Famitsu Most Wanted Chart

FFXV and KH3 is my most wanted too

someone likes JRPG's

Edit: Wtf? no witcher 3? the fawk is this ? RACIST!

Some stray observations:

• 3DS and PS3/4 have a stranglehold on that chart
• Persona 5 is #2, and they haven't even actually shown the game yet
• Dark Souls II is ranked too low
• Mario Kart 8 ranking there at all surprises me, given Japan's general apathy towards Wii U
• Watch Dogs is on there!
• Somehow, a Vita game on there too!

Mario Kart 8 makes the list, but not Smash Bros. U? Ouch.

But have they seen Titanfall?

More likely because it does not have a confirmed release date.

Awww, Q beat Dancing All Night

It's Famitsu--Japanese mag. Pretty shitty list though--probably the worst I've seen of any game site/mag. No indies. 99% sequels. Boring. I'd say it even has a hint of racism (I doubt it's a coincidence that every game in there except Watch Dogs is developed by the Japanese).

No X....

Most non-Japanese games aren't very good though.

Bu bu but consoles are dead in Japan

Bu bu but Microsoft is lining up all these awesome Japanese exclusives

The only game I really want for the WiiU.

or The Last Guardian. ;(

lol

What? Persona 5 isn't number 1? Blasphemy!

Compared to how it is in the UK, it's more like sympathetic.

Nothing surprising outside Watch Dogs.

I expect more announcements for the 3DS later this year including DQXI.

Japan didn't care for xenoblade either, the game flopped bigtime in japan

What a coincidence my two most wanted games are FFXV and Persona 5 followed by MGS5.

Yakuza ishin would also be in there but sega had to ruin it by deciding not to localize it.

Pretty much. When a release comes, we should see it on.

Nice list.

Not impressed. Nothing but JRPG's for the most part.

average list for me

awesome list no lame ass xbone dude bro garbage

Where is the latest tales game?

Meanwhile, here are the top 10 best-selling games of 2013 in North America:

http://www.vg247.com/2014/01/17/npd-december-xbox-one-takes-top-hardware/

Not a single Japanese game there... Racist!

They do have british,swedish,italian and french developed games though.

This ^

It's not just promoting games made in the US. It's possible magazines like Famitsu are being highly manipulated by japan publishers to mostly dish out advertisements for their own games over other games over seas. But i'm not working there, so it's just my hunch. Over here is a popularity contest if the game is popular it'll be shown, and there's a couple of popular japan games that always show up.

they can probably care less about it much like I can care less about it. not sure if you'd see call of duty in their lists very often either.. but I'd guess that you wouldn't.

And Watch Dogs.

lol

Yes, all Western-developed games, and all of which could easily be mistaken for American games... For example, it's not uncommon for gamers to be confused, even here in Britain, over whether GTA is British or American.

Also, if this were an American poll of most popular films or music, I guarantee you it would be almost entirely dominated by American films and songs, with hardly any room for even Western European films/songs (besides a few British ones), let alone Asian ones.

It was a fan poll, i.e. a popularity contest, not Famitsu's own list. Different markets have different preferences. If this was a poll in America, it would be dominated by shooters and sports games, or if it was in Korea or China, it would be dominated by MMO and RTS games. And it's already well known that Japanese gamers love their JRPG's, so there's nothing unusual about a Japanese poll such as this being dominated by JRPG's, just the way it has always been.

Also, Japan's gaming industry is very old and well established, just like America's movie and music industries. When an industry has been dominated by local products for so long, it becomes difficult for outsiders to compete with the local products. The only time we see American music charts having foreign tracks, for example, is during the "British Invasions" that happen once in a while after every decade or two, or with the occasional European/Asian track once in a blue moon.

Damn a Persona game on 3DS...?

Another game I might buy this year... Also, the other games I want are Evil within, Dark Souls II and Bravely Default. outside of that I haven't seen a ton that scream "must buy."

@Sweenix: by the end 2010, it sold 160k copies and was the eighth best selling video game of the year. I don't think that counts as a flopper considering it was getting to the end of the Wii's life and it was a new IP, kind sir.

Uggghhhh, Sweenix thread.

Weeaboo trash as usual.

/thread

From that list I want:

1. Dark Souls II

2. MGS V

3. FF XV

4. KH 3

5. Persona 5

6. Watch Dogs

7. The Evil Within

That's not consistent every single month though you got to learn to try harder. Also forgetting about the lack of localization. And the 3DS was the best selling hardware.

All your examples are poorly though out and work completely differently. Jrpgs are actually not as popular in japan as many people think. In fact, a dev from their was complaining about that.

*looks at list*

FF XV at this stage is dead to me. They really have to turn it around to make me interested. Take all the decisions and customisation out of RPGs and you have FF XIII.

Japan will march to it's own drum and that's fine but that list is pretty odd.

Care to elaborate?

Ridiculous that Persona 4: Dancing All Night isn't on there. Did they even listen to the amazing Engrish for that reveal trailer? Come on, Japan!

Psycho break is on there twice.

Psycho Break is a better name though. I do wonder what a psycho does on a break.

edit: multiple games are on there twice =/

Here's my list:

1) Mario Kart

2) Watch Dogs

3) Mario Kart 8

4) Wolfenstein

5) Watch Dogs

6) Infamous

7) Mario Kart

8) SSBU

9) Mario Kart 8

10) GTA V on PC... hahaha no lol, I mean Mario Kart

@blue_hazy_basic said:

*looks at list*

The first gif is more fitting. Throwing up a little bit is understating.

Starting to look like the Land of the Handhelds is turning to consoles once more.

FF15, KH3, and Phantom Pain will decide how well the PS4 does in Japan imo.

I thought you were joking at first...

JRPG's not popular in Japan? You got a reliable source to back that up?

Is the weeaboo fad that prevalent now?

Why do they still have faith in Final Fantasy?

They don't. The only reason why FF XV topped the list is because FF fans have been waiting for that game for almost eight years now, ever since 2006, when it was called FF Versus XIII. That's eight years' worth of anticipation.