360 version of Metal Gear Rising cancelled in Japan

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BasilZero said:

XanderZane said:

Troll_Whisperer said:
Noooooooooooo!!!!

Nah, seriously, it was gonna sell like 5k copies anyway.

They didn't want to spend the money to convert the language on the XBox 360 version just to sell about 15K-20K copies of the  game.  It still baffles me why companies like EA release games like Mass Effect 3 and Dragon Age in Japan. They don't want to play those games. I was surprised Uncharted 2 and 3 were released in Japan as well.

Probably because it would of been weird for them to not release a game under Sony management/studios in Japan where Sony originated. Besides Uncharted by itself sold more than the PS3 AND xbox360 versions of Mass Effect series (if VGChartz numbers are correct that is):

1	Mass Effect 2	X360	2010	Role-Playing	Electronic Arts	1.88	0.73	0.03	0.27	2.90
2	Mass Effect	X360	2007	Role-Playing	Microsoft Game Studios	1.67	0.70	0.03	0.25	2.66
3	Mass Effect 3	X360	2012	Role-Playing	Electronic Arts	1.52	0.66	0.02	0.23	2.43
4	Mass Effect 2	PS3	2011	Role-Playing	Electronic Arts	0.68	0.31	0.03	0.16	1.18
5	Mass Effect 3	PS3	2012	Role-Playing	Electronic Arts	0.42	0.33	0.02	0.14	0.91

Besides the Uncharted series seem to have a rise in sales in each installation l0l

1	Uncharted 2: Among Thieves	PS3	2009	Action	Sony Computer Entertainment	2.72	1.89	0.21	0.88	5.70
2	Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception	PS3	2011	Action	Sony Computer Entertainment	1.68	1.90	0.19	0.77	4.55
3	Uncharted: Drake's Fortune	PS3	2007	Action	Sony Computer Entertainment	1.90	1.55	0.12	0.69	4.26

 

^ Third set of numbers are Japanese numbers.

Did they ever state what the production cost of each uncharted game was?

360, cetainly doesn't do well at all in the gaming homeland.