Tekken 6 leads Namco Bandai's Q1 sales
The North American release a Tekken 6 be the brightest spot on Namco Bandai's game release calendar for it be fiscal Q1 (which ended June 30). The fighting title sold 1.07 million copies in the US in that quarter, giving a clue as t' why Namco Bandia would be so eager t' collaborate with Capcom on Street Fighter x Tekken -- it means more Tekken games.
The next best-selling game in the quarter be the third Taiko Drum Master game on DS, which sold 170,000 copies in Japan; Ben 10 Alien Force, a title published by subsidiary D3 Publisher, sold 110,000 in the US 'n Europe 'n the latest Super Robot Wars for DS sold 110,000 in Japan.
Overall, the "content" division brought in ¥32.9 billion ($385 million) in net sales in the quarter, up from ¥20.2 billion last year. How be it up with lowered sales? Well, this year, the visual 'n musical content divisions be integrated with the game division. So it be kind a a technicality. It only lost ¥619 million in operating losses, compared t' last Q1's ¥4.1 billion
The next best-selling game in the quarter be the third Taiko Drum Master game on DS, which sold 170,000 copies in Japan; Ben 10 Alien Force, a title published by subsidiary D3 Publisher, sold 110,000 in the US 'n Europe 'n the latest Super Robot Wars for DS sold 110,000 in Japan.
Overall, the "content" division brought in ¥32.9 billion ($385 million) in net sales in the quarter, up from ¥20.2 billion last year. How be it up with lowered sales? Well, this year, the visual 'n musical content divisions be integrated with the game division. So it be kind a a technicality. It only lost ¥619 million in operating losses, compared t' last Q1's ¥4.1 billion
