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Gears of War conquering Japan?

Posted on Friday, 26 January 2007 by Devilke, source: Gamespot

Maybe they are really falling for the charisma of Bill or it's April Fools Day in the land of the rising sun. However, according to Media Create, there's an Xbox 360 game in the top 10 of best sold games of the past week in Japan!

Gears of War is taking number 7 with 33,212 sold copies. As far as we know, it's the first Xbox 360 game to do this.

This is how the rest of the top 10 looks like:

1. .hack//G.U. Vol. 3 (PS2) - 136,790
2. Wario: The Seven (DS) - 91,249
3. Shining Force EXA (PS2) - 72,306
4. Wii Sports (WII) - 57,418
5. Wii Play (WII) - 45,724
6. Dragon Shadow Spell (PS2) - 40,541
7. Gears of War (360) - 33,212
8. Seikaiju Maze (DS) - 32,511
9. Common Knowledge Training (DS) - 31,735
10. More Brain Age (DS) - 29,626

Worldwide, Epic’s shooter is sold more than 3 million times. The game is just released in Japan, but the success clearly immediately follows.

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Vexxed

Finally looks like the japs are getting some taste.

I cant believe that they have such an influence over the games industry being one of the biggest markets and all.
Look at what they buy, the top three is a hand held game and two PS2 games, i mean WTF.

Finally looks like the japs are getting some taste. I cant believe that they have such an influence over the games industry being one of the biggest markets and all. Look at what they buy, the top three is a hand held game and two PS2 games, i mean WTF.

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Posted on 10:30, January 26th 2007

Anonymous

@vexxed- they buy them because they're good games....just because the graphics are shinier on the newer consoles doesn't mean the games are better

gears of war is average

@vexxed- they buy them because they're good games....just because the graphics are shinier on the newer consoles doesn't mean the games are better gears of war is average

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Posted on 14:03, January 26th 2007

Anonymous

id hardly call gears of war average.

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Posted on 14:05, January 26th 2007

Vexxed

So your telling me that the following games are better than Gears of War?.

1. .hack//G.U. Vol. 3 (PS2) - 136,790
2. Wario: The Seven (DS) - 91,249
3. Shining Force EXA (PS2) - 72,306

I know who Wario is but dont know the game but havent got a clue what the other two games are.

GOW would never be classed as average by anyone with the slightest bit of knowledge about games and had actually played it dude.

So your telling me that the following games are better than Gears of War?. 1. .hack//G.U. Vol. 3 (PS2) - 136,790 2. Wario: The Seven (DS) - 91,249 3. Shining Force EXA (PS2) - 72,306 I know who Wario is but dont know the game but havent got a clue what the other two games are. GOW would never be classed as average by anyone with the slightest bit of knowledge about games and had actually played it dude.

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Posted on 14:47, January 26th 2007

Anonymous

so you're saying gears of war is better than those other games, even though you haven't played them, let alone heard of them. then you accuse the earlier poster of claiming gears of war is average because he/she clearly hadn't played it :|

i have played gears of war and it was good fun but was far from perfect, and elements of it felt pretty bog standard so i'd also say it's an average shooter.

so you're saying gears of war is better than those other games, even though you haven't played them, let alone heard of them. then you accuse the earlier poster of claiming gears of war is average because he/she clearly hadn't played it :| i have played gears of war and it was good fun but was far from perfect, and elements of it felt pretty bog standard so i'd also say it's an average shooter.

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Posted on 10:31, January 27th 2007

Anonymous

...A friend said this to me....

They had a Japanese National as a visitor from one of there sister companies. While they were eating & drinking saki & booze; the conversation went to "Gaming".

He ask him.."Whats w/ you Jap folks & all your wierd dating games & RPG'S?

The Jap dude replied..."Whats w/ you people & your Shooters"?

...A friend said this to me.... They had a Japanese National as a visitor from one of there sister companies. While they were eating & drinking saki & booze; the conversation went to "Gaming". He ask him.."Whats w/ you Jap folks & all your wierd dating games & RPG'S? The Jap dude replied..."Whats w/ you people & your Shooters"?

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Posted on 18:35, January 29th 2007