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[mattiewheels]

According to another thread, Blue Dragon sold 120K in December.

wow, that's pretty damn good for a DOA system. go go gaijin box.

 

[vissione]

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[Speevy]

that's what google said you wrote, anyway

Indeed.

That's the marketing campaign for this game.

 

[Odysseus]

Indeed.

That's the marketing campaign for this game.

the marketing is a bad translation of a bad translation of a cover of mad world?

no wonder microsoft can't sell anything in japan.

 

[Speevy]

the marketing is a bad translation of a bad translation of a cover of mad world?

World of Lunatic.

 

[speculawyer]

It's a 'Z' rated game (in Japan) which kinda equates to an 'AO' rated game in the US, meaning, it ain't gonna sell squat (compared to the US release)

UNFAIR TRADE BARRIER, IMHO! Jeez, like it is any worse than the Japanese fighting games and the tentacle rape.

 

[MickeyKnox]

Ironicaly, I think Ghost in the Shell for now is exclusive to HD-DVD. Bandai stated in a press release iHD as one of the reasons for supporting HD-DVD. Sony and the Blu-Ray group made a big mistake not supporting this technology.

LooooooooooooL

 

[mckmas8808]

LooooooooooooL

Why would somebody lie about something that so obvious?

 

[CoolTrick]

Are there any other Shinobi numbers yet? I don't know why people don't post them as soon as they're put up.

 

[Jonnyram]

Except for the fact that Ghost in the Shell : Innocence is already out on bluray?
Nice try that has nothing to do with the thread though.

Different publisher.
Patlabor and Freedom are confirmed for HD-DVD because of HDi, and another site listed Cowboy Bebop and GitS for HD-DVD too. I think basically Innocence is on Blu-Ray purely because of Buena Vista's involvement. All the other movies are Bandai Visual only.

 

[john tv]

It's not gonna sell here. Move along.

 

[Sho Nuff]

Have you guys seen some of the youtube marketing for Japanese GoW?

Here is one of them, it's a video blog from a Japanese girl who keeps getting eaten by a Gears monster who lives under her bed and in her closet.

The actual blog is here with embedded videos. I haven't watched them all yet.

 

[Odysseus]

It's not gonna sell here. Move along.

hi-octane, dude

of course, that could mean they sold 93 copies.

 

[gbovo]

UNFAIR TRADE BARRIER, IMHO! Jeez, like it is any worse than the Japanese fighting games and the tentacle rape.

ESRB (US Ratings) CERO (Japan Ratings)
E (Everyone) = A
T (Teen) = B
M (Mature) = C
AO (Adult Only) = Z

 

[Brimstone]

NO ****ING WAY IS THIS TRUE? A BIG REASON WHY I NEED A PS3 IS TO EXPERIENCE SOLID STATE SOCIETY IN HD. LINK PLEASE?

http://www.activeanime.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4349


Nothing stops Bandai from releasing on Blu-Ray, but HDi is a highly desired technology. When it came time time to vote for the interactive standards for HD-DVD HDi recieved 19 votes and Java 2. It was overwhelmingly choosen.

HDi was even won the majority vote in the Blu-Ray group as well, but was over ruled by higher powers.



I read somewhere that Ken Kutaragi likes Ghost in the Shell.

 

[ThirdEye]

When Lost Planet couldn't get in the chart what can you expect for GoW

 

[Speevy]

So all the A, B, and C games aren't what we (Americans) would consider "adults only"?

 

[a Master Ninja]

Have you guys seen some of the youtube marketing for Japanese GoW?

Here is one of them, it's a video blog from a Japanese girl who keeps getting eaten by a Gears monster who lives under her bed and in her closet.

The actual blog is here with embedded videos. I haven't watched them all yet.

Sweet Christ! Gears + Hot Japanese School Girls = Pleasure Overload

 

[Deleted member 17706]

完全に私のまわりに、表面から身に着けられているを用いる場所から身に着けられているを用いる顔なじみは、ある。私が私の悲哀をたいと思う私の頭部、否明日を明日浸し隠してはいけない。そして私は私が死んでいる夢が私が持っていたあることが最もよいこと、それをちょっとおかしい、私見つけるそれをちょっと悲しい見つける。気違いの世界。

Grats on throwing some English sentence into Babelfish and producing some wacky nonsensical Japanese?

Anyway, this game does seem to be selling quite well for an Xbox 360 game in Japan. The stores around me are sold out of it as of yesterday, but I doubt they ordered many to begin with. Bigger stores generally have stock, though.

The day it came it, it seemed like everyone on my friend's list (Japanese people) had purchased it. Almost all of my friends were online and they were all playing Gears of War. This wasn't even the case with Blue Dragon.

I expect it to sell more than 30,000 units, but I will be surprised if it breaks 50,000 in its first week. I believe they initial shipped numbers are less than 100,000 anyway.

Also, only the top three pictures in the original post say anything about the game being sold out. The bottom two pictures are just descriptions / advertisements for the game.

 

[Speevy]

Grats on throwing some English sentence into Babelfish and producing some wacky nonsensical Japanese?

I'm easily amused. And those were just the Mad World lyrics. I thought the idea of seeing the whole song being sung in another language was cute, but I didn't know how to post that.

 

[Dalauz]

with every copy, confirmed.

 

[Deleted member 17706]

I'm easily amused. And those were just the Mad World lyrics. I thought the idea of seeing the whole song being sung in another language was cute, but I didn't know how to post that.

Haha. I should have realized that. Sorry

 

[Muppet345]

Please don't tell me people are latching onto this as the next game to save the 360 in Japan.

 

[Greenpanda]

Have you guys seen some of the youtube marketing for Japanese GoW?

Here is one of them, it's a video blog from a Japanese girl who keeps getting eaten by a Gears monster who lives under her bed and in her closet.

The actual blog is here with embedded videos. I haven't watched them all yet.

That's pretty clever / awesome.

 

[Rhazer Fusion]

Resistance didn't sell over 100,000 wtf:lol

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=128989

Sony PS3:

Hardware = 553,033 through Jan 14/07 (MC)
Tie Ratio = 0.59 (See note at bottom)

116,000 Mobile Suit Gundam: Target in Sight (Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire) (Bandai) (11/11/06) – rounded off through Jan 14/07 (MC)
100,000 Resistance: Jinrui Botsuraku no Hi (Resistance: Fall of Man) (Sony) (11/11/06) – rounded off through Jan 14/07 (MC)
98,616 Ridge Racer 7 (Namco) (11/11/06) – through Dec 31/06
9,543 Genji: Kamui Souran (Genji: Days of the Blade) (Sony) (11/11/06) - through Nov 12/06
2,000 Mahjong Fight Club: Zenkoku Taisenban (Konami) (11/16/06) – rounded off through Nov 19/06 (MC)
1,410 Miyasato Miyoshi Kyoudai Naizou: Sega Golf Club (Sega) (11/11/06) - through Nov 12/06 (MC)

327,569 Total

What is this then?

 

[Odysseus]

Please don't tell me people are latching onto this as the next game to save the 360 in Japan.

they aren't

 

[GhaleonEB]

Please don't tell me people are latching onto this as the next game to save the 360 in Japan.

It's the next game to be released in Japan. I think that's all we can call it.

When did it come out?

 

[Muppet345]

they aren't

Righto!

Those video logs are awesome.

 

[Odysseus]

It's the next game to be released in Japan. I think that's all we can call it.

When did it come out?

those signs say emergence day was 1/18/07

 

[Deleted member 17706]

It's the next game to be released in Japan. I think that's all we can call it.

When did it come out?

On the 18th in Japan.

 

[Mar]

Gears is selling in Japan?

Dogs and cats. Living together.

 

[mollipen]

Ironicaly, I think Ghost in the Shell for now is exclusive to HD-DVD. Bandai stated in a press release iHD as one of the reasons for supporting HD-DVD. Sony and the Blu-Ray group made a big mistake not supporting this technology.

Probably has something to do with not wanting Microsoft to rule yet another piece of the digital world.

 

[CliffyB]

I always held out hopes for the game in Japan. It's too soon to tell but my fingers are crossed. 3rd person + Monsters + Polish could mean a hit!

 

[AlteredBeast]

don't you get any inside info on how it is selling, cliff?

 

[mollipen]

Have you guys seen some of the youtube marketing for Japanese GoW?

Here is one of them, it's a video blog from a Japanese girl who keeps getting eaten by a Gears monster who lives under her bed and in her closet.

The actual blog is here with embedded videos. I haven't watched them all yet.

This is, seriously... greatest thing ever.

 

[OverHeat]

with every copy, confirmed.

Im importing one right now!!!!

 

[Sho Nuff]

I always held out hopes for the game in Japan. It's too soon to tell but my fingers are crossed. 3rd person + Monsters + Polish could mean a hit!

Hey Cliffy, here's how to make Gears more popular in Japan:

- Make Marcus female
- Make armor pink, with plunging necklines
- Affiliate yourself with disposable large-chested Japanese pop star who will sing the "image song" which plays, uhh, during the final battle with RAAM or something

 

[Deepblue]

I always held out hopes for the game in Japan. It's too soon to tell but my fingers are crossed. 3rd person + Monsters + Polish could mean a hit!

You haven't been posting enough lately. You cannot escape the GAF!

I do remember reading somewhere (your blog?) that the game was a hit with the Japanese press back at TGS(?).

 

[Jonnyram]

large-chested Japanese pop star

Gackt?

 

[Muppet345]

Gackt?

Man, I'd motorboat those gagonzas.

 

[Adam Blade]

Gackt?

Oh no you didn't...

 

[speculawyer]

ESRB (US Ratings) CERO (Japan Ratings)
E (Everyone) = A
T (Teen) = B
M (Mature) = C
AO (Adult Only) = Z

What is your point? How many AAA games get AO in the USA? Zero. (Except for GTA:SA after the accident 'Hot Coffee' debacle.) AO is only for porno basically. As far as I know, nothing has ever gotten AO on violence alone in the USA. There has got to be Japanese games with as much violence as Gears. (Or are all their games like Mario?)

 

[marvelharvey]

What is your point? How many AAA games get AO in the USA? Zero. (Except for GTA:SA after the accident 'Hot Coffee' debacle.) AO is only for porno basically. As far as I know, nothing has ever gotten AO on violence alone in the USA. There has got to be Japanese games with as much violence as Gears. (Or are all their games like Mario?)

Wonder if the AO rating comes from the chainsaw attack? ResEvil4s 'decapitation' censorship springs to mind.

 

[Rhindle]

Wonder if the AO rating comes from the chainsaw attack? ResEvil4s 'decapitation' censorship springs to mind.

They have issues with severed limbs in general.

Impalements and disembowelments are OK, but no severed limbs.

 

[chespace]

PS3 not selling while GoW sells in Japan.

Fvcking bizarro world, man.

Also, lolz at sdf insecurity in this thread.

 

[Borys]

完全に私のまわりに、表面から身に着けられているを用いる場所から身に着けられているを用いる顔なじみは、ある。私が私の悲哀をたいと思う私の頭部、否明日を明日浸し隠してはいけない。そして私は私が死んでいる夢が私が持っていたあることが最もよいこと、それをちょっとおかしい、私見つけるそれをちょっと悲しい見つける。気違いの世界。

दुनिया-भर से ताज़ा समाचार, समाचारों की पृष्ठभूमि और इनका विश्लेषण पढ़ने के लिए बीबीसी

 

[GhaleonEB]

They have issues with severed limbs in general.

Impalements and disembowelments are OK, but no severed limbs.

Gotta say, that's one weird place to draw the line. :lol

 

[Wario64]

Needs more tentacle rape coming from emergence holes

 

[sprsk]

For the first couple of weeks it was impossible to find the import in Akihabara.

 

[Armitage]

Gotta say, that's one weird place to draw the line. :lol

It's not that strange, every culture has their own taboos that seem ridiculous to others. Think of the backlash towards nudity in North America. Boobs could scar a kid for life.