HappySqurriel on 24 May 2007
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3157595
This is all expected to change with the release of Gundam Musou, the highly anticipated collaboration between Koei's Omega Force (known for the Dynasty Warriors series) and Namco Bandai. Consistently on Famitsu's most wanted charts since it was first announced two months ago, Gundam Musou is the game that will drive PS3 sales in Japan (at least until Final Fantasy XIII arrives). Gundam games are extremely popular in Japan, but this one is special; it matches the Dynasty Warriors gameplay (which is also quite popular there) with the Gundam universe. It's guaranteed to sell a lot of units (Namco Bandai states it expects to sell over a million copies of the game), and certainly push hardware sales for Sony.
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/767/767135p1.html
At the event, Koei cofounder Keiko Erikawa had this to say about the upcoming title: "We've made a fantastic game. Gundam Musou is the most ordered PlayStation 3 game, but it's just one tenth of the sales we're thinking of. For us, Bandai's Gundam is one million , and the Musou series is one million. We'd like to sell a total of two million copies."
This was no small budget game with modest expectations, it was the merging of two massive Japaneese franchises that had a very large budget; it was hyped to no end as the "savior" of the PS3 and was expected to sell really well. The fact that it sold so poorly is a bad sign for every upcomming PS3 game in Japan regardless of whether they're on Famitsu's most wanted list or not.
