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Zuhyc on 12 January 2009
noname2200 said:
outlawauron said:
This is so misleading. WKC had the holidays whereas MGS 4 was released in June.

True, but that also means that MGS4 had less competition than this game. It also means that MGS4 has had more time to rack up sales, and if people were truly interested in the game they would buy it during the holidays, despite its earlier release (see: Evergreen Titles).

More to the point, MGS4's Japanese sales are on track to reach those of its three console counterparts (assuming that the remaining 200k show up after the price drop).

While what little I've read tells me that White Knight isn't too impressive*, that doesn't make this any less of an accomplishment. If this news is correct, White Knight Chronicles has passed not just MGS4, but every other PS3 game as well.

Credit where credit's due, and all that.

*I really haven't read too much about it, so if that statement is incorrect, forgive my ignorance.

The article is talking about how PS3 hardware was higher when WKC launched than when MGS 4 launched. MGS 4's sales are still way higher than WKC's. WKC is selling good, nonetheless.

 



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noname2200 on 12 January 2009
outlawauron said:

Famitsu gave it 7.25/10 (average of review scores), but people seem to enjoy it a lot. Many also question Famitsu because most of the issues they mentioned that were negative were quite silly to deduct 2 or 3 points for. (no voice chat)

What?! Taking points off a JRPG for not having voice chat? Hmm...

@zuhyc: Ah, gotcha. My mistake then, and that certainly makes more sense. Although the author certainly phrased that awkwardly. "(F)or some strange reason White Knight Chronicles has outsold Metal Gear Solid 4 in Japanese software sales" really needs to be re-written.



BHR-3 on 12 January 2009
outlawauron said:
This is so misleading. WKC had the holidays whereas MGS 4 was released in June.

What MGS 4 did was much harder.

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outlawauron on 12 January 2009

@ noname

It has much like Phantasy Star Online (yay!) and it didn't have voice chat. They mention anything else that was negative in the review.



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Kasz216 on 12 January 2009

Do they mean.... bundles?

So confused.



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Dgc1808 on 12 January 2009

WHAT??!!


Errr.... anyway.... I'm getting the game when it hits the US.



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Solid_Raiden on 12 January 2009
bklynrecca said:

http://loot-ninja.com/2009/01/12/white-knight-chronicles-has-trumped-mgs4-in-japanese-ps3-sales/

White Knight Chronicles Has Trumped MGS4 in Japanese PS3 Sales

By Yaris Gutierrez | Posted in Loot Ninja | Tagged MGS4, PS3, White Knight Chronicles

How do you know that the Japanese are RPG-obsessive? Uh, because for some strange reason White Knight Chronicles has outsold Metal Gear Solid 4 in Japanese software sales despite its horrid reviews from Famitsu (who scored the game 27/40 - Haze received higher praise). Not saying the game sucks in any way - I haven’t played it myself. But outselling MGS4 is a big deal to me. It is one of the only games that had me crying a bit aside from Final Fantasy X.  Just a bit.

I’m not going to degrade White Knight Chronicles, though, regardless of what Famitsu says. I’m still going to get the game and try my hardest to savor the taste of an RPG touching the PS3’s foundation. I will force myself to enjoy it simply because I’ve had high expectations for this game as I did for Blue Dragon, sadly. Although whether or not White Knight Chronicles will sell hardware here in the states as it did in Japan is truly unknown. But I am expecting solid sales on the home front only because PS3/RPG fans haven’t had the chance to embrace this genre in contrast to the PS2.

Will I bad-mouth the game if it isn’t to my expectations? Bet your ass I am. I will take the Blu-ray disc, slam it on my nearest table, and continuously head-butt it beyond belief until either the game or my skull cracks first. But, again, I know the game will kick ass… at least I hope it will for the sake of my over-sized cranium.

 

 He says WKC outsold MGS4 software sales in that first bolded statement. He then goes on to ask in the second whether or not WKC can push as much hardware in the US as it did in Japan. Did he mistype the first bolded statement or is this article just completely wrong?




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outlawauron on 12 January 2009
Solid_Raiden said:
bklynrecca said:

http://loot-ninja.com/2009/01/12/white-knight-chronicles-has-trumped-mgs4-in-japanese-ps3-sales/

White Knight Chronicles Has Trumped MGS4 in Japanese PS3 Sales

By Yaris Gutierrez | Posted in Loot Ninja | Tagged MGS4, PS3, White Knight Chronicles

How do you know that the Japanese are RPG-obsessive? Uh, because for some strange reason White Knight Chronicles has outsold Metal Gear Solid 4 in Japanese software sales despite its horrid reviews from Famitsu (who scored the game 27/40 - Haze received higher praise). Not saying the game sucks in any way - I haven’t played it myself. But outselling MGS4 is a big deal to me. It is one of the only games that had me crying a bit aside from Final Fantasy X.  Just a bit.

I’m not going to degrade White Knight Chronicles, though, regardless of what Famitsu says. I’m still going to get the game and try my hardest to savor the taste of an RPG touching the PS3’s foundation. I will force myself to enjoy it simply because I’ve had high expectations for this game as I did for Blue Dragon, sadly. Although whether or not White Knight Chronicles will sell hardware here in the states as it did in Japan is truly unknown. But I am expecting solid sales on the home front only because PS3/RPG fans haven’t had the chance to embrace this genre in contrast to the PS2.

Will I bad-mouth the game if it isn’t to my expectations? Bet your ass I am. I will take the Blu-ray disc, slam it on my nearest table, and continuously head-butt it beyond belief until either the game or my skull cracks first. But, again, I know the game will kick ass… at least I hope it will for the sake of my over-sized cranium.

 

 He says WKC outsold MGS4 software sales in that first bolded statement. He then goes on to ask in the second whether or not WKC can push as much hardware in the US as it did in Japan. Did he mistype the first bolded statement or is this article just completely wrong?

He's wrong. During the first two weeks of release, the PS3 sold more during WKC's first two.



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683017CA on 12 January 2009

THE PS3 NEEDS MORE RPGS ANY WAYS.



outlawauron on 12 January 2009
683017CA said:
THE PS3 NEEDS MORE RPGS ANY WAYS.

And why do you post in all caps?



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