Xenoblade U.S. "Pre-orders" will soon surpass Europe and Japan's "total sales"

[Chaosblade]

I'd be pleasantly surprised if Xenoblade's US release outsold the Japanese release at all, much less with just preorders. I'm not entirely sure what the Japanese sales are though since I haven't seen anything for 2011, but I heard OpRainfall actually caused a bump in Japanese sales. May or may not be true, or meaningful.

I think it has the potential to do pretty well, word of mouth is definitely there. Nintendo isn't doing much to push the game though, and I don't shop at Gamestop so I don't know if they're doing much either.

[Shizuka]

The reasonable move for Operation Rainfall to take for sales will be waiting for April's NPD charts.

[Lumina]

The EB Games by my place has a big wall set up for it. Poster with lots of placeholder cases. The guys also were pushing it a little the last time I was in there. Seems they're trying to push it at least a little.

[Shizuka]

Gamestop (and EBGames, to that extent) is doing all the marketing, NOA isn't moving a single finger.

[Lumina]

Right, I was just addressing

and I don't shop at Gamestop so I don't know if they're doing much either.

[Shizuka]

Hey, all I'm doing is quote other people, I live 10 thousand miles from the nearest Gamestop.

[Cobaltwire]

Hey, all I'm doing is quote other people, I live 10 thousand miles from the nearest Gamestop.

U drive a plane?

[Shizuka]

I wish, then I'd get a Vita for $250 instead of $400.

[Zonned87]

I wish, then I'd get a Vita for $250 instead of $400.

The way to get around these issues is usually to have someone you trust buy and forward it to you so you don't get international mark up.

[Shizuka]

That's where the customs usually step in and charge 100% on top of the Vita's full price.