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Gamasutra's Top5 Most Popular Titles in US, Japan and Europe Posted by XanTium | December 8 13:49 EST

From gamasutra.com: Gamasutra's weekly column, "Saling The World", covers the top five sellers for every available platform in the United States, Japan, and Europe, providing an important update of sales patterns worldwide. Xbox 360 * North America: 1. Gears of War (Microsoft), 2. Call of Duty 3 (Activision), 3. Madden NFL 07 (EA Sports), 4. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas (Ubisoft), 5. Tony Hawk's Project 8 (Activision). * Japan: 1. Blue Dragon (Microsoft), 2. Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 (Tecmo), 3. Final Fantasy XI All-in-One Pack 2006 (Square Enix), 4. Culdcept Saga (Bandai), 5. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (Ubisoft). * UK: 1. Gears of War (Microsoft), 2. Call of Duty 3 (Activision), 3. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas (Ubisoft), 4. FIFA 07 (EA Sports), 5. Need for Speed Carbon (EA Games). Blue Dragon proves to be the latest in a series of hits for the Xbox 360 in Japan, outselling all competing titles in its first week of release. Elsewhere, consumers turn to a number of popular franchises for the holiday season, with Gears of War, Call of Duty 3, and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas generating high demand in the United States and Europe. Read More: gamasutra.com

[rooter75]

WOOT Blue Dragon! I love kiddy games

[OmegaSupreme]

wow....blue dragon is definatley not on my list.
although g.o.w. is awesome and i wish i could play it.
my 360 decided it doesnt want to read my games.

[gaming fanboy]

QUOTE(OmegaSupreme @ Dec 8 2006, 07:44 PM)

wow....blue dragon is definatley not on my list.
although g.o.w. is awesome and i wish i could play it.
my 360 decided it doesnt want to read my games.

you might want to fix, i love gear of war (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif)

[Doffo]

Just seen some screenshots of Blue Dragon....

....Not impressed.. But that dont matter.

All I am wondering is if any hearts stopped when Final Fantasy 7 was released on the psx since IMHO better then Blue Dragon.  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/jester.gif)

[flashfreak]

GRAW is still selling in japan? Man they really suck. I don't see why they're so obsessed with...shit games (not meaning GRAW, but the fact that they only like certain crap titles)

[youloseagain]

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North America: 1. Madden NFL 07 (EA Sports), 2. Halo 2 (Microsoft), 3. LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (LucasArts), 4. Eragon (Vivendi), 5. Thrillville (LucasArts).

Japan: 1. Halo (Microsoft), 2. Halo 2 (Microsoft), 3. Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball (Tecmo), 4. Forza Motorsport (Microsoft), 5. Phantom Dust (Microsoft).

UK: 1. LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (LucasArts), 2. FIFA 07 (EA Sports), 3. Need for Speed Carbon (EA Games), 4. LEGO Star Wars (Eidos), 5. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 (EA Sports).

Amazing Halo and Halo 2 Tops on original xbox. I was under the impression no one in japan liked fps games.

[Pheidias]

Its not that they don't like them its just that it isn't the only thing they play and there are alot better games around then the run of the mill fps

[Dirvance]

Why do people think Japan sucks just cause they don't like games we do? How retarded is that thinking. So is it ok for them to think we're retarded cause we don't like certain games they do? Also why is Eragon selling at all? That game sucks! But i guess its what most Americans like...action with no or little plot. So in other words...senseless violence. Before you bring out the torches (ironicly) i live in USA so i know exactly what im talking about....*sighs*

But GO Blue Dragon!!! See thats proof the its the software thats making X360 suck over there not the system itself or who it was made by.

This post has been edited by Dirvance: Dec 9 2006, 05:46 AM

[mike96sc2]

QUOTE(Dirvance @ Dec 8 2006, 10:16 PM)

Why do people think Japan sucks just cause they don't like games we do? How retarded is that thinking. So is it ok for them to think we're retarded cause we don't like certain games they do? Also why is Eragon selling at all? That game sucks! But i guess its what most Americans like...action with no or little plot. So in other words...senseless violence. Before you bring out the torches (ironicly) i live in USA so i know exactly what im talking about....*sighs*

But GO Blue Dragon!!! See thats proof the its the software thats making X360 suck over there not the system itself or who it was made by.

I tried to argue this in another thread, basically Japanese don't really get into FPS games, but I got shut down by some noob pretty fast who doesn't understand Japanese culture of values vs. American values and culture. Oh well tho. You can't enlighten the unenlightened.

[j3ff3]

QUOTE(Pheidias @ Dec 8 2006, 09:54 PM)

Its not that they don't like them its just that it isn't the only thing they play and there are alot better games around then the run of the mill fps

go away troll, all you do is post negative comments with regards the 360. you should learn that if you want people to take you seriously you have to, at least on occasion, be reasonable.  i must have read almost all your posts and youve only ever said one thing that *at a stretch* could be construed as positive. why are you on this board? - you don't even have a 360 and don't intend to get one.

QUOTE(Dirvance @ Dec 9 2006, 04:16 AM)

Why do people think Japan sucks just cause they don't like games we do? How retarded is that thinking. So is it ok for them to think we're retarded cause we don't like certain games they do? Also why is Eragon selling at all? That game sucks! But i guess its what most Americans like...action with no or little plot. So in other words...senseless violence. Before you bring out the torches (ironicly) i live in USA so i know exactly what im talking about....*sighs*

But GO Blue Dragon!!! See thats proof the its the software thats making X360 suck over there not the system itself or who it was made by.

you made the exact same judgement about americans right after you said you should not judge a country because they like games you don't..............  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

[luther349]

blue dragion got insanly good votes in japan better then the ff game. that has to say its got something good abought it. dragion quest for the ps2 has the same kiddy type gfx and my frend has it and its a relly good game. then again if you dont like blue dragions gfz dragion quest coming for the 360 is gonna be cgi. i like turn based rpgs so blue dragin will probly be on my list.

[vanxman]

QUOTE(j3ff3 @ Dec 9 2006, 12:15 PM)

you made the exact same judgement about americans right after you said you should not judge a country because they like games you don't..............  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

Sarcasm... Go look it up...

[KAGE360]

QUOTE(Pheidias @ Dec 8 2006, 04:54 PM)

Its not that they don't like them its just that it isn't the only thing they play and there are alot better games around then the run of the mill fps

i thought you were banned, should have stayed that way.  tell me whats so "run of the mill" about halo?  funny how such a game cant be beat by any other in the console FPS area.

as for the topic; great to see that GRAW is actually selling in japan that really surprised me.  i cant wait for blue dragon to come in the states, what i have seen is VERY impressive and it looks to be the closest a game has come to the anime looks without using Cell shading.  the art direction is very original and you can see the Akira Toriyama touch all over it.  anyone here that is counting out blue dragon before playing is no better then the japanese people you are complaining about who only stick to what they prefer.