Where did this excitement go?
Dismal
Xbox 360 isn't very popular in Japan, and the average Japanese home is very small. Surprise surprise, then, that Kinect has only mustered a pitiful 114,000 sales in the Land of the Rising Sun.
Even combined, the three best-selling Kinect titles — excluding Kinect Adventures — only amount to a meagre 60,300 sales, barely even one sale for every two Kinect sensors. The top three titles were Forza Motorsport 4 with 24,900 sales, DanceEvolution with 22,400 and Kinect Sports some way behind with 13,000 units.
It's a shame — though hardly surprising — that quality Japanese Kinect game Child of Eden isn't in the top three, considering it's one of the least space-intensive games on Kinect, a real bonus considering the size of Japanese homes isn't exactly conducive for Kinect play.
User Comments
1. teamdoa
30 Nov 2011, 09:17 GMT
No surprise there then. An over populated country where space is limited, not the best place to sell something that requires a football pitch in order to use it effectively.