Top 50 Xbox 360 bestsellers in Japan @ Gaming Target

Written by John Scalzo on December 28, 2007

News: Here's what Japanese gamers like to play on their Xbox 360s.

The newest issue of Famitsu has a look at the sales figures of Xbox 360 games from the system's launch through December 9, 2007.

Some things are surprising (The Elder Scrolls IV sold more copies than Eternal Sonata and Lost Odyssey) while other things are not (Blue Dragon is the top-selling game).

While the top selling game has only sold a little over 200,000 copies, it's important to note that only 267,000 Xbox 360 consoles were sold in Japan in 2007. And only 535,000 have been sold over the system's lifetime. So while Microsoft is still lagging well behind the PS3 and the Wii in Japan, they have made great strides since the days of the original Xbox. Here's the full list (American titles have been substituted wherever possible):

1. Blue Dragon - 203,740
2. Dead or Alive 4 - 108,618
2a. Dead Rising (Total Sales) - 88,313
3. Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation - 83,045
4. Halo 3 - 82,987
5. Ridge Racer 6 - 73,501
6. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - 72,274
7. Eternal Sonata - 70,244
8. Gears of War - 68,270
9. Dead Rising - 68,078
9a. Idolmaster (Total Sales) - 63,559
10. Lost Planet - 61,555

11. Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 60544
12. Lost Odyssey - 60,376
13. Idolmaster - 48,695
14. Dynasty Warriors 6 - 44,292
14a. Earth Defense Force 2017 (Total Sales) - 41,794
15. Assasin's Creed - 41,436
16. Ninety-Nine Nights - 38,019
17. Forza Motorsport 2 - 31,255
18. Rumble Roses XX - 29,187
19. Crackdown - 28,588
20. Culdcept Saga - 27,960
20a. Bullet Witch (Total Sales) - 27,098

21. Earth Defense Force 2017 - 27,087
22. Perfect Dark Zero - 26,085
23. Test Drive Unlimited - 25,788
24. Project Gotham Racing 3 - 25,058
25. Beautiful Katamari - 24,186
26. Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2007 - 21,904
27. Armored Core 4 - 21,096
28. Dead Rising (Platinum Hits) - 20,325
29. Enchanted Arms - 20,233
30. Saints Row - 18,593

31. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas - 18,592
32. Oneechanbara vorteX - 18,443
33. Need For Speed Most Wanted - 17,973
34. Bullet Witch - 16,241
35. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 - 15,994
36. Final Fantasy XI All-in-One Pack 2006 - 15,754
37. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 - 15,090
38. Idolmaster (Platinum Hits) - 14,864
39. Earth Defense Force 2017 (Platinum Hits) - 14,707
40. Final Fantasy XI: Wings of the Goddess - 14,412

41. Call of Duty 3 - 14,194
42. Virtua Fighter 5 - 13,169
43. Chromehounds - 13,110
44. Tenchu Z - 12,974
45. Project Sylpheed - 12,283
46. Project Gotham Racing 4 - 12,237
47. Viva Pinata - 12,184
48. The Godfather - 11,670
49. Dynasty Warriors 5 Special - 10,957
50. Bullet Witch (Platinum Hits) - 10,857

Thanks go to NeoGAF for the translation.

source: NeoGAF