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Title: Japanese games of 2003 & hardware sales
Post by: ooseven on January 07, 2004, 11:47:22 AM
Top 30 Games of 2003

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Consoles

Playstation 2
Christmas Week - 173,435
Year of 2003 - 2,979,035

Gamecube
Christmas Week - 106,070
Year of 2003 - 978,770

Xbox
Christmas Week - 1559
Year of 2003 - 99,959

Gameboy Advance (SP)
Christmas Week - 168,231
Year of 2003 - 3,499,231
Title: Japanese games of 2003 & hardware sales
Post by: Samwise on January 07, 2004, 12:00:10 PM
I haven\'t even heard about 2/3 of those games.
Title: Japanese games of 2003 & hardware sales
Post by: ooseven on January 07, 2004, 12:04:24 PM
[frodo voice] Oh Sam ;) [/frodo voice]

Dont worry ...most of them still have their Japanese names buddy.

Wining Eleven = Pro Evolution Soccer
Shin Sangoku Musou 3 = Dynasty Warriors
Title: Japanese games of 2003 & hardware sales
Post by: Living-In-Clip on January 07, 2004, 05:22:21 PM
Is that by sales? Because if DMC2 sold enough to even get on the list, well, life sucks/
Title: Japanese games of 2003 & hardware sales
Post by: Eiksirf on January 07, 2004, 06:33:52 PM
Wow. Nintendo didn\'t do half bad.

-Eik
Title: Japanese games of 2003 & hardware sales
Post by: Lord Nicon on January 07, 2004, 06:34:31 PM
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Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
Is that by sales? Because if DMC2 sold enough to even get on the list, well, life sucks/

I was just going to say that.


The X biting it really hard i see.
Title: Japanese games of 2003 & hardware sales
Post by: Capcom on January 07, 2004, 09:36:06 PM
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Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
Is that by sales? Because if DMC2 sold enough to even get on the list, well, life sucks/


LIC we both bought that one. As did a ton of other people even after the reviewers were talking about how horrible it was. Devil May Cry 1 sold 2 to everyone.
Title: Japanese games of 2003 & hardware sales
Post by: ooseven on January 08, 2004, 12:20:37 AM
Didn\'t see this one but

17.Gran Turismo 4 Prologue (PS2, Sony) - 491,181

:eek: That much for whats basiclly a demo disk

Mind you i shouldn\'t be shocked, most people bought ZOE just for the MGS2 demo.
Title: Japanese games of 2003 & hardware sales
Post by: Ginko on January 08, 2004, 05:50:55 AM
Wow!  I like how well FFX-2 has done.  That probably means we can look forward to more sequels!  

YAY!!!!
Crosses fingers for a FFIX sequel....puhleeeeease!!!!!
Title: Japanese games of 2003 & hardware sales
Post by: ooseven on January 08, 2004, 06:07:07 AM
hey ginko help me out here... my sarcasm detector is broke. ;)
Title: Japanese games of 2003 & hardware sales
Post by: Ginko on January 08, 2004, 06:10:19 AM
meh?

FFX-2 my PS2 GOTY 2003...no kidding.  

And just for the record I would cream myself if they announced a FFIX sequel...
Title: Japanese games of 2003 & hardware sales
Post by: ooseven on January 08, 2004, 06:16:10 AM
or VIII sequel

or am i taking that a BIT to far ?
Title: Japanese games of 2003 & hardware sales
Post by: Ginko on January 08, 2004, 06:24:02 AM
VIII was [little girl\'s voice]borrrring[/little girl\'s voice].  

They would need to change a few things, like drop the draw system.  On the other hand it was directed quite well, the FMV\'s were beautifully done.  Thinks of the communications tower, train, and dance scenes.:)
Title: *Darth Vader Voice* Impressive … most impressive
Post by: ooseven on January 08, 2004, 07:07:10 AM
Taken from penny-arcade.

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Sony sells over 100,000 PSX units
» Company grabs 35% market share in just over three months
News | Tuesday, January 6, 2004 | Rahul Choudhury [European Correspondent]

Sony announced this week that holiday sales of its newest piece of entertainment hardware, the all-in-one PSX, had been healthy despite a high price.

"We sold 100,000 PSXs in the first week," said Ken Kutaragi, Sony\'s Executive Deputy President who is also responsible for making the Playstation brand into the powerhouse that it is today, "It sells for almost 100,000 yen ($941) and it still sold out. There are no products out there that can say that."

The PSX, which launched on December 13 in Japan, is the company\'s first play at the market for a moderately priced comprehensive media player. It can play and write DVDs, along with playing videogames using the same microprocessor as the PS2 console.

Kutaragi stated that Sony had managed to overtake Matsushita in this area, its main competitor in the electronics market. Sony\'s market share for DVD recorders with hard disk drives climbed from around 1 percent to 35 percent in December, slightly beating Matsushita\'s share.

Matsushita responded by blaming the introduction of new products, which includes the PSX, for the large increase. With such a near-equal share of the market, the company still expects to "come out on top" later on this year


If its true then the scaled down PSX in one week managed to out sell the annual X box by 41 units.

:eek:
Title: Japanese games of 2003 & hardware sales
Post by: Lord Nicon on January 08, 2004, 10:18:37 AM
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Originally posted by Ginko
meh?

FFX-2 my PS2 GOTY 2003...no kidding.  

And just for the record I would cream myself if they announced a FFIX sequel...

Wow.

This coming from Mr. I used to swing on Xbox\'s nuts.:p  j/k. But seriously FFX-2? Not saying its a horrible game but GOTY is a stretch.
Title: Japanese games of 2003 & hardware sales
Post by: Living-In-Clip on January 08, 2004, 01:05:24 PM
Is that list right? Because I don\'t see \'Zelda: The Wind Waker\' anywhere on that list, but I see the Mario Kart Double Dash..

If I\'m right and the list is right..Well, life just sucks.
Title: Japanese games of 2003 & hardware sales
Post by: Jumpman on January 08, 2004, 03:05:51 PM
Every Final Fantasy has sucked. Enough said.
Title: Japanese games of 2003 & hardware sales
Post by: Ginko on January 08, 2004, 03:22:48 PM
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Originally posted by Lord Nicon
Wow.

This coming from Mr. I used to swing on Xbox\'s nuts.:p  j/k. But seriously FFX-2? Not saying its a horrible game but GOTY is a stretch.


I listed it as my PS2 GOTY.  My GOTY across all consoles is Zelda: Wind Waker by a long shot.

As for FFX-2, after finishing the first chapter I thoroughly enjoyed every bit of the game there after.

As for the nuts...well, a little variety never hurts;)
Title: Japanese games of 2003 & hardware sales
Post by: Blade on January 08, 2004, 06:02:43 PM
LiC: Note.. Zelda was released in 2002 in Japan.
Title: Japanese games of 2003 & hardware sales
Post by: Bozco on January 09, 2004, 11:58:40 AM
Thats pathetic how not open to an american console the Japanese are.  It makes me want Microsoft to stick it to them because thats a joke that they won\'t even give it a chance.
Title: Japanese games of 2003 & hardware sales
Post by: Lord Nicon on January 10, 2004, 12:56:52 PM
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Originally posted by Bozco
Thats pathetic how not open to an american console the Japanese are.  It makes me want Microsoft to stick it to them because thats a joke that they won\'t even give it a chance.

:laughing: Id be with you too. That is if i didnt hate the Xbox. j/k you just sound so damn frustrated. As for mariocart DD, its ok and i can play it for a while but compared to any of the other games this one blows. To me that is.

And for you jumpy. To Each His Own