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Rockstar's epic storms the charts.

Red Dead Redemption has found unexpected success in Japan, entering the weekly all-formats chart at number four on PlayStation 3 and number seven on Xbox 360.

According to IGN, the PlayStation 3 version shifted 70,599 copies, while the Xbox 360 disc sold 25,673.

Sales didn't quite match Grand Theft Auto 4's week one Japanese tally of 160,000 back in November 2008 but nonetheless, it's an impressive result for a Western IP.

Other new entries in the Japanese chart included a disappointing debut for Square Enix's Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded on DS at three, while the PlayStation 3 version of F1 2010 managed to sneak at number eight.

DS RPG Pokémon Black/White holds on to the top spot. It's now sold a staggering 3,992,855 copies in the country since its release last month.

Red Dead Redemption publisher Take-Two recently announced that its awesome open-world epic has shifted a total of 6.9 million units worldwide.

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Zaiz #1 2 years ago

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Red Dead is an awesome game and I feel it deserves better sales.

Also, Pokemon Black and White's sales figures are terrifying. Absolutely terrifying. It'll probably hit 6-7 million worldwide, easy, which is titanic for a game that probably didn't cost a huge amount to make.
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Kostabi #2 2 years ago

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"Gotta catch 'em all" is starting to refer to the sheer number of games in the series rather than the ickle monsters.
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excelexcel #3 2 years ago

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Red Deads already sold millions elsewhere. Man I wonder what advertising Black/White have to sell more then Heart Gold/Soul Silver. Impressive stuff
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gillri #4 2 years ago

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japanese love their westersn though dont they

they have alot of that in their Anime
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bad09 #5 2 years ago

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Good for them now where is my PC announcement Rockstar?
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Xardan #6 2 years ago

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I see they arent completely devoid of taste over there then.
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telboy007 #7 2 years ago

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I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so. Yeehaw!

Irish: "I wonder what the japanese is for c...."

Edited by telboy007 at 14/10/10 @ 21:20
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Futaba #8 2 years ago

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They'll still be making pokemon games by the time I die, by the sounds of it.

How many will kids have to catch then, 150,001? o_O
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Tinrib72 #9 2 years ago

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I'd love to see/hear the japanese language re-dub for this, especially listening to Irish speaking japanese in an 'Oirish' accent.
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geeza2020 #10 2 years ago

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Fantastic, good work R*
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dave-on #11 2 years ago

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Yeah Rockstar when are we getting a half assed, glitch ridden PC version?
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darth_paul #12 2 years ago

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is that because there's no love simulator out this week?
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