Japan was reluctant to bring Xenoblades to US, fearing it wouldn't sell...

[Mkilbride]

http://thewiredfish.wordpress.com/2...enoblade-outsell-japans-total-lifetime-sales/

Old article, but I just saw it now. We had to start a PETITION to get this to the U.S, and Nintendo didn't want to, saying the U.S Market didn't like these types of games.

http://www.vgchartz.com/game/42966/xenoblade-chronicles/

Total Units
North America: 0.32m 43.1%
+ Europe: 0.20m 27.5%
+ Japan: 0.16m 21.4%
+ Rest of the World: 0.06m 8.0%
= Global 0.74m

Almost more than Japan & Europe combined.

I love when big developing companies get proven so wrong like this.