Namco Bandai leading boxed retail sales in Japan for 2011 (thus far)

by Ben Gilbert on Jul 19th 2011 1:54PM

Namco Bandai is leading the pack in boxed retail software revenues in Japan, according to a surprising report in Japanese gaming mag Famitsu. Topping the likes of Nintendo, Square Enix, and Sony Computer Entertainment, Namco Bandai (known as Bandai Namco in Japan, where Bandai is king) is finding success with giant robots -- namely, Super Robot Wars Z 2, a PSP strategy game that sold well in April, and Ore no Imōto, a PSP adventure game.

Second and third place are occupied by Nintendo and Square Enix, respectively, with the former representing 15.5 percent of Japanese software revenues and the latter taking 8.2 percent (a massive decline for both companies compared with last year). Meanwhile, Sony Computer Entertainment and Spike make up the bottom of the list, likely due to their total lack of games about super robots and the wars that said super robots continue to fight.

Via: Gamasutra
Source: Famitsu

Tags: bandai-namco, japan, namco, namco-bandai, nintendo, ore-no-imoto, playstation, psp, sales, sony, sony-computer-entertainment, spike, square-enix, super-robot-wars-z-2

Reader Comments (19)

ORE WA GUNDAMU!

@DarkKingSilvers
MOEAGARE! MOEAGARE! MOEAGARE, GANDAMU!

I guess they cannot have enough SUPER ROBOT WAR GAMES!

MECHAAAAAAAA PRRRRIDE

That reminds me, I still need to give Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3 a try...

@EvilCartographer look at the mission dlc items you can pay to unlock and hopefully you will sing a different tune. Loathe is the word I feel.

@Fire Walk With Me
Depends. Did you already play Dynasty Warriors Gundam 1 or DWG 2?

If yes, then you're good

@EvilCartographer if you hated DWG1 ....give it a try. If you hated DWG2, dont bother its better but not much different [1 was terrible compared to 2 and 3 tho]. It's also a lot of fun split-screen but the online can be completed in about an hour with decent leveled mechs/characters.

I know licensing would be a terri-bad mess, but they really should consider bringing over the new sequels to Super Robot Wars over to America!

I hope that Koei/Tecmo is near the bottom. What they are doing with dlc is so blatant it is laughable. My 2012 Christmas wish is for them to go bankrupt.

@Fire Walk With Me
I too, wish for people to lose their jobs and companies to go bankrupt for Christmas.

@Cypher FDP Japanese dont celebrate Santa so its cool.

Awesome, another company that I won't be supporting thanks to the Capcom model of charging for every little thing.

Oh well, maybe a rental

@EvilCartographer

ugh, reply fail

Never understood that countries obsession with giant flying robots. Doesn't it get boring after the last 20 identical games hardly do anything new?

@HighFiveJesus its the same as the West's obsession with Harry Potter. Normal people who all of a sudden are granted great power. It is a common theme in pop media the world over. They like robots we like guys in skin tight suits.