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Resident Evil 6 Booming In Japan

Posted on Wednesday, October 10 @ 11:52:22 Eastern by Keri_Honea

Resident Evil 6's first week in Japan has had an incredible sales start. It's actually in the top 5 games sold for October 1-7 TWICE—No. 1 for PlayStation 3 and No. 5 for Xbox 360. The game has sold over 650,000 units (combining both PS3 and 360 sales) according to Media Create.

This first week's sales tops Resident Evil 5's total sales. in Japan alone. It's the second most successful game in its first week, coming just after Final Fantasy XIII.

The following are the top 5 games in Japan for October 1-7.
  1. Resident Evil 6 (PS3) - 634,933
  2. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2013 (PS3) - 223,884
  3. Summon Night 3 (PSP) - 51,453
  4. [Sol Trigger (PSP) - 42,037
  5. Resident Evil 6 (Xbox 360) - 41,652
The fact that PSP games ranked up there and not Vita games was not lost on us either.
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  • Lenin17301
    Lenin17301
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Oct 11th, 2012 at 4:27 am
    Yay for PES being up there, it's truly the better game compared to FIFA, this year I mean. Not as pretty, but way more fun to play.
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  • Kakulukia
    Kakulukia
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Oct 11th, 2012 at 8:00 pm
    I guess it's true that the Japanese like ****.
    OH NO I DI'N'T!
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