Xeno is a Japanese role-playing game meta-franchise created by Tetsuya Takahashi that spans three related series. The first entry, Xenogears, was developed and published by SquareSoft. After Takahashi left Square in 1999, he co-founded the company Monolith Soft and partnered with Namco to start a new series called Xenosaga. In 2007, Nintendo announced they became the majority shareholder of Monolith Soft with 80% of shares. Under Nintendo, in 2010, Monolith Soft created Xenoblade Chronicles. The three series that fall under the Xeno metaseries do not necessary have direct story connections. However, the three have common thematic links and have the word "Xeno" as part of their name, which Takahashi has said it identifies his games and a symbolic representation of all the game. As of March 2023, the entire Xeno metaseries has sold over 11.21 million units worldwide.
Games[]
| Title | Platform | Year | Sales | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | Overseas | Worldwide | |||
| Xenogears | PlayStation | 1998 | 929,479[1] | 280,000[2] | 1,209,479 |
| Xenoblade series | Multi-platform | 2010 | 1,800,399[3] | 6,663,147+[3] | 8,857,376+[3] |
| Xenosaga series | 993,158 | 693,772+ | 1,686,930+ | ||
| Xenosaga Episode I | PlayStation 2 | 2002 | 467,931[4] | 532,069 | 1,000,000[5] |
| Xenosaga Freaks | PlayStation 2 | 2004 | 25,430[4] | Unknown | 25,430+ |
| Xenosaga Episode II | PlayStation 2 | 2004 | 280,000[6] | Unknown | 280,000+ |
| Xenosaga I & II | Nintendo DS | 2006 | 38,500[7] | Unknown | 38,500+ |
| Xenosaga Episode III | PlayStation 2 | 2006 | 181,297[4] | 161,703 | 343,000[8] |
| Total | 3,723,036 | 7,636,919+ | 11,753,785+ | ||
References[]
- ↑ "PlayStation". Game Data Library. Famitsu. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ↑ "February 2, 2004 – February 4, 2004" (PDF). Square Enix. February 9, 2004. p. 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-05-06. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Xenoblade Chronicles
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 https://sites.google.com/site/gamedatalibrary/game-search
- ↑ "モノリスの新作3タイトル発表！『ゼノサーガエピソードII』では『I』の謎が明らかに！". Dengeki Online (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. 21 July 2003. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- ↑ Winkler, Chris (14 February 2005). "Namco Posts Third Quarter Results". RPGFan. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- ↑ "2006年テレビゲームソフト売り上げTOP500（メディアクリエイト版）" (in Japanese). Geimin.net. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
- ↑ "Bandai Namco Announces 3rd Quarter Results". RPGFan. 17 February 2007. Archived from the original on 11 March 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2007.