Uncharted 2 helps PS3 cause in Japan News

3000 sales for the 360..........LOL!!!

I'm sure Microsoft don't care to much though

I dont think it's about being a 'world conquerer', it's about bringing the install base up significantly and bringing the PS3 back into the game, which it's clearly doing.

Get a room you two.

donnie#, your're crazy

"I'm sure Microsoft don't care to much though"

Of course they do but by now they'll have realized there's not much they can do about it. Getting pretty much every JRPG (timed) exclusive for their platform hasn't helped so far.

Donnie, you're a twat. Please stop.

Hi i'm new!
I'm sure microsoft are happy with there sales in other territories.
Ps3 is doing very well i think. Should be a huge increase over there with the release of final fantasy! Cant wait for that game myself.

donnie: ...

you are absolutely right every time. You should hold a strategic role in Microsoft's entertainment division. really... ;)

For an overtly western game, the uncharted 2 sales are incredibly high. Naughty Dog deserve all the success they get with their new game.

uncharted 2 helps PS3 cause all over the world..i bought a Ps3 last week because of U2.

@ Brainstorm

Precisely, it's well documented that the Japanese don't really going for shooters (first or third person) so Uncharted 2 has done really well.

As for donnie, why are you so insistant on talking bollocks?

@Goodfella

I might have to say you are wrong cause they dont only play RPGs... If im correct a combo of PSone and Metal Gear should ring a bell or two :)

@davisorle, what are Sony getting away with this gen?

If Sony can sustain ~30k sales p/w in Japan I think they'll be extremely pleased. Admittedly its not a huge number in itself, but its a lot better than how they were doing before the launch of the slim.

As for Uncharted2, it depends on how large the initial shipment was to say how well or not its performing. Its a very Western type of title, so I doubt Sony would have made that many units available. Hopefully word of mouth may help it sell more long-term, but realistically it was never going to be a huge hit.

I'm actually surprised Uncharted 2 is doing that well in Japan, as I would have thought that not only is the gameplay style not the most popular in Japan, but the story and the humour would seem more suited to a Western audience who grew up on Indiana Jones and Romancing the Stone.

@ davisorle

Apart from well established 'crazy' MGS series then, is that better?

Not much of a shooter though is it, you spend more time watching cut scenes and sneaking around.

OOh theres a 1.01 patch for uncharted 2.. Any idea what it fixes?

So let me get this straight, the PS3 is selling many more consoles than it did before the price cut/slim, is keeping up with the wii which has had a price cut only the other week, has increased the gap between iteself and the Xbox, and according to some its still doing crap. Funny.

Yes i know its only the Japanese market and the Wii is way ahead in sales (which might mean its topped out anyway)... but I am not sure what some people want to happen before they stop posting "Sony is doomed in Japan" crap.

Overall Sony is doing ok, its not being last in all markets anymore... that surely is something of a positive step forward...lol

i love donnies sarcastic comments, always gets every one going, i bet hes a really popular guy, you know, the alpha male sort...

"i love donnies sarcastic comments, always gets every one going, i bet hes a really popular guy, you know, the alpha male sort... "

I didn't detect any sarcasm?

Good for you Sony and good for you Nintendo, but damn Microsoft!!! I bet they spend more money just on marketing than they actually make selling 360 and its games in Japan.

"I didn't detect any sarcasm?"

Me neither. I detected blind Sony-hate and overall sillyness.

@donnie: "...but coming up to xmas i expect nintendo will dominate once again"

hmmm.... you really are crazy. You probably never heard of a game called Final Fantasy XIII coming out before christmas. I heard a couple of japanese people do like it a little...

i bought uncharted 2 in japan and the boxart alone deserves to make it number 1.

plus the title translates as something like UNCHARTED: THE GOLDEN DAGGER AND THE VANISHED FLEET, which just goes to show how much more class we have up over here! they play off the indiana jones stuff way more than the western marketing, which tries to make it look like die hard.

I wonder if MS will try so hard to crack the Japanese market next time? I know a key corporate principle of theirs is to always keep on pushing, but truthfully their balance sheets in the region can't be a pretty sight at this stage.

Collymilad
23/10/09 @ 13:40

I didn't detect any sarcasm?

what? you mean you think donnies comments are meant to be serious!? lol no one could be that much of a cock surely?

@donnie

Hey! I like lynch mobs. -1 for you... cos it really matters.

lo donnie, now you think your in the same bracket as jesus!!!

donnie.....i doubt ms will be building much respect for xbox brand in japan if the few that have bought them experience rrod etc, the japs like their stuff to be very reliable!

"MSOFT are doning ten times better than they did last gen"

Not even twice as well in Japan...

"msoft think decades ahead remember"

It's hard to respond to such a display of naivety with anything but lol

/edit: wording

"jesus christ"

Only in the stories...

"All great men who... *bs and other crap*

God damn man, just go kill yourself. I fear its too late for you :/

donnie080208
23/10/09 @ 10:53
not a great performance by sony in their home turf considering and a disappointment for uncharted as it deserves the number 1 spot. the ps3 is level with the WII now but coming up to xmas i expect nintendo will dominate once again. seems the slim wasnt the world conquerer sony had hoped for.

hmmm, ps3 its now outselling wii (also in its home turf) which is this gens best selling console
uncharted 2 is a typically western style game that traditionally dont do well in japan
what makes you think wii will dominate at xmas, the xmas season has very little bearing in japan being predominately non christian and all that and also final fantasy is due to hit on ps3
the slim is currently alos out selling the 360 in its home market depite a (still) higher price tag so im sure sony are pretty please with the response (so far)

MS has said before lauching the 360 that it was crucial for them to penetrate the japanese market. Aside from a couple of sales-pikes because of big games coming out, the average sales have been abysmal. Someone saying otherwise is just crazy.
Positive for MS is probably the much better support from japanese third party developers, but tbh most japanese games (IU, Star Ocean, etc.) just sell very bad in the US and Europe. Yes there are exceptions (DQ, FF, Tales), but these are only exceptions.

If I were MS I would:
1. Not pay one penny more for "exclusive" japanese 360 games.
2. With that money buy more developers!!!!!

Only having two big franchises (Halo, Gears of War) on the 360 is by far not enough. Tastes change very fast. A hyped game can be a couple of years later - after the franchise has been milked in every possible way - a flop.
I think that Sony is in this way much cleverer. They have tons of developers working for them. Very interesting is that Sony is not pushing very much old franchises (where's Syphon Filter???) but creating a lot of new ones (Uncharted, LBP, Infamous, Heavy Rain, MAG, White Knight Chronicle, EyePet, Fat Princess, Flower...)

part of the reason i like sony consoles is because they always seem to invent great franchises out of the blue, ms seem to mainly copy, forza=gt, lips=singstar etc for every exclusive franshise sony have lost to ms they have created newer ones, not all have been great of course but some have been superb though there is quite a few old titles id love to see reinvented on ps3!

"All great men who tell the truth and seek justice have to put up with these sorts of things, jesus christ,nelson manddela,factimus maximus etc"

That is shocking.

jesus christ,nelson manddela,factimus maximus etc..

I think is probably the most tragically amusing thing I've seen on the internet in a while. And bearing in mind Nick Griffin's performance on Newsnight is plastered all over the internet that's no mean feat.

I've gone from considering Donnie to be a pain in the arse to wondering if he's some kind of evil satirical genius.

"I've gone from considering Donnie to be a pain in the arse to wondering if he's some kind of evil satirical genius."

Was thinking the same thing

Son of God, anti-apartheid hero, troll.

I can see how they all link.

lol

Man, I wish i had invented Pokemon. That has got to be one of the biggest money spinners ever.

@MeBrains

"you are absolutely right every time. You should hold a strategic role in Microsoft's entertainment division. really... ;) "

Donnie..xxx should surrogate for Don Mattrick. After all, donnie seems to be much more passionate about Microsoft's well-being and profitability than him.

@EVERYONE

Look what Donnie thinks of himself.

"All great men who tell the truth and seek justice have to put up with these sorts of things, jesus christ,nelson manddela,factimus maximus etc"

Oh my God! Did he really just compare this MS-loving orgy of his and farticus's previous ramblings (not current - as he seems to have mellowed) to Christ's teachings to humanity?

That just made my day. Excuse me guys, I'm taking the rest of the day off to laugh :))

Bloody hell donnie are you now comparing yourself to jesus etc?

It's not a lynching, your really are an utter twat.

Donnie080208: "@beano "Donnie, you're a twat. Please stop. " we have an uncalled for abuser who likes joining in with the petty EG lynchings. All great men who tell the truth and seek justice have to put up with these sorts of things, jesus christ,nelson manddela,factimus maximus etc..I will not be detered by your idiotic comments beano and the other stupid trolls"

:D

Makes me glad I didn't ignore you.

@donnie

your first post has currently -77, most of all the other posts you have made all have huge negative marks against them. Now im pretty sure that your just some pre pubesant insecure juvenile scroat who gets off on windind up other posters with your particular brand of idiotic dribble, almost everything you ve ever said has been utter bollox, so in the off chance you are genuinely like this in reel life, do your self a favour, take the hints that other posters are giving you, you dont get minus 77 for nothing, you are not right and everyone else is wrong!

I'm starting to think that maybe donnie *is* some kind of genius satirist, noone could be so delusional as to equate Mandela's struggle against apartheid with this xbox vs ps3 silliness, could they? Could they ... ?

zzzz donnie is just a fanboy, ppl who react to him are idiots of near equal measure

donnie , 31, thinks it takes balls to post on internet forums, likens himself to jesus and puts a positive spin on anything 360 and negative on anything ps3. got much lately mate???

ignore you! ? never your f#$kin' priceless mate lol