Valkyria Chronicles Rocks The US, Rules Japan
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Talk about a comeback story. After less than optimal global sales for the stellar looking (and stellar playing) Valkyria Chronicles, we received great news from the SEGA America Blog today. Thanks to all the hard work from the hardcore fans (this humble PS3A cast included), and last week’s DLC release, Valkyria Chronicles is now one the top PS3 games in both the United States and Japan.
But how big of an impact could a five month old game have on the American and Japanese markets?
One big freakin’ impact. According to Gamasutra, Valkyria Chronicles was the number five game sold in Amazon.com in North America behind mega blockbusters like Killzone 2, Resident Evil 5, America’s favorite (video game) past time MLB 09: The Show and the always selling Guitar Hero III. So they rocked the North American Amazon charts, but what about Japan?
Valkyria ruled it. The number one selling PS3 game in Amazon.co.jp last week was the budget “the Best” version of Senjou no Valkyria; beating Biohazard 5 (RE5) and SEGA’s own Ryu ga Gotoku 3 (Yakuza 3). The US came to its senses, Japan gobbled it up but someone is still stubborn as a Danny_D mule.
My name is Selvaria, US and Japan love me. Europe won't return my calls though.
Europe seems to want neglect this gem for a little while longer. Are you playing hard to get Europe? The game is set in a fictional Europe for crying out loud… Still loving that LBP huh? Well, let’s see what happens in the coming weeks after Valkyria Chronicles gets the PS3A bump. We’re going to make you want it Europe. Not yet though, this is not the bump. Wait for it.
I haven’t actually picked it up yet but I know I will. It’s not because I don’t want to play – it’s because there are literally a dozen games in front of it that require my “attention”.
I finally picked this up yesterday… for £12 in Blockbuster. Now if Sega could just slip us some Trophy action for it life would be complete!
Still got my shrink-wrapped copy hoping for Trophies. Sega have my money now, so I don’t need to worry about not supporting great games, and know the trophies are a long shot, but it’s not as if I don’t have plenty else to play – I will bite the bullet if they’re not in by the end of the year though! Imagine how well it would sell if they actually included trophies….
Ah yes, the ‘Trophy Effect’. One of the main reasons I’m playing Monsters vs. Aliens while Valkyria gets home.
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