Resident Evil 5 - Official

[Videodrone]

October's EGM had in their rumor section that Sony is trying to get Capcom to make RE5 exclusive to PS3. Not that I would take a rumor article on EGM to heart, but if this doesn't end up coming out on the 360, I'll be very disapointed.

I believe that was coupled with rumored exclusivity of Dead Rising 2. Not going to happen. Sony has probably tried, but I'm sure Capcom won't bit because a) Dead Rising was the first "successful" Japanese produced game for either Xbox system and b) over the last few weeks there has been a huge shift in expected long-term system market share (see: much move even).

[StriderKyo]

Dead Rising was the first "successful" Japanese produced game for either Xbox system

*Ahem* Best ninja game ever says WTF desu ka

[Joust Williams]

Dead or Alive also disagrees with that statement.

[Razor Ramon]

Dead or Alive

lol

[MrWhitefolks]

lol @ tecmo

[Opaque]

*Ahem* Best ninja game ever says WTF desu ka

Which game sold more?

No really, I have no idea.

[StriderKyo]

Which game sold more?

No really, I have no idea.

In North America DOA 3 sold nearly a million, Ninja Gaiden did about a half million-600k between both versions, and Dead Rising's at around 300k, but it's still selling.

[voltz]

Let's face it, American's like tits'n ass more.

[Metal_slime]

Looks like Chris to me.

But holy shit, those screen shots. Is that seriously in game footage? I'm having a hard time telling if that's a game or not.

Honestly the level of graphical detail in next-gen games is kind of frightening.

[Videodrone]

*Ahem* Best ninja game ever says WTF desu ka

Dead Rising Sells Big In America

You know already that Dead Rising has sold well in America. Capcom recently reported sales of 500,000 units. What you don't know is that this is slightly monumental news in Japan, with all the blogs and magazines reporting it with many exclamation points.

Take a moment to consider why this is the case. No, don't bother, I'll tell you: Dead Rising marks the first Japanese-made "hit" videogame on either Xbox hardware.

No, none of the Dead or Alive games count. You might not realize that Dead or Alive is not quite a household name in Japan. All the previous reports about it being the game that might "Save" the Japanese Xbox 360 launch were, to put it bluntly, game journalism. Dead or Alive is for Dead or Alive fans. It has no hope of reaching out to non-fans outside of the online battle mode, which would appeal, most generally, only to people who already like playing fighting games in the arcade. And chances are, if a person plays Street Fighter III or Guilty Gear Whatever in an arcade for an hour three nights a week, it's probably because they're not the kind of person who enjoys Dead or Alive.

That Dead Rising, an original series, has sold a half a million copies has raised BOTH eyebrows of dozens of Japanese journalists and hundreds of hardcore gamers. The first (non-sports/FPS) Xbox 360 game to sell half a million copies in less than a month happens to have been developed entirely in Japan! Wow! This is a wonderful bit of PR; as Capcom prepares to roll out its ad campaign for Dead Rising's September 28th Japan release, it’s no doubt considering this information deeply. "PLATINUM SELLER IN AMERICA!!" they can tack on to the commercials.

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?op...1&limitstart=2

I'm not going to argue numbers, but Dead Rising sales out of the gate are incredible compared to Ninja Gaiden considering NG was released when the Xbox's life cycle was near it's materity state. Don't get me wrong NG is one of the best games I have ever played, but the reasoning behind it's lackluster sales in relation to it's quality are debatable.