XBox 360 launched in Japan
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dantruon said:
Wait for the numbers first. Things may have went better than you think.
Sis said:
Read this blog about the Osaka launch. It's quite hilarious, the bloggers play by play diary that is. "Ichabod!"
Anyways, it's pretty evident what kind of reaction MS is receiving from Japan. Tokyo seems to be the anomoly.
Of particular interest are these entries.
More newsbits from the BBC. Oddly, they quote a 400k sell out of the 360 in the US and 75k in the UK. This is more than twice that of the NDP estimates.
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drpepper said:
Adding insult to injury
"Dude in the black jacket has two choices: watch some high school kids play a day-old PS2 game (Ryu Ga Gotoku) or play yet-unreleased-next-gen machine. Drumroll please. Is it going to be the PS2 or the 360 kiosk? Dude in the black jacket chooses:"
WHy does anyone expect the 360 would ahve sold well with these launch titles? Sorry i just cant get past this but they pushed back their 3 biggest games past launch. I'm not saying things will immediately reverse once the titles are available but i wouldnt have expected anyone to buy the 360 for RR6 and everyparty.
MS' strategy for Japan this generation was to have better software from Japanese based development houses. So given this launch list, why would you expet the japanese to have flocked to this console? Because its white?
MS' strategy for Japan this generation was to have better software from Japanese based development houses. So given this launch list, why would you expet the japanese to have flocked to this console? Because its white?
expletive said:
Dunno, maybe Scoob and some others can comment on this one, but if I were to bring up a few humble assumptions, I'd say because it's a new next-gen system with amazing Japanese support [sometime in the future anyway], FFXI, all those great [Western aimed] RPGs and because everyone should be first in line to get one in fear it'll be sold for weeks....
On a more serious note, Microsoft's unfortunate software delays is one thing, on the other hand, it's not really as if the Japanese have no idea about the software that going to come its way. I'm sure sales will pick up from here, but don't expect any miracles either.
expletive said:
True, but dedicated longterm support* isn't going to be something easy if they fail to make a larger impact in the market those dev-houses primarely cater to. That also includes valuable Square-Enix support and others.
*dedicated longterm support not as in ported-software, but exclusive support with larger developer teams etc.
dantruon said:Adding insult to injury
"Dude in the black jacket has two choices: watch some high school kids play a day-old PS2 game (Ryu Ga Gotoku) or play yet-unreleased-next-gen machine. Drumroll please. Is it going to be the PS2 or the 360 kiosk? Dude in the black jacket chooses:"
Um okay , before launch of the xbox 360 in the states some people would opt for shadow of the colosus instead of the xbox 360 . Not everyone can afford a new syste m nor will it apeal to everyone
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^^ I see that all the time in the US. It's just that after you've played COD2 and Kameo there's not much reason left to touch the 360 kiosk.
I agree and in fact I would suggest, in a non-accusatory way, that these photos are really just troll bait since, as I've offered already in this thread, lack of a line is proof of nothing other than lack of a line. And even that has a temporal nature.seismologist said:
Anyway, I agree with one's assessment--50,000 sounds about right. But again, it's the after launch that's important. If Xbox 360 sees a consistent sales growth, that would be a victory in and of itself.
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Phil said:
Why would i rush out to buy a console that doesnt have any games i want to play on it?
Quite a few people in here (for the US and UK launch) were waiting for reviews of games before they went out and bought the 360 as well, why wouldnt japanese gamers do the same with eA, DOA, NNN, etc?
Again, i'm not saying this would change anything, i dont think the 360 will do particularly well in JP but it certainly isnt optimal conditions to launch a console in JP, it wasnt even the 'planned' conditions by MS.
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expletive said:
Hey, that's not my argument - I was just passing on what others were saying that believed in its success prior to the Xbox360 launching overthere. I named you the reasons that were brought up [against arguments of my own] - namely the launch lineup and promising software on the horizon. I never claimed nor believed that a successful launch would be attributed alone to those factors however...
having said that, I'm really not arguing against you (I actually agree with you) - I don't think the games that haven't come out yet will make a big impact either because 1.) MS still has a looooong way to go to capture the interest of the casuals over there through better and more support catering towards those gamers interests (i.e. jRPGs), 2.) if those games would be in the among the highest anticipated ones, more people would have rushed out to get one, regardless.
Anyway, the launch indicated by these reports really isn't surprising me in the slightest. I think you may want to direct those arguments to those that have argued in the Xbox's favour prior to it launching there.
I did a Google news search a little bit ago and while I got dozens of headlines talking about subdued response in Japan, they were all single-sourced. Am I missing some news reports, or is it all the same store owner talking about only selling 50?Phil said:
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