Big in Japan: Nov 14-20: MW3

PS2 sales are close to 360. Came on PS2, I know you can do it !!!!!

Even the Xbox 360 version is in the top 10. Why Japan, why? I think it things like these that got Miyamoto to step down and work more on game development. He saw how Activision and their fanboys are raping the industry and decided to do something about it.

i also bought mw3 but just played it once in 2 weeks...maybe lots of people are like me??? now i regret every cents i spent for it..:(

Well I geuss the japanese are just mindless and stupid as us now huh!? or did the japnese recognize a good game? The same thing happen with gta series there blockbusters all over the world! So to all the haters out there...IN YOUR FACE!!!!

well MW3 is doing it big beyond Europe and America.this game has all the makings of a smash hit and it did.what more need i say.

The large gap between PS3 and 360 sales for MW3 shouldn't surprise anybody. The 360 was a commercial failure in Japan. Japanese consumers don't buy foreign brands, which is why MW3 is published by Square-Enix there, Activision couldn't sell sushi in Japan. Even EA can't sell in Japan, most of their games are published by Sega there. That said, I'm impressed MW3 has done so well.

Just noticed there's no Skyward Sword,or is it that it gets released next week in Japan?

@Soothsayer42: If this was before FFXIII and XIV was released, I would agree with you. :P But they are still one of the biggest game companies there so I'm not surprised.

@soulless4now it was published by Square Enix for the Japanese version... i guess Japanese put a lot of faith in that company :P

Should Vita be delayed...

That's 180,372 ex-patriots from western countries living in Japan then, we know what they're buying...

what no bf3? japan is missing something here

Since when did Japan get into shooters, especially ones made in America? This has to be a sign of the apocalypse or something.

Funny I hear about this news the day I got my hands on a copy of MW3...it being black Friday and all. Now if only Japan exported more of their games instead of importing ours :)

MW3 is leading sales? I thought the Japanese had better taste than this :P

@vader501st Im not hating on shooters, im just objecting to what your saying, shooters are good, their hogging this generation, but just because MW3(Square enix WTF?) got big in japan, doesnt mean "they made a smart choice"

Ninokuni PS3 is running at one third of what Ninokuni DS pulled off and Namco have only comfirmed PS3 version for translation?

MW3 = square Enix? 0_o

Strong week for the 3DS I think the help of Mario will boost it sales alot.

Sqaureenix pub mw3 and sold better ps3 and activevision need to get pub in japan but i guess they too scrooge to get pub in activevison in japan so i guess sqaureenix get some money for this shooter

Japanese gamers are the biggest campers around. I learned from playing with them.

am really not a COD fan but for conquring japan lets me just say bravo MW3 pravo,well done

Angry weeaboos confirmed.

Not too surprising. I saw plenty of Japanese players on Halo: Reach and Bad Company 2.

GREAT game

Heck,MW3 wouldn't have done this well if it was not published by Square Enix.And 3D Land still doing after so many weeks already.Go Nintendo. :)

To be fair the campaign wasn't bad but the spec ops is deffinately the highlight I'm guessing Skyrim hasn't been released in Japan yet i would expect that to outsell MW3 in Japan

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wow that's quite a feat but not really surprising since tox and type 0 have been out for a while now so most jpn gamers are playing those and waiting for ff13-2 to drop next month. and i am with espernay on the splash blue ps3. :D so do want.

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i want the Splash Blue PS3 :D

So this is why my BF3 servers don't have many people on it...ALREADY. Fack this shlt. Disappointed in my fellow gamers here in Japan...

My wish to God for competitive multiplayer: Crysis 2 PC graphics, Killzone 3 surrounding details, Universal weapons, Theater mode and combat training! :D

This is most disturbing news indeed. Not because I hate shooters (I don't), but because these are early signs that their own products are no longer as appealing as foreign ones. God knows I don't wanna see Japanese culture be influenced by western culture.

@hotdiddykong You may not like shooters, but Crysis 1 & 2, Battlefield 3, Modern Warfare (Yes! can you believe it?!), Halo, Killzone and a bunch of other games which are "nothing more" than shooters are among the best this generation has to offer. Hating on them will not change the fact that they're very successful, good franchises. Also, do some research and please note that it is indeed surprising that a "simple shooter" is selling very well in Japan, given the fact that they're not very into this kind of genre. So yes, a smart choice indeed, to open up and try someting different for a change. In the west, shooters are very popular, much like RPGs in Japan. Very, very surprising to see that.

I wish that One Piece game was here on the States.

Well thats suprising. @vader501st "Smart Gaming Choice" Nothing is a "Smart Choice" Everyone has their own prefrences to genres and games, MW3 is nothing more than a Shooter game.

Because there is "Square Enix" label on it.

Looks like japan does not like what capcom is doing with MVC3. Hopefully that carries over here.

Ugh. The Modern Warfare series makes me barf. All previous Call of Duty games (except 3), however, were great.

haha, i suppose the campaign was pretty good

Finally, the japanese made a smart gaming choice by putting MW 3 up in the charts. Never thought I'd see this, I'm surprised, in a good way.

Nice to see Japanese gamers getting into other franchises, better late than never!

Dear God....oh wait, there isn't one, at least in this case anyways...

@zmanrwks -As I.

I am quite frankly shocked and disturbed.