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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 »
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Uncharted 2, Wii Fit Plus & Borderlands Bow Big In October
11:20AM Michael McWhertor | Naughty Dog’s PlayStation 3 exclusive Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, as expected, trounced the competition in October moving over a half a million copies, according to the NPD Group. But competitors Wii Fit Plus and Borderlands racked up impressive sales of their own. More »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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Nathan Drake Charts Among Japan’s Bestselling Games
7:40AM Michael McWhertor | Nathan Drake makes double the appearance on this week’s list of the top 30 games in Japan, his two PlayStation 3 adventures selling well, but not nearly well enough to dethrone the Pokemons. More »
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Scribblenauts Spells Sales Success In September
6:40AM Michael McWhertor | Though it didn’t make an appearance in the NPD Group’s top ten bestselling games in the U.S. for September, 5th Cell’s innovative Nintendo DS game Scribblenauts conjured up impressive sales. More »
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Halo 3: ODST Beats Out Madden, Mario & Marvel To Win September
10:00AM Michael McWhertor | The PlayStation 3 may have killed it in the hardware contest last month, but Xbox 360 software reigned supreme this September, thanks to Bungie’s Halo 3: ODST. The game dropped more than 1.5 million copies in its debut month. More »
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Japan Snaps Up A Lot More Pokemon Heart & Soul
7:40AM Michael McWhertor | Nintendo shows this week’s Japanese software chart its Pokemons, once again proudly displaying them atop Media Create’s list of bestselling video games overseas. It’s nearest competitor? Once again, Wii Fit Plus. More »
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