Initial predictions were highly optimistic as the highest rating launch game reviewed by Famitsu, Namco's "Ridge Racer 6", scored 35 out of 40 stars. Namco expects to sell 500,000 copies of "Ridge Racer 6" in Japan. This number is roughly equal to the number of Xbox units sold in Japan by November 2005. Microsoft Japan executive Yoshihiro Maruyama stated that he expects sales of Xbox 360 in Japan to hit one million units sometime next year. Maruyama is widely credited for attracting support from Japanese game developers.