Tales of Vesperia Fastest Selling 360 Game in Japan
- Scribbled on August 15th, 2008 by Jonah Falcon
- Filed in Industry News, Microsoft Xbox 360, RPG
It stands to reason that if people are standing in lines to pick up a title, then it’s going to sell well. Tales of Vesperia is officially the fastest selling Xbox 360 title of all time in Japan, selling over 100K in its first week of release.
- 01. Phantasy Star Portable (PSP) – 148,000 / 490,000
- 02. Fire Emblem: Shin Ankoku Ryuu to Hikari no Ken (DS) – 145,000 / NEW
- 03. Rhythm Tengoku Gold (DS) – 130,000 / 343,000
- 04. Tales of Vesperia (Xbox 360) – 108,000 / NEW
- 05. Dragon Quest V: Tenkuu No Hanayome (DS) – 73,000 / 1,019,000
- 06. Sangokushi Taisen Ten (DS) – 33,000 / NEW
- 07. Summon Night 2 (DS) – 30,000 / NEW
- 08. Wii Fit (Wii) – 27,000 / 2,470,000
- 09. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) – 23,000 / 1,656,000
- 10. Soulcalibur IV (PS3) – 23,000 / 97,000
Is this the beginning of in-roads into Japan, or just a blip in the radar? What do you think?
(Thanks, Kotaku.)
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