Big in Japan Nov. 22-28: Gran Turismo 5

Designed in America, made in China / assembled in Japan maybe ... could be talking about any console on the market these days ;)

Well then.. Once I've saved up enough money from work it looks like a group trip to Japan!

great choice japan,we love GT5.

@digi-demon, Also, IBM played a large role in the development of the Cell Processor. If I remember correctly, most of the development was done in Texas.

@hippiesanta PS3 uses NVIDIA graphics technology... NVIDIA is not a Japanese company... its like their buying a Ford with a Nissan Badge...

@warhawk-geeby Go to admit that Japan is one place I have always longed to visit, their old and new cultures have always facinated me, ancient historical sites and the likes of Akihabara, .... maybe one day....

@warhawk-geeby, I found Osaka to be a bit livelier than Tokyo. It's also dirtier and uglier, though. I like to visit Osaka, but I liked living in Tokyo more.

@IceJester45 Osaka it is then? :p

@warhawk-geeby, Heh...Don't get your hopes up. Tokyo is nice, but it's like almost every other city I've ever been to. Besides, Osaka has better food.

@digi-demon Never knew that about South Korea! Lesson for the day! All I know is that they had flat screen tv's and advanced technology waaaay before the western world.. and toilets that clean your bum. If I could go anywhere on holiday it would be Tokyo - I'd love it.

@icekid "the Kinect will not sell well in Japan, because Japanese houses are small." I live in Japan! Tokyo Japan! There is plenty of room for kinect. All my friends who homes I have been to have big enough homes. Why do people assume that the Japanese live in closets?

Japanese love american culture, but not american technology

the game sucks the driving is NOT realistic GT4 was way better!!! dont waste ur money only for A 1000 cars...forza 3 is more realistic!! and has better driving in that game. the visuals are about the same exact as the last gt4....waste of 5 yrs and polyphonys money

and a special big up from Compton for the record breaking 360 units sold! Anyone? * dust ball rolls

again... ps2 is still on the market.

We'll be seeing monster numbers for Monster Hunter 3rd on the next weekly chart.

The PSP is leading the hardware charts 75 thousand plus is not bad for the underrated/overlooked 5 year old handheld system. While the newer PSP go still hasn't caught on with games. Even over there.

@warhawk-greeby I think you will find that these days South Korea is more technologically advanced (or as you say 'hi-tech' ) than Japan.... ;)

I believe gamespot made a mistake. #6 Call of Duty Black Ops. the publisher is not Square Enix. It's Activision lol

Japan is the most Hi-tech country in the world for a reason.. and this article just proves they have taste. Seeing the 360 fail miserably? Pricless.

I wonder what the price of 360 is in Japan. Probably the same as the ps3

@oldboy08 same difference its still in asia where japan is

Way to go Gran Turismo!!!! And yet my friends call it "just" a driving game? Well that would be like calling Call of Duty "just" a shooting game.

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@IceJester45: Maybe Japanese culture, taste and mentality are still eluding some US companies? Maybe US companies don't care enough about the relatively small (and so "strange") Japanese market? I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft didn't promote the Xbox360 as much, or as effectively, as Sony did for the PS3 in Japan. It's about the marketing and the product itself. Apple seems to find great success in Japan. American movie, music and entertainers are more than accepted in Japan. So, loyalty to companies of one's own country alone cannot explain the failure of "foreign" products. In fact, it has very little to do with it.

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That 360 is just breaking sales records over there.

PS2 - 1,332 still has market.....good!

the Kinect will not sell well in Japan, because Japanese houses are small. Note: Sony has released a TV that has engaged the PS2, this much selling in the United Kingdom,,, PS2 is eternal :)

@seriousplayer_d racism is another f'ed up topic. That crap is out of control and there r a lot of racist people here in the US that cover it up. I am just talk about the taxes that our exports have on them in most other countries that US doesn't hike up on foreign imports. @charlesburn Japanese cars coming here and being sold don't have a quarter of the taxes that American cars have on them in Japan, I know i own 2 Japanese cars and didnt pay but a couple thousand in taxes.

well the xbox broke the 3000 mark and surely everyone in japan has a wii by now

Thats a lot of copies, terrible 360 growth like always

GT5 - Great driving simulator, bad *racing* simulator.

Microsoft needs to send more xbox/kinect combos to japan... I just went to a few yamada, big cameras, and yodabashis... sold out sold out sold out.. what did they do? send 10 to each?

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@monson21052 speak for your self

@amaan4ever better something Japanese (and good quality) then American (and...)

@steelmouuth, I was just thinking that. the 360 has moved up in sales. I don't think the Kinect can do well in Japan, due to the small living 'spaces' they have. I can see corporations buying them though.

i would be greate to know how the kinect is doing in japan because i bet its ms best option to push sales in japan, i olso see the x360 have sold 4K units from the usual 2K

flee 60 nogood in japan.

@Oldboy08 "The only thing Apple makes well is the iPod"...really...do you want to elaborate on that... I have never had a Mac, that is machined out of a single block of aluminium, fall apart in my hands. I also don't know why 76,736,000 (thats almost 77 MIllion) people would buy an iPhone that isn't made well...

@Evo8u It's called import tax, every country on earth has it. Obviously it's going to be cheaper to buy a japanese car in JAPAN, than it is to buy and American car that comes from the other side of the planet. And if you think "their minds are molded" then think about the pledge of allegiance for a second... pure indoctrination.

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I am not surprised at all by the figures posted there.Although it always makes me laugh looking at PS3 and XBox360 sold in Japan. I love Japan

@Charlesburns yeah the US close minded we import everything and we buy other countries products like it is.going out of style which is fine I am not complaining about that but the Japanese government encourages its people only from Japanese companies. American cars over there have a ridiculous tax of like 30 to 40 percent so the Japanese really can't afford to buy them. To me thats close minded. When I was there last I spoke with some people and they told me they would love to own an American car but the tax makes it unrealistic for normal working class people to afford one.

Looks like the sales gap between PS3 and Wii is getting even further apart although I'm more shocked that more people seem to be buying PSP Go.

PS3,GranTurismo,Yes.

Happy to see Pokemon still on the list. I'd like to see more Japan only games make it to the States.

Pokemon black\white outsold black ops, says alot about Japan right there.

*___* 430,707 copies, dam thats around $30M, so in one week GT5 made half of its production cost, in Japan only, holy "god". Well i bought it to, and its a great game, despite its faults.