06 Jan

The Japanese market may seem to have had a good year, if their lead software sales are any indication. Financial firm Enterbrain recently released the calendar year’s fiscal results, and several games post impressive numbers. Dragon Quest IX took first place in 2009 with 4.1 million units sold, Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver following with 3.3 million. Rounding […]

27 Dec

Unsurprisingly, Square Enix’s launch of Final Fantasy XIII was a gigantic press event in Japan, and proved immensely successful once the first week’s sales figures came in. The developer-publisher announced that at least one million copies were sold during the game’s first 24 hours, not counting those bundled with the PS3 hardware. Japanese gaming magazine […]