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Zlejedi on 15 November 2009

Borderlands definitly. People thought they sent it to die against MW2 but it still sells greatly.

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Zlejedi said:
Borderlands definitly. People thought they sent it to die against MW2 but it still sells greatly.

Wait untill you see the numbers next week.

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huaxiong90 on 15 November 2009

Demon's Souls and Lost Odyssey.

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Riachu on 15 November 2009

huaxiong90 said:
Demon's Souls and Lost Odyssey.

Lost Odyssey doesn't count because LO was a hyped game before it came out. Borderlands and Demon's Souls weren't and many people thought they would go under the radar. Demon's Souls sales show that Atlus is indeed a growing publisher.

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LordDeDeDe on 15 November 2009

Speaking of Atlus, Persona 3 was also a surprise hit in America

Both the original version and FES edition sold more in America than Japan

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huaxiong90 on 15 November 2009

Riachu said:

huaxiong90 said:
Demon's Souls and Lost Odyssey.

Lost Odyssey doesn't count because LO was a hyped game before it came out. Borderlands and Demon's Souls weren't and many people thought they would go under the radar. Demon's Souls sales show that Atlus is indeed a growing publisher.

I just thought it'd do better in Japan.

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I'd say Lost Odyssey was surprising in that the America sales are greater than the Japan sales.

Considering that it was on the 360, and that several RPGs have been more popular in America than Japan, it's not surprising at all. Couple that with a huge advertising campaign in the west, and it's pretty easy to see why it was successful.

A surprise hit in America would be Call of Duty 4. We knew it would be big, but no one could have predicted to what extent.

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LordDeDeDe said:

Speaking of Atlus, Persona 3 was also a surprise hit in America

Both the original version and FES edition sold more in America than Japan

Would Persona 4 count as well? Considering that it was released when many massively hyped games were coming out, it sold quite well.

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invetedlotus123 on 15 November 2009

Riachu said:

LordDeDeDe said:

Speaking of Atlus, Persona 3 was also a surprise hit in America

Both the original version and FES edition sold more in America than Japan

Would Persona 4 count as well? Considering that it was released when many massively hyped games were coming out, it sold quite well.

The thing is that Persona series shows to already have a consolidated fan base in US. I'm one of them, there are three franchises that are system seller to me, MGS, FF and Persona.