Rockstar's San Andreas successful in Japan

jeez japan must hate M$...wait a second so does the rest of the world

the series has been a success just about every where now and it isn't too often you see a western dev'd game successful over there. i wouldn't also be surprised if people see a jump in ps3 sales when GTA IV is released over there. that is if they are releasing it over there in October of '07. i'll have to look...

"jeez japan must hate M$...wait a second so does the rest of the world"
what have they done to make people not hate them? japan's always been supportive and loyal to their own...maybe if microsoft got up and moved to japan they'd have better luck.

Its the controller, they hate the controller... I know i do!

The controller? It's nearly the same! I have a 360 and a PS2 and the controller are too similar to consider it a factor.

the positioning of the thumbsticks aren't the same at all. can be an unusual experience the first few times playing with that controller if you've primarly played games using the DualShock controller...

who thinks theres a big foot in sa?

The japnaese are not into fps they prefer singstar (stay at home karioke...lol...)& game styles like final fantasy etc,so no suprise GTA is doing well should be interesting to see if there's a furore over the coffee hack thingy...lol... or was that for the comp version only ?

It's not M$ fault. Japs like only childish stuff.

It's not really childish stuff but the games that do well are not as sinister as GTA. I've been in Japan for 8 years and people here have been crying out for it but it took freaking ages to get released. No idea why.

Well thats new a western Dev. game doing so well in Japan, who would of thought.

This just goes to show that a game with solid gameplay and an above average "fun factor" were never meant to be location specific.

the Xbox controller is bulky and the triggers are annoiyng

the PS2 could have stiffer analog sticks but it sets well in the hand no matter the size of your hands.

the 360 updated its control some but MS still has alot of troubles dealing with Japan if you want that market set up a large office /store front a dev department get other devs on board by handing out dev kits get them interested in deving for MS's system but MS has pretty much ignored or halfhazardly sought out devs.

if MS took some time and money they could get a better footing in japan they are doing better than with the Xbox but still its a tuff market to crack when you are number 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 (DC was stil in print not to long ago PSX is still in print I think,PS2 is selling strong)

Japan is like a nut its both the center of gaming that accounts for half of it,if your in side the shell things are sold well within and with out if you are but side you have to break threw.