Posts tagged as: Japan

BlackBerry to Stop Sales In Japan

BlackBerry will not sell its new Z10 and Q10 handsets in the Japanese market, reports Reuters. The company’s share of the Japanese market has shrunk from 5% to 0.3%, and the smartphone maker can no longer justify the cost of modifying its software to accommodate the Japanese language. BlackBerry will also stop selling its older […]

New Colors for PS3 in Japan

Red and blue PlayStation 3 consoles are to be released in Japan, it has been revealed. The latest ‘super slim’ iteration of Sony’s console will be available in Azurite Blue and Garnet Red from February 28. Each system will come with a 250GB hard drive and color DualShock 3 controllers. Sony has yet to confirm […]

Sony Brings DVR Feature to Japanese Vita Users

The good news for PS Vita is that Sony has released its PlayStation 3-compatible digital recording system to the Vita. The bad news is that if you are in North America, Sony didn’t announce any plans to bring the system to North American users. The external digital recorder named “nasne” can be accessed through the […]

3DS Sales Strong in Home Market

  Media Create is reporting that the 3DS has sold over 9,000,000 units in Japan since it launched last year on the 26th of February. If you included sales of the XL model, Nintendo’s portable has accumulated a total of 9,118,000 units.

Lumix GH3 to Hit Stores in Japan by Mid-December

Panasonic has announced when it will start selling the Lumix GH3 in Japan. A release date for mid-December suggests that the Micro Four Thirds, mirrorless camera will be making its way to other markets by the start of 2013. The Lumix GH3 will be available in three different bundles. The option to get the body […]

Valhalla Knights 3 Launches in January for Japanese Market

Valhalla Knights 3 will hit Japan on January 31 for the Vita. It features ad hoc connectivity, allowing for local multiplayer. First-print copies include a code for the Butterfly of the Night Takeout Pack, which includes an extra character in the Entertainment District. Valhalla Knights 3 is a continuation of the Valhalla Knights RPG franchise, […]

Downloads Account for 5% of New Super Mario Bros. 2 Sales in Japan

Nintendo’s digital distribution scheme for retail games has had a relatively slow start in Japan. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata told the Wall Street Journal that digital sales of New Super Mario Bros. 2, which was released in the region on July 28, have made up 5% of the total. Iwata seemed all right with this […]

LTE-Ready Xperia GX Now Available for Purchase at NTT DoCoMo

The high-end Sony Xperia GX smartphone is now available at NTT DoCoMo. It sports a 720p-resolution display sized at a generous 4.6 inches. There is a slight curve to the handset, just like in the Xperia Arc. The flagship phone also uses a 13-megapixel Exmor R camera and gets 16GB of built-in storage space with […]

Nintendo 3DS XL Sold 192,000 units During Japanese Launch

The Nintendo 3DS XL has gotten off to a flying start in Japan, shifting 192,000 units in just two days, reports Famitsu. By comparison the 3DS launched in Japan with 371,000 units. In addition, Nintendo has revealed New Super Mario Bros. 2 Japanese sales of 431,000 copies in just two days.

Windows 8 Release Candidate Due in Early June

Windows division head Steven Sinofsky used a Japanese Developer Days presentation to reveal that a release candidate version of Windows 8 was due in early June. Billing it as a “release preview,” he had it shipping just over three months after the Consumer Preview from late February. What if anything would change between builds wasn’t […]

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