media create
News
PlayStation Hardware Continues Pie Dominance In Japan
1:20PM Michael McWhertor | Avid readers of The Japanese Hardware Chart weekly updates won’t be surprised—especially after reading about the PlayStation family’s software dominance—that Sony hardware is selling better than the competition in Japan. No change this week. More »
News
Japan Still Loves Soccer, Favours PlayStation Games
9:40AM Michael McWhertor | Last week, Japan’s video gaming populace snatched up enough copies of Konami soccer sim World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 to put it in first place. This week, Sega’s J-League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 6: Pride of J scores. More »
News
PlayStation 3 Is Japan’s Bestselling Platform
9:40AM Michael McWhertor | Once again, Sony controls the majority of this week’s Japanese hardware chart, thanks to the company’s four platforms representing. Oh, and the fact that the PlayStation 3 is outselling everything else in Japan. More »
News
Konami Kicks Bayonetta Off Top Of Japan’s Game Charts
7:40AM Michael McWhertor | Last week’s queen of Japan’s video game sales charts Bayonetta didn’t have the legs to stay on top for very long. Konami’s latest soccer game, World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010, is this week’s new software champ. More »
News
PSPgo Gives PlayStation A Big Slice Of Japanese Hardware Pie
6:30AM Michael McWhertor | The Japanese release of Sony’s PSPgo may have been low-key in terms of numbers, but we’re only getting a look at one day of sales of the platform. It was enough to give Sony the upper hardware hand this week. More »
News
Bayonetta Brushes Back Pokemon, Tops Japan’s Game Charts
7:40AM Michael McWhertor | PlatinumGames and Sega’s Bayonetta kicked its way to the top of the Japanese game charts, moving nearly 200,000 copies during week one and making it the country’s bestselling game. More »
News
DS Lite, Xbox 360 Only Positives In This Week’s Japanese Hardware Chart
11:40AM Michael McWhertor | Hardware buying was down ever so slightly in Japan this week, with Media Create’s sales figures showing the Wii bearing the brunt of that slowdown. Two consoles were up, however — the Nintendo DS Lite and Xbox 360. More »
News
Forza 3 Makes Inroads Into Japanese Game Chart
10:20AM Michael McWhertor | Forza Motorsport 3 gives the Xbox 360 a rare top 10 placement on Media Create’s weekly list of the bestselling games in Japan. It’s one of a handful of new debuts that came nowhere near unseating Pokemon as software champ. More »
News
Nintendo DSi Leads Japan’s Hardware Pack; PSP, PS3, Wii Tie
12:30PM Michael McWhertor | Technically, the PSP beat the PlayStation 3 which in turn beat the Wii (by a slimmer margin) in Japan this week, but sales of the three platforms were close enough, averaging around 30,000 units each. More »
News
