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Forums - Microsoft Discussion - BioShock vs Mass Effect - the (sales) battle of Japan

BioShock and Mass Effect were released last fall in the West, and both games were critically acclaimed and easily sold over a million copies. Now, in a move to increase the library of Xbox360 games in Japan, Microsoft has opted to have both these western games fully localized for the Japanese market - a market where these games can be described as "niche games" at best.

 

Still, there have been a few, typical western games that haven't done horribly bad on the white Box in Japan, like Assassin's Creed and Oblivion (no doubt thanks to western students and such living there, lol). BioShock has, alledgedly, sold approximately 10.000 copies on day one - not bad for a shooter. Mass Effect has, to my knowledge, not recieved a release date yet, but my guess it will hit shelves late this spring/early summer.

 

So, what niche game will do best in the Japanese market? The shooter with RPG elements (BioShock), or the RPG with shooter elements (Mass Effect)? And how many copies will they each sell? 



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Mass Effect
I think it will sell more than 100K



Mass Effect will win by a landslide for the obvious reason being an RPG.
I would say:
Mass Effect>120.000
Bioshock



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mass effect might push sales a little, if advertised properly as the epic game of 2008(for japan)



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remember that Oblivion sold well (for a 360 game) when it was localised in Japanese. That was already AFTER an English release as well.

Mass Effect will probably sell the most.



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we have to keep in mind those xbox owners are very westernized too. Much different than their PS3/Wii owners.

So I hope Bioshock will do better, (I think it's a more polished game), but Mass Effect will sell better for sure.



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