Xbox Japan sees 157% growth in the last year

by Xav de Matos { Oct 21st 2008 at 11:30AM }

The numbers aren't Earth shattering -- or cause for a sweater in the pits of Hell -- but Xbox 360 has found a small niche in Japan. Famitsu Marketing data (via GameDaily) outlines that the Xbox 360 has seen a year-to-year growth of an impressive 157% during the first seven months of the year.

Before we start to prep our Sony eulogy for Japanese newspapers we should keep in mind that a growth of 157% on an already small group isn't much to brag about but Microsoft is hopeful for their future in the region. According to data from Famitsu the console has sold 748,992 units since its release in Japan and Microsoft hopes to crack the million units sold milestone, "as soon as possible." The spike in sales is in large part to the exclusive debut releases of the role-playing titles Tales of Vesperia and Infinite Undiscovery. The lifetime hardware sales numbers for each platform (and handheld) can be found after the jump.

[via Joystiq]

Lifetime unit sales (source: Famitsu):

DS Lite: 17,080,747
PSP: 10,181,888
DS: 6,449,206
Wii: 6,826,612
PS3: 2,369,484
Xbox 360: 748,992

Tags: business, famitsu, hardware, japan, xbox-japan

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

dunnypop @ Oct 21st 2008 11:51AM

how many Xbox 1 units did they sell in Japan?

myabsolution @ Oct 21st 2008 12:10PM

according to Vgchartz

477K total lifetime Xbox 1 units in Japan.

So Xbox 360 is without a doubt doing much better.

Devin @ Oct 21st 2008 12:27PM

How could they NOT hit the million mark? Especially if they continue spending millions and millions on securing exclusive RPG's that Japan can't live without as well as dropping the price in half?

Tony @ Oct 21st 2008 12:41PM

It's still pretty awful, but they have an uphill battle. MS did way too little with the original Xbox there... why would most people want to spend money on its successor? I wouldn't lol.

Hopefully this is increasing the general positive buzz around the system so the next one does a bit better.