or just plain ignorant... I am hoping for mentally challenged in which case I will forgive him for his comments.
Reply
Posted: Apr 13th 2010 4:18PM Elranzer said
"Gosh, the only thing that's missing is a Dragon Quest."
This is because Dragon Quest is always published on the most popular system (in Japan) at the time. This is why Dragon Quest IX was on DS, as it far outnumbered every console. Dragon Quest X is headed to Wii.
This is because Dragon Quest is always published on the most popular system (in Japan) at the time. This is why Dragon Quest IX was on DS, as it far outnumbered every console. Dragon Quest X is headed to Wii.
Posted: Apr 14th 2010 2:28AM (Unverified) said
I take it from the post modern warfare 2 comment your referring to that cock Bob the baldy bowlings claims of 25 million unique users. PMSL BS. If they removed all the banned xbox users and multiple accounts from playstation3 it'd probably be closer to 5,000,000.
Go japan!!!
Go japan!!!
Posted: Apr 13th 2010 6:37PM (Unverified) said
VGChartz is spot on, then.
Posted: Apr 13th 2010 8:00PM JRMG said
I think PS3 and 360 are still too expensive for Japanese families (never mind that those systems hardly cater to family gaming, and the japanese family culture is far stronger than it is in the US. Meaning: the single, teenage, basement-playing stoner is non-existant in Japan).
It's much easier to be individual/isolated playing portable games in Japan; likely why the PSP is so much more popular in Japan compared to America.
It's much easier to be individual/isolated playing portable games in Japan; likely why the PSP is so much more popular in Japan compared to America.
Featured Stories
Super Joystiq Podcast 004: 38 Studios meltdown, Gravity Rush, Civilization 5: Gods & Kings, Dragon's Dogma
Posted on May 25th 2012 3:30PM





