Posts Tagged ‘japan’
Final Fantasy Type-0 dated for Japan with trailer and gameplay video
While a Western release for Final Fantasy Type-0 on PSP is still a little uncertain at this point, it’s a foregone conclusion for Japan – Square Enix recently announced a date and price [...]
Western release for Final Fantasy Type-0 still uncertain
It seems like just the other day when it was a sure bet that any Final Fantasy game released in Japan would make it to the West sooner or later. Even spin-offs like Chocobo Racing and Ehrgeiz were [...]
PlayStation Store returning to Japan on 6 July
Sony Computer Entertainment announced today that 6 July will mark the end of the extended PlayStation Store outage in Japan. Sony’s motherland is ironically the last region in the world to have [...]
Media Create Japanese Software Sales for week ending 26th June: Atelier Meruru and Steins;Gate steal the show
This week’s Japanese software chart is awash with natively-developed games and homegrown properties such as Atelier Meruru, Steins;Gate, Gundam and Bleach. Nothing is really setting the charts [...]
Media Create Japanese Hardware Sales for week ending June 26th: PSP reclaims the top spot
After last week’s 3DS top spot surprise, the Media Create hardware chart returns to the pecking order we’ve grown used to over the last few months. Numbers are generally down from last [...]
Media Create Japanese Software Sales for week ending 19th June: Ocarina of Time 3D gallops into 2nd spot
This week there are two titles battling for the bragging rights associated with pole position. Little Battler Xperience (PSP) just manages to pip Ocarina of Time 3D (3DS) to the post, winning the [...]
Media Create Japanese Hardware Sales for week ending 19th June: 3DS finally claims the #1 spot
I’m happy to report that 3DS finally managed to displace PSP from the numero uno position on the Japanese charts, shifting an impressive 40 649 units during the last week. Don’t get me [...]
Sony confirms existence of new PlayStation 3 model for Japan
Following a quick-fire round of rumours, Sony has formally confirmed that a lighter iteration of the PlayStation 3 is on the way, and will come standard with a larger hard drive while featuring lower [...]
PlayStation Store still offline in Japan
Is it not bizarre that the only place in the world where the PlayStation Store is still unavailable is the very country where Sony and its successful family of consoles were conceived? Japanese [...]
PS Vita might miss holiday launch for PAL territories, Japan
For a while now, the launch date of PS Vita for the main territories (Japan, USA and Europe) has been a source of much debate. When the devastating earthquake and tsunami struck Japan earlier this [...]
Media Create Japanese Software Sales for week ending 5th June: Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D guns down its rivals
There are only two new entries on this week’s Media Create software chart, which unfortunately doesn’t make for very impressive reading sales-wise. Nintendo was the big winner this [...]
