happydolphin on 22 February 2012
| Salnax said:
For Japanese markets maybe. They've been pretty good at making Western games, particularly God of War and Uncharted. Maybe they plan on focusing more on Western markets? Their studios are overwhelmingly Western these days, especially if Team Ico is really collapsing. |
Ico and Shodow of the Colossus are definitely critically acclaimed games, but if I go by VGChartz data, they are not radical sellers (at least not in Japan).
| Pos | Game | Platform | Year | Genre | Publisher | North America | Europe | Japan | Rest of World | Global |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shadow of the Colossus | PS2 | 2005 | Adventure | Sony Computer Entertainment | 0.78 | 0.03 | 0.20 | 0.13 | 1.14 |
| 2 | The ICO & Shadow of the Colossus Collection | PS3 | 2011 | Adventure | Sony Computer Entertainment | 0.26 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.07 | 0.61 |
| 3 | Shadow of the Colossus | PS3 | 2011 | Adventure | Sony Computer Entertainment | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.03 |
| Total | 1.04 | 0.18 | 0.36 | 0.20 | 1.78 |
Idk Ico numbers don't seem right here, but Wikipedia says it sold 700k copies, 270k of which were sold in the US, so at best 430k were sold in Japan, if that.
