NWO said:The first Outbreak outsold RE4 but so did Zero and Remake. RE4 was also censored in Japan so you can't blame them for not wanting to play a game that has all the fun taking out of it. The PS2 version WILL BE CENSORED as well so its not going to do well in Japan either.
Zero and REmake outsold it eventually, or do you mean by this point (4 months after release at full price)? It's pointless to compare their To Date sales numbers....
In any case, I don't think being censored has anything to do with it. You haven't been able to blow off zombies' heads for awhile in jpn REs, I'm sure they are used to it by now (more likely don't even realize it).