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News Marvelous Entertainment Love The New Playstation 3, Wanna Make More PS3 Games
According to PS3center
net</a>, the staunch Wii-supporting Japanese publisher Marvelous Entertainment have fallen in love with Sony's new Playstation 3 hardware. The company who have so oft been stung by poor sales of their top-tier third-party Wii releases (No More Heroes, Little King's Story) have found solace in Sony's new cheaper hardware...
News Final Fantasy XIII Could Shift 500,000 Japanese Playstation 3s!
The publisher of Japanese gaming-Bible Famitsu, Enterbrain, think that the coming December 17th release of Final Fantasy XIII could do absolute wonders for the Playstation 3
Perhaps even miracles. Enterbrain prez Hirokazu Hamamura said at today's Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan that the Playstation 3 could well see sales around the 500,000...
News Playstation 3 Absolutely Crushes Japanese Hardware Sales Chart
We knew that the launch of the PS3 Slim was going to result in big sales for the PS3 Slim
But nothing says domination better than Kotaku's pie chart. That big angry red Pacman — that's Sony completely annihilating the Japanese sales charts. With over 150,000 units sold in the first week of the PS3 Slim, we're carefully anticipating what kind of...
News Old Playstation 3 Dies A Sad Death In Japan
This is why it was imperative the PS3 Slim didn't leak onto the Internet any more before it's official announcement at GamesCom
Japanese sales of the PS3 for the week before the Slim's Eastern launch slumped to a terrible 1,040 units. That's a mere 10% of what the console usually pushes. Of course, Sony will be expecting massive sales in Japan for...
News Hey Japan, There's A New Playstation 3 Out Today!
Japan might have had to wait a few extra days for their PS3 Slims, but it's not making them any the less keen
As proven by this set of images straight from the streets of Japan, where eager gamers are queueing to pick up their PS3 Slim. The Playstation 3 has sold abysmally for the past three weeks in Japan due to stock shortages and other issues...
News Square Enix Tease Japanese Launch Of Modern Warfare 2
Activision don't exist in Japan, but they have talked about making Modern Warfare 2 the "best selling game of all time"
They'll probably need to throw Japan into the mix in order to make it that. Cue this teaser site from Square Enix, headed with a similar looking "2" to that in the Modern Warfare 2 logo. Are we on the same wavelength?
News Japanese PS3 Slim TV Adverts Are Both Disturbing/Friggin' Amazing
If Sony are going to bonkers commercials anywhere, we'd prefer they did it in Japan
Here in the West we're hoping to see a pretty basic Apple-esque campaign for Sony's new PS3 Slim system. In Japan, they're running the PlayFace.jp campaign. In many way it's actually quite a clever campaign. We all pull different faces while playing games. Of course...
News Playstation 3 Stumbles In Japan, Stock Shortages & Slim The Likely Reasons
The Playstation 3 fell to the very pit of the Japanese charts this week after stock shortages and impending rumours of the Playstation 3 Slim
Sony are probably going to have to put up with another week of hardware misery as Playstation 3s become increasingly difficult to find around Japan. Of course, Sony will hope that all will end well when the...
News Japanese Retailers Only Making ?700 Off The PS3 Slim
Kotaku are reporting that Japanese retailers are only claiming to be making ¥700 (roughly US$7
40) off each PS3 Slim sold. Apparently the reason for the slim (sigh - Ed) profit margin is because retailers are forced to sell the systems for the "sticker price" by Sony. As time goes on, the costs of making the systems will hopefully go down...
News Japan To Get Crazy Mech-Themed PS3 Slim Bundle
If you're wanting a PS3 Slim in Japan, Sony are going the whole hog to get you to cough up
Discovered by Andriasang, the super bundle "Kidou Senshi Gundam Senki Gundam 30th Anniversary Box" (breathes) includes Namco's upcoming mech-fest Kidou Senshi Gundam Senki, a few download codes for some extra DLC and an animated film in HD. The...
News "Traditional" Playstation 3 Stock Continues To Dry Up Around Japan
We're pretty sure someone, somewhere is enjoying the joke: "that's the first time you'll see the words 'Sold Out' attached to a Playstation 3"
Alas, that's exactly what's happening around the world as Playstation 3 stock continues to dry out. Numerous retailers around Japan are reporting that they are completely sold out of Playstation 3 stock. One...
News Afrika Goes Budget In Japan, We Still Really Want It
Japan are to get a bunch of budget titles this September
Included in those titles is one of our most anticipated (don't ask) Afrika. We so want that game. Anyway, those who are curious about the lineup of titles, hit the jump. AfrikaSept. 3¥2,980 UnchartedSept. 3¥2,980 LittleBigPlanetSept. 3¥2,980 Gundam: Target In SightSept. 3¥2,980 Eternal...
News Japanese Playstation Store Embrace PC Engine Releases
Not being content with having an enormous selection of old Playstation games on the Japanese store, SCEJ have committed Playstation Network support for PC Engine games too
Four PC Engine games have been confirmed for the Japanese PSN: Bomberman '94, New Adventure Island, Sengoku Mahjong and Devil's Crush. They retail at around 600 yen which is a...
News Capcom's Monster Hunter Freedom Unite Sells Big Time In Japan
Monster Hunter is big in Japan
Really big. So big is it that Monster Hunter Freedom Unite - the game that just released here in the west - has sold a whopping 3.5 million units since its release in March, of which 1 million units came from the budget "The Best" line. It'll be interesting to see how the game fares in the West. Capcom have...
News Grand Theft Auto IV Goes Budget In Japan
Remember everyone's favourite game of yesteryear Grand Theft Auto IV? Well, if you're Japanese, have a PS3 and are yet to play this game - dude, it just got a bit cheaper
Now a part of Sony's budget line, GTAIV will cost just ¥3,990 (US$41).
News Japan Get New Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G Bundles
Sweet
If there's anyone in Japan without a copy of Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G, they may be pleased to know Sony are making the game that tiny bit harder to resist with the launch of two new bundles this July. The new Red and Blue PSPs are said "to match the image of the notorious monsters 'Teostra' and 'Lunastra' from the game". Check the red...
News Our Survey Says... Playstation 3 Owners Are Graphic Whores!
According to a Japanese survey conducted by a Tokyo-based market researcher, Japanese Playstation 3 owners are graphic whores
According to the survey 66% of the PS3 owners cited graphical prowess of the system as one of the reasons to own it, with the Blu Ray player being another reason. Interestingly the findings also displayed that the average PS3...
News Capcom Release List Hints At A Potential Playstation 3 Exclusive
Capcom are making lots of games
They're making 12 for the XBOX 360 and 13 for the Playstation 3. Wait - what? Thirteen - as in one more? Yes, thirteen. There's the slim potential that the said game could be something a little exclusive that Capcom have in store for the Playstation 3, but the more likely suggestion is that they'll once again take the...
News It's Ok, Shoko Nakagawa Now Owns A Cloud Black Playstation 3
We reported a few weeks ago that Shoko Nakagawa was going to buy a Playstation 3
The once XBOX 360-only celebrity - whose blog has been viewed over a billion times - was given the cloud black Final Fantasy VII themed Playstation 3 as a gift from friends. She wrote:"Those two surprised me!! ...They secretly got me a present...
News Japan: PS3 Sales Up 288% On Last Year
We're heading towards three months of Playstation 3 dominance in Japan
The Wii has started floundering, the 360 has always floundered and the PS3 has had a lineup of killer, killer titles. One such title was a blu-ray that included a demo; you know the one! So we know things are looking pretty positive for Sony in Japan - but just how rosy are the...
News Microsoft's Japanese Advertising Calls Playstation 3 Inferior
We don't like posting about the XBOX 360 much
We appreciate Microsoft's system is a solid machine with an excellent range of games. We like games and although we have our preferences (obviously) our job isn't to judge which system is best, more help you to get the most out of your system (which we're hoping is the Playstation 3 if you're on this...
We speculated yesterday that the Playstation 3 had taken a massive sales boost thanks in part to the release of Final Fantasy: Advent Children Complete
Those preliminary figures were actually beaten, with the Playstation 3 managing to shift a whopping 62,527 systems last week. In second place? The PSP with 40,065. Nintendo were down once again, with...
News Final Fantasy: Advent Children Complete Movie Release Gives Playstation 3 A Sales Bump
Fantasy
For now we're chalking this down as speculation but until we get the actual figures we suppose it's best reporting on the preliminary: the release of Advent Children Complete looks like it has pushed Playstation 3 sales figures in the region to somewhere near 57,000. The week prior to the blu-ray's release saw Playstation 3 figures at...
News PSP KOs Nintendo's DSi By Just 213 Units In Japan
Sony are doing brilliantly in Japan just now
So brilliantly in fact that the PSP managed to squeeze out Nintendo's handheld the DSi. Even if it was by just 213 units. It's an impressive feat for Sony, who have been having a slightly rougher time in the USA for a while now. To top the cake off though, the Playstation 3 managed another week above...
News Japanese Superstar Otaku Reckons It's Time To Get Playstation 3, Fans Flock To The Stores
Shoko Nakagawa is Japan's biggest female geek
She's also a model, a singer, a TV presenter, etc, etc. She's bigtime. Which is important because her website has drawn billions of visits. She's an influence on Japanese gaming culture. So it's interesting to hear her blog about the Playstation 3, and how she's planning on picking one up very shortly...
