outlawauron said:
Stats87 said:
Hard to say
On one hand, they have a 3.6 Million Seller hit in Japan with DQVIII...but that is also DQ.
The rest of their games (with the exception of Layton) all had modest sales with games like Jeanne D'arc, DC 1/2 and Rogue Galaxy, all falling into a 200k to 400k range. However, all these games were met with critical acclaim and praise, some more then others, so very good games are associated with Level 5.
Releasing during the Holiday period should help, although I think a December 18th release would have been better then December 25th. But I'm sure many people will use Xmas money to buy gifts, (possibly even get the game pre-ordered as a gift?) as gift exchange in Japan is generally on the 24th is it not? I'm not exactly an expert on Japanse customs for certain Holiadys.
So taking this into account mixed in with the fact this is the PS3's first big RPG and it will get tons of marketing and hype....
Lifetime Sales of 1.2 Million
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Not necessarily true. Most Holiday sales happen the first week of January. Most Japanese are not Christian and then do not celebrate Christmas.
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It's true they are not Christian ( I think there is fraction of a percent of Christians in Japan) but I remember reading a couple years back that they do celebrate the holiday, just differently, and that it is a commercial extravaganza. I know for a fact that December 25th is not a holiday, like i said earlier I think the 24th is gift day, but it's not like the country ignores it. I think there is also a big romantic aspect associated with this time.
but yeah, the peak sales do seem be the weeks after Xmas
