Reception in Japan

[Archon]

So this is something of a rumor I've heard that 6 was relatively well-received in Japan. I know there are a lot of Chinese players as well that seem to love the game. Can anyone confirm the former rumor?

[Adngel]

I don´t know how was the vibe, but it looks like that the launch of the game made it specially well in Japan, There have past many years so I don´t remember the articles links,

No any surprise for me, in 2012, Capcom shared an article about the RE success and they mention the differences of how USA market loved the horror while the Japanesse market had more interest for the characters. And RE6 bringin such big casting...

[Archon]

Originally posted by Adngel:

I don´t know how was the vibe, but it looks like that the launch of the game made it specially well in Japan, There have past many years so I don´t remember the articles links,

No any surprise for me, in 2012, Capcom shared an article about the RE success and they mention the differences of how USA market loved the horror while the Japanesse market had more interest for the characters. And RE6 bringin such big casting...

Hmm, I wonder if it also has to do with the fact that Japanese gamers are usually more patient (so I'd imagine stuff like camera pulls outside of combat wouldn't bother them. In-combat ones are still ♥♥♥♥ ) And the game has a very steep learning curve/over-the-top combat.

There's also the stigma over where the series was headed in the west which created the poisoned well aspect. Something I'd wager is almost non-existent in Japan. This is all conjecture, of course, and it sucks we can't get any articles to back it up, but it's interesting stuff nonetheless.

On the flip side, I heard RE7 wasn't as popular in Japan, so that's also a very interesting rumor to investigate.

[Finity0]

RE6 are like Avengers which is cool

[Adngel]

Here is one of the sources, the Media Crates Sales. These are the sales in their first weeks of the launch in Japan market only.

RE6 (PS3)
Week 1: 634,933
https://gematsu.com/2012/10/media-create-sales-100112-100712

Week 2: 92,921 (727,854)
https://gematsu.com/2012/10/media-create-sales-100812-101412

Week 3: 42, 234 (770,088)
https://gematsu.com/2012/10/media-create-sales-101512-102112

Week 4: 24,263 (794,352)
https://gematsu.com/2012/10/media-create-sales-102212-102812

Week 5: 13,688 (808,039)
https://gematsu.com/2012/11/media-create-sales-102912-110412

Week 6: 6,811 (814,850)
https://gematsu.com/2012/11/media-create-sales-110512-111112

Week 7: Out of the top 20 with less than 5487 sales
https://gematsu.com/2012/11/media-create-sales-111212-111812

RE6 (Xbox)
Week 1: 41,652
https://gematsu.com/2012/10/media-create-sales-100112-100712

Week 2: Out of the Top 20 with less than 4536 sales.
https://gematsu.com/2012/10/media-create-sales-100812-101412


RE7: (PS4)
Week 1: 187,306
https://gematsu.com/2017/02/media-create-sales-12317-12917

Week 2: 52,665 (239,971)
https://gematsu.com/2017/02/media-create-sales-13017-2517

Week 3: 22,338 (262,309)
https://gematsu.com/2017/02/media-create-sales-2617-21217

Week 4:11,772 (274,081)
https://gematsu.com/2017/02/media-create-sales-21317-21917

Week 5: 10,409 (284,490)
https://gematsu.com/2017/03/media-create-sales-22017-22617

Week 6: 7,176 (291,666)
https://gematsu.com/2017/03/media-create-sales-22717-3517

Week 7: 5,523 (297,189)
https://gematsu.com/2017/03/media-create-sales-3617-31217

Week 8: Out of the top 20 with less than 4680 sales.
https://gematsu.com/2017/03/media-create-sales-31317-31917

RE7 (Xbox)
Week 1: Out of the top 20 with less than 3662 sales.
https://gematsu.com/2017/02/media-create-sales-12317-12917


You can see that the difference is quite notable. However, according to http://www.vgchartz.com/, something simillar happened with RE7 and Europe, alhtough in that case, the difference was not so big. RE7 made it better than RE6 on its debut in Europe. (Obviously, no thanks to me... XD )

[Archon]

Originally posted by Adngel:

Here is one of the sources, the Media Crates Sales. These are the sales in their first weeks of the launch in Japan market only.

RE6 (PS3)
Week 1: 634,933
https://gematsu.com/2012/10/media-create-sales-100112-100712

Week 2: 92,921 (727,854)
https://gematsu.com/2012/10/media-create-sales-100812-101412

Week 3: 42, 234 (770,088)
https://gematsu.com/2012/10/media-create-sales-101512-102112

Week 4: 24,263 (794,352)
https://gematsu.com/2012/10/media-create-sales-102212-102812

Week 5: 13,688 (808,039)
https://gematsu.com/2012/11/media-create-sales-102912-110412

Week 6: 6,811 (814,850)
https://gematsu.com/2012/11/media-create-sales-110512-111112

Week 7: Out of the top 20 with less than 5487 sales
https://gematsu.com/2012/11/media-create-sales-111212-111812

RE6 (Xbox)
Week 1: 41,652
https://gematsu.com/2012/10/media-create-sales-100112-100712

Week 2: Out of the Top 20 with less than 4536 sales.
https://gematsu.com/2012/10/media-create-sales-100812-101412


RE7: (PS4)
Week 1: 187,306
https://gematsu.com/2017/02/media-create-sales-12317-12917

Week 2: 52,665 (239,971)
https://gematsu.com/2017/02/media-create-sales-13017-2517

Week 3: 22,338 (262,309)
https://gematsu.com/2017/02/media-create-sales-2617-21217

Week 4:11,772 (274,081)
https://gematsu.com/2017/02/media-create-sales-21317-21917

Week 5: 10,409 (284,490)
https://gematsu.com/2017/03/media-create-sales-22017-22617

Week 6: 7,176 (291,666)
https://gematsu.com/2017/03/media-create-sales-22717-3517

Week 7: 5,523 (297,189)
https://gematsu.com/2017/03/media-create-sales-3617-31217

Week 8: Out of the top 20 with less than 4680 sales.
https://gematsu.com/2017/03/media-create-sales-31317-31917

RE7 (Xbox)
Week 1: Out of the top 20 with less than 3662 sales.
https://gematsu.com/2017/02/media-create-sales-12317-12917


You can see that the difference is quite notable. However, according to http://www.vgchartz.com/, something simillar happened with RE7 and Europe, alhtough in that case, the difference was not so big. RE7 made it better than RE6 on its debut in Europe. (Obviously, no thanks to me... XD )

Thanks a lot! I'll have a more in-depth look through this all later!

Edit: I'm moreover curious what Japenese gamers and reviewers thought of 6. I think that's the main goal of this thread.