Blue Dragon outsells Zelda in Japan

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Media Create's Japanese sales chart for the 4th of December through to the 10th of December has revealed that Blue Dragon was snapped up by 80,348 Japanese consumers, this makes the game the most successful Xbox 360 title since Dead or Alive 4.

This placed the game at number four on the all format chart, Gundam SEED debuted at number one with 337,559 copies, Sega's Yakuza 2 was second and Pokemon Diamond was third on the charts. Blue Dragon sold more copies than Wii Play and Wii Sports. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess was number 17 on the charts.

Before everyone runs around shouting doom and gloom for the Wii, it's worth noting that the console is very difficult to get ahold of right now, so that could be the reason the games weren't selling as high.

The full list can be found below:

1. (PS2, Bandai Namco) Gundam SEED: Federation vs ZAFT II - 337,559
2. (PS2, Sega) Yakuza 2 - 274,822
3. (DS, Pokemon) Pokemon Diamond - 98,859 / 1,996,275
4. (X360, Microsoft) Blue Dragon - 80,348
5. (DS, Pokemon) Pokemon Pearl - 75,206 / 1,669,367
6. (Wii, Nintendo) Wii Sports - 72,382 / 248,549
7. (DS, Nintendo) Kirby Squeek Squad - 66,421 / 465,462
8. (Wii, Nintendo) Wii Play - 62,863 / 237,160
9. (DS, Nintendo) Jump Ultimate Stars - 62,068 / 278,640
10. (DS, Nintendo) Common Knowledge Training - 55,208 / 720,752

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20 Comments

Ellegarden

5 years ago

Considering this console is pretty low in sales in Japan, its surprising.

Spanca

5 years ago

Other 360 titles have done this before, they pop up but quickly disappear again. They just don't have the staying power beyond the hardcore who buy their games on release.

Also, I'd heard that Wiis/Zelda are quite hard to find in Japan at the moment, hence the low sales.

OMG I'm a Nintendo fanboy!

Jellyfish

5 years ago

^ You traitor Spanca

Lets hope Blue Dragon continues to hold their interest. Hopefully we get a cool CE pack similar to what the Japanese get (excluding the Core console of course).

Karai Pantsu

5 years ago

I can't wait to get me some Blue Dragon action, it looks pretty slick.
But I'm with Spanca - this'll be due mostly to stock levels available. MS would have released sh!tloads of Blue Dragon, but Nintendo only had so many Wiis to go around - and people won't be buying games for a console they don't have.

David

5 years ago

Spanca wrote

Fanboy.

Joking, k?

Also, Japanese Hardware sales for this week:
Hardware - This Week | Last Week | Total 2006 Sales | Lifetime Sales

1.) Nintendo DS Lite - 309,630 | 176,901 | 6,441,813 | 6,441,813
2.) Nintendo Wii - 85,439 | 350,358 | 435,797 | 435,797
3.) PlayStation 3 - 50,171 | 31,436 | 238,007 | 238,007
4.) Xbox 360 - 35,343 | 4,053 | 142,846 | 213,412
5.) PlayStation 2 - 30,460 | 23,115 | 1,328,127 | 20,032,751
6.) PlayStation Portable - 28,930 | 23,917 | 1,592,948 | 4,275,904
7.) Game Boy Advance SP - 1,896 | 1,572 | 217,136 | 5,909,572
8.) Game Boy micro - 1,555 | 1,252 | 138,274 | 553,963
9.) GameCube - 569 | 821 | 72,629 | 4,166,219
10.) Nintendo DS - 167 | 140 | 934,766 | 6,581,715
11.) Game Boy Advance - 17 | 22 | 3,309 | 8,822,959
12.) Xbox - 6 | 11 | 1,752 | 475,595

Spanca

5 years ago

David wrote

2.) Nintendo Wii - 85,439 | 350,358 | 435,797 | 435,797

First, the drying supply of Wiis in Japan that killed Zelda's sales.

David wrote

4.) Xbox 360 - 35,343 | 4,053 | 142,846 | 213,412

Secondly, that's a ninefold increase in 360 sales, quite impressive for Blue Dragon. I mean sales still aren't great, but for one game to do that is pretty cool to see.

David wrote

12.) Xbox - 6 | 11 | 1,752 | 475,595

Those Xbox sales are hilarious.

ObsoletE

5 years ago

holy crap, that's a huge spike in sales.
that's like 15% of it's total moved units in Japan in 1 week.

good work whoever made that game

5 years ago

Wow! That game has potentialy sparked a reversal of fortune for X360 in Japan. I dont think Nintendo would be concerned but that's bad bad news for Sony.

Spanca

5 years ago

ObsoletE wrote

good work whoever made that game

It's the Final Fantasy guy. 'nuff said

Jim Dash

5 years ago

But is Blue Dragon any good? I havn't been able to find any big reviews yet (havn't looked hard admittedly, either).

Awesome how much it boosted the 360's sales in Japan. Killer-app, maybe?

Edit: I just realised it is only in Japan, and its English release isn't 'till next year. My bad.

Ellegarden

5 years ago

Cookie wrote

Wow! That game has potentialy sparked a reversal of fortune for X360 in Japan. I dont think Nintendo would be concerned but that's bad bad news for Sony.

True but I still gotta wonder what happens when FFXIII drops. But great for Microsoft (well the FF guy) nonetheless, gotta give credit for console that isnt even get decent sales.

Spanca

5 years ago

Jim Dash wrote

But is Blue Dragon any good? I havn't been able to find any big reviews yet (havn't looked hard admittedly, either).

Famitsu (Japanese gaming bible) gave it 9, 9, 9, 10 for a 37/40. That's pretty damn good. Twilight Princess got 9,10,9,10 for 38, for comparison's sake.

David

5 years ago

It would be good if the 360 could get some presence in Japan, if only to shut up the 'Japanese are racist against American products' lines, even as they buy MS and Apple computers and ipods in the millions...

Spanca wrote

David wrote

12.) Xbox - 6 | 11 | 1,752 | 475,595

Those Xbox sales are hilarious.

I don't understand why they have kept it in the charts. I bet more then 6 Super Famicoms were sold in Japan last week (they're still available new in Japan). And the weeks when teh Xbox sells zero, ie it ties with the Jaguar and 3D0? It's meaningless.

Chief Breakeverything

5 years ago

Screw Blue Dragon, I want to know more about Yakuza 2. I hope it gets a PAL release. I already got shafted with Grandia III, the third Shadow Hearts and Xenosaga III, I' hope Sega will see fit to give it an english translation.

admeister

5 years ago

David wrote

They may be American companies, but a lot of those products are actually made in China/Japan anyway.

David

5 years ago

admeister wrote

David wrote

They may be American companies, but a lot of those products are actually made in China/Japan anyway.

Erm - you realise the 360 isn't made in America either. No consoles are made in Japan anymore (First Generation Gamecubes and GBASps were the last), and the 360s sold in Japan are made in China.

admeister

5 years ago

David wrote

admeister wrote

David wrote

They may be American companies, but a lot of those products are actually made in China/Japan anyway.

Erm - you realise the 360 isn't made in America either. No consoles are made in Japan anymore (First Generation Gamecubes and GBASps were the last), and the 360s sold in Japan are made in China.

I know, that was part of my point. The actual products don't end up being American, they are just sold by an American company.

NismoR34

5 years ago

Wow, that was a big increase in sales for the 360. Doesn't surprise me at all that it was Blue Dragon that was the game that did it either, I hope this is the beginning of some decent sales in Japan for the 360. (and it is possible for the sales to continue as Lost Odyssey is still on its way)

renegadesx

5 years ago

Its about time Microsoft started to pay attention to the Japanese audience, they need to keep it up though as well as releasing titles that the masses like

Sales like this is more about how much of a shortage the Wii is there, Japan is very Nintendo friendly and there are titles that get released on Nintendo and Sony machines there that never even make it to the western world

Releases like blue dragon gives me hope that the 360 might fix the mistakes that the xbox had, but one game will not cut it

thebigm

5 years ago

renegadesx wrote

What do you mean it's about time ...

They've been planning and making sure games like this come out over 3 years ago, a game of this magnitude can not simply be made overnight.

Nice sales for Blue Dragon, and can't wait for the English* translation.

*better not be Engrish

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Australian Release Date:
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Standard Retail Price:
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Publisher:
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Genre:
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Year Made:
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