All consoles that did not get their own version of DBZ: Burst Limit must be really kicking themselves. Although DBZ series is pretty old, it is so ridiculously amazing that even after 20 years the Anime is still kicking. The game has had a dream start, it managed to reach the top of the sales charts in Japan. DBZ Burst Limit defeated Sega’s other new title, Shiren 3 for the Wii, whcih is pretty impressive.
I didn’t expect Burst Limit to do so well, it didn’t look any different from the old Budokai games, but the game silenced most critis with an overall 81% at Metacritic.com.
Looking at the hardware market as a whole, PSP sales dropped by almost 10,000 (from 71,986 to 62,016) and so did those of Wii, which dropped by 6000. Xbox360 and PS3 saw their sales improve thanks to DBZ: Burst Limit (for PS3) and Ninja Gaiden2 (for Xbox360).
The PS3 has been doing pretty well in Japanand with DBZ: Burst Limit the situation can only get better. What’s interesting to me is that the PS3 globally is catching up to the 360, which had a year head start. There is little under 6 million separating them, which will no doubt get substantially closer due to the picture perfect offering that is Metal Gear Solid4. Ninja Gaiden could have been riding its way on top of the charts had it not been launched in the least favorite console platform in Japan, which is Xbox360. With the healthy response that NG2 is receiving, we might see them substantially improve their sales in Japan in the weeks to come.
PS3 fans, I’m sure, can’t wait for MGS4 and Quake Wars: Enemy Territory to be launched.
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