Hard to believe it has happened this early, but I suppose the Japanese really love Virtua Fighter because the 5th version of the game has made its mark as the first PlayStation 3 title to break the country's top 10 in sales. Though it was closely trailed by a bunch of Nintendo titles, it certainly is the first really good sign for Sony since launching the monolith. Is this a sign of things to come?
Sega's popular fighting title, a day-one release game for Europe, has stormed the charts selling just over 48,000 copies. It's closest rival is Nintendo's Wii Sports, selling close to 46,000 units. The rest of the top five is made up of Nintendo titles Wii Play, More Brain Age and New Super Mario Bros.
[Via GamesIndustry]
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10:49 AM on 02.20.2007
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plus the PS2 still has some great titles
coming to it (God of War 2, Burnout)
still, PS3 needs lots more titles.
i saw a lonely PS3 sitting at Best Buy on Sunday.
I almost bought it but there was really nothing to get for it.
really, what else does PS3 offer that other systems don't?
even blu-ray is caught up in this hi-def format war.
(though it is winning now)
maybe in June i'll get one....
i said maybe
Good to know.
Good to know.
No wait, 1up also said it was doing very bad at the Japanese stores. And Im sure I also read that one somewhere else (besides [url="http://www.digg.com"]"dick"[/url])
They are...it was just a slow week...I can't remember where I read it, but VF in the past sold in the hundreds of thousands in their first week...
Even the terminology "storms the charts" is dubious. 48k copies isn't much. Especially when you consider the fact that it's closest competitor is effectively a 2-month old fun tech demo.