Straight up ports usually suck IMO. Unless Namco Bandai actually recoded the game with the PS3 hardware in mind, this port was doomed to fail from the beginning, just like other 360 ports that the PS3 have gotten (ie. Enchanted Arms, Lost Planet, etc). I'd like to see what the reviews were like for the PS3 version. If I remembered correctly Famitsu gave the 360 version a 35/40.

According to what a couple of my Japanese friends say, Eternal Sonata is not very appealing to the Japanese gamers. The story is more geared towards a western audience as most Japanese gamers don't even know who Chopin is plus they generally prefer the prototypical "boy finds sword and goes save the world from monsters and evil wizards" JRPG premise. So despite whatever hype this game may have had, it's not a game that would sell millions in Japan, regardless of what platform it is on.

I'm still hyped for it, even if a lot of people don't like it.

Chopin ftw.

Why is Hanafuda still doing damage control? What Wii games bombed from Namco Bandai on the Wii? Tell me please I'm dying to know. Of course shit will sell badly, but I dont recall any bomb. Stop with the stealth trolling kiddo.

Accept that ES bombed... Their Wii games in Japan: ToS2 sold 240k, We Ski 140k, One Piece: UA 110k, Tamagotchi: Party On! 60k, Family Trainer 130k, One Piece :UC 60k in 3 days, Mario Super Sluggers 180k.

Such bombs... Sad

how does a game bomb when it sells 44% of its initial shipment on day 1?

Seriously, maybe we should stop using handpicked fanboys and teens on this forum as the end all be all to coming back to say "ZOMG da gamez bombed look at da predickshun threadz"

Seriously, look at the shipment......shipment, shipment, shipment. 90% of the prediction here were more than the shipment. ES did normal. period.

Japan PS3 owner don't like RPG, ES is a good game. i predict LR will have better sales on Xbox 360.