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Japan Says 'No Thanks' To Halo 4

Posted on Saturday, November 10 @ 19:41:17 Eastern by Jonathan_Leack
Halo has never been a hot hit in Japan, and Halo 4 hasn't changed that in the slightest.

Halo 4 launched two days ago in the land of the rising sun, and judging by some photos posted by Akiba Blog it isn't faring so well. Unlike its older brethren, marketing or availability can't be cited as the cause as you'll see in the visual evidence below.


In this image you can see a ton of Halo 4 copies next to a sign that says the store is sold out of Animal Crossing: New Leaf, a game that launched on the same day. I guess animals are more important than saving the world from the Covenant.


And this is a bunch of Halo 4 marketing jazz sponsored by yours truly, Microsoft. As you may of notice there's a line of exactly 0 people standing in front of it.

The official Japanese software charts for the week should be out in short order, but don't expect to see Halo 4 anywhere on there.
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  • moretokes
    moretokes
    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Nov 10th, 2012 at 8:11 pm
    Microsoft should have pulled Nintendo and not release the game across borders
    0 4
  • Jonathan_Leack
    Jonathan_Leack
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Nov 10th, 2012 at 8:12 pm
    You're hired! Can you start Monday?
    0 4
  • tinymhg
    tinymhg
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Nov 10th, 2012 at 8:39 pm
    But Monday is a Holiday.
    0 2
  • Lien
    Lien
    Joined: Feb 2008
    Posted: Nov 10th, 2012 at 8:52 pm
    It's cool, they don't have veterans in japan... Right?
    0 2
  • Ivory_Soul
    Ivory_Soul
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Nov 10th, 2012 at 8:53 pm
    I hope Microsoft has some room in their landfill for these.
    0 3
  • hanzhands
    hanzhands
    Joined: Nov 2012
    Posted: Nov 10th, 2012 at 9:18 pm
    That's because in Japan a biologically engineered warrior running around with a blue computer program not wearing clothes is like every other Tuesday.
    Oh Japan...
    0 3
  • Ivory_Soul
    Ivory_Soul
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Nov 10th, 2012 at 10:26 pm
    It also doesn't help that almost no one in Japan has a 360. It is so unpopular and is obviously geared towards a Western audience. I don't think there's a single thing about the Xbox that screams "The Japanese would love this!"
    0 1
  • OdiousLupous
    OdiousLupous
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Nov 12th, 2012 at 12:20 am
    They need a hentai tentacle rape rpg that takes place on mass transit. They seem to like those kinda things.
    1 0
  • slothrock
    slothrock
    Joined: Oct 2012
    Posted: Nov 10th, 2012 at 10:32 pm
    Oh well, more halo 4 for us.
    0 2
  • Ananymous
    Ananymous
    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Nov 10th, 2012 at 11:08 pm
    Halo 4? JDM people have better games to worry some American Xbox 360 exclusive.
    0 0
  • Nick_Tan
    Nick_Tan
    Joined: Jul 2006
    Posted: Nov 10th, 2012 at 11:26 pm
    I just went to Korea. They don't even have it.
    0 3
  • Ananymous
    Ananymous
    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Nov 11th, 2012 at 5:46 am
    Gangnam Style 4?
    0 2
  • Sourdeez
    Sourdeez
    Joined: Feb 2012
    Posted: Nov 11th, 2012 at 5:29 am
    No halo 4 circle jerk?
    0 3
  • napsterxxl
    napsterxxl
    Joined: Mar 2006
    Posted: Nov 11th, 2012 at 5:48 am
    meh, this works other way around too, since I don't give a f*** about jap games, other than ninja gaiden, and even that died with NG2 for me.
    1 2
  • Heath_Hindman
    Heath_Hindman
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Nov 11th, 2012 at 5:55 am
    Re: "And this is a bunch of Halo 4 marketing jazz sponsored by yours truly, Microsoft. As you may of notice there's a line of exactly 0 people standing in front of it."

    ^ Such is the case for, you know, every single display like that. Final Fantasy, Mario, Monster Hunter, you name it -- those stands in the game shops never have anyone in front of them. It's what enables me to take pictures not unlike the ones you have posted there. ^_^
    Case in point, a game that was Japan's #1 seller in its first week:
    playstationlifestyle.net/2012/08/31/can-hatsune-mik​u-help-vita-playstation-japanstyle-special-report/

    Yo​u're right that it won't sell very much (not worth buying a 7-year-old system for 1 game), but that's not an indicator.
    *=== -The More You Know-
    1 3
  • Jonathan_Leack
    Jonathan_Leack
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Nov 11th, 2012 at 9:15 am
    I actually knew that when I wrote the caption, but I just wanted to highlight that there were tons of copies unsold and nobody looked to be interested in the booth.
    0 2
  • Heath_Hindman
    Heath_Hindman
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Nov 11th, 2012 at 7:24 am
    They should put this on PS3 and it will sell.
    Call of Duty actually does OK here. Not phenomenal and not on par with the the Western Hemisphere, but it does well enough.
    0 3
  • TheJx4
    TheJx4
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Nov 11th, 2012 at 9:52 am
    Are you suggesting that they should give up one of two exclusives just for it to sell in a Japan for a year or two? lol. With Halo 4 on PS3, there'd be no reason to have a 360, unless you just can't do without party chat and Gears.

    As for Call of Duty, do you think the fact that Square Enix publishes it has anything to do with it's popularity?
    0 0
  • Heath_Hindman
    Heath_Hindman
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Nov 11th, 2012 at 2:25 pm
    "Are you suggesting that they should give up one of two exclusives just for it to sell in a Japan for a year or two?"
    ^ Yes.

    " lol. With Halo 4 on PS3, there'd be no reason to have a 360"
    ^ Halo 4 isn't going to sell the 360 anywyay. Not in Japan at least. Who said you had to make it exclusive worldwide? The original version of Final Fantasy XIII was PS3-exclusive in Japan, among other examples. Different regions yo. If you think Xbox 360 sales in America would suffer in any way because "Well I can just import Halo 4 from Japan for PS3!" you'd be very, very mistaken ^_^
    0 1
  • moretokes
    moretokes
    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Nov 11th, 2012 at 3:09 pm
    Heath hindman a.k.a "the world's most intelligent gamer" for you people!
    0 0
  • TheJx4
    TheJx4
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Nov 11th, 2012 at 3:26 pm
    So now you're saying Microsoft should do the thing everyone hates, and alienate an entire region? Again, porting a game to another console, just to sell in one region, is silly...and I doubt they'd profit from it.
    0 0
  • Heath_Hindman
    Heath_Hindman
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Nov 12th, 2012 at 12:54 am
    "Again, porting a game to another console, just to sell in one region, is silly...and I doubt they'd profit from it. "

    ^ examiner.com/images/blog/EXID6894/images/Tales_of_Vesperia_P​laystation_3_box_art.jpg

    While I don't know how much profit they make, I can say that the practice is more common than one might think.

    If you're suggesting that a good number of Americans would throw down their Xbox controllers and boycott Xbox or Halo because Japan could play it on PS3, I have to politely disagree. THAT would be the notion I'd more likely call "silly" rather than the notion Halo 4 on PS3 making some money in Asia. ^_^
    0 0
  • TheJx4
    TheJx4
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Nov 12th, 2012 at 1:36 pm
    That doesn't make it "not silly". RPGs do very well in Japan, shooters (usually) do not.

    "If you're suggesting that a good number of Americans would throw down their Xbox controllers and boycott Xbox or Halo because Japan could play it on PS3, I have to politely disagree. THAT would be the notion I'd more likely call "silly" rather than the notion Halo 4 on PS3 making some money in Asia. ^_^"

    and no, I was referring to the PS3 crowd and something sprouting up that would resemble Operation Rainfall.
    0 0
  • Heath_Hindman
    Heath_Hindman
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Nov 12th, 2012 at 6:24 pm
    So it's OK for one genre but not another? Nah, I disagree. ^_^
    0 0
  • Heath_Hindman
    Heath_Hindman
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Nov 12th, 2012 at 2:04 am
    Missed this earlier:
    "As for Call of Duty, do you think the fact that Square Enix publishes it has anything to do with it's popularity? "

    No.
    0 0
  • bram00
    bram00
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Nov 12th, 2012 at 1:53 pm
    I say no to silly JRPG's.
    0 0

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