Scoobes said:
MrT-Tar said:
I should've rephrased that. I meant more on an impact and sales basis. The biggest series are Japanese, in particular the mega triumvirate of Mario, Pokemon and Wii...
No Western game this gen can match the likes of Wii Fit, NSMBWii, Nintendogs and Mario Kart DS/Wii in terms of sales. Or Wii Sports in impact felt within this gen. Quality of course is subjective (but IMO Japan is far ahead of the West there as well), but in pretty much every other aspect I can think of Japan is ahead of the West. I really don't understand where this talk come from.
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This is also part of the problem though. As a publisher, Nintendo are the only Eastern publisher/developer having massive success with at least one multi-million selling title every year. Outside of Nintendo very few are getting anywhere. FFXIII has sold well but is only a single game in the series this gen and as much as I love PD (especially their post-release support) and GT5, the same is true for them.
On a side note it's worth considerring that Nintendo games tend to completely transcend cultural boundaries and have appeal in both Western and Eastern markets.
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what about Level-5? I would say they've been pretty successful this gen.
All 3 Prof Layton's released in West have surpassed 2m (with the first just under 5m)
DQIX is the best selling Dragon Quest title worldwide and also in Japan and Europe and has passed 5m copies worldwide
Their major new IP Inazuma Eleven has broken 1m in Japan on it's 2nd installment with the 3rd just about to. The 1st game is also selling very well now it has been localised in Europe (but this site has no numbers yet)
White Knight Chronicles is at 800k
Even Ninokuni which has seriously underperformed is at 500k just for Japan
