XB 360 Japanese launch tidbits

[Deepak]

From the-magicbox.com, http://www.the-magicbox.com/gaming.htm

Famitsu revealed the preorder figures of Xbox 360 in Japan, as of Nov 17, 50.6% of customers who preordered Xbox 360 has also preordered Tecmo's Dead or Alive 4, here are the details:

• 50.6% - Dead or Alive 4 (Tecmo)
• 33.1% - Ridge Racer 6 (Namco)
• 26.8% - Xbox 360 Play & Charge Kit (Microsoft / accessories)
• 15.2% - Perfect Dark Zero (Microsoft)

- Microsoft announced details of the Xbox Live Arcade game titles for Xbox 360 in Japan, you can purchase Microsoft Points from various places and use the points to buy Xbox Live Arcade games online. Prices for the Microsoft Point cards:

• Xbox Live 5000 Microsoft Point card - 7400 yen
• Xbox Live 3500 Microsoft Point card - 5250 yen
• Xbox Live 2000 Microsoft Point card - 2960 yen
• Xbox Live 1400 Microsoft Point card - 2100 yen
• Xbox Live 1000 Microsoft Point card - 1480 yen
• Xbox Live 700 Microsoft Point card - 1050 yen
• Xbox Live 500 Microsoft Point card - 740 yen

- Here is the list of available Xbox Live Arcade games for Xbox 360 in Japan at launch:

• Bankshot Billiards 2 (Pixelstorm) - 1200 points
• Bejeweled 2 (Popcap Games) - 800 points
• Gauntlet (Midway) - 400 points
• Geometry Wars Retro Evolved (Bizarre Creations) - 400 points
• Hardwood Backgammon (Silver Creek) - 400 points
• Hardwood Hearts (Silver Creek) - 400 points
• Hardwood Spades (Silver Creek) - 400 points
• Hexic HD (Microsoft Game Studios) - included with Xbox 360 HDD
• Joust (Midway) - 800 points
• Mutant Storm Reloaded (PomPom Games) - 800 points
• Outpost Kaloki (Wahoo Studios) - 800 points
• Robotron 2084 (Midway) - 400 points
• Smash TV (Midway) - 400 points
• Wik: Fable of Souls (Reflexive) - 800 points
• Zuma (Popcap Games) - 800 points

 

[#1gamer]

How many preorders are there in japan?

 

[Guden Oden]

Interesting to see that Joust, which is a game that came out in like '84 and has like a 64k ROM size, is twice as expensive as Smash TV, a game from the '90s that runs on a 32-bit RISC processor and has very powerful sprite graphics hardware.

Probably because Joust is (more than) twice as fun as Smash TV.

Really, that game is a TOTAL hoot. The people who designed it must have been high on dope when they did it, but it is fun as hell. Just hearing the original arcade sounds when the player's ostrich is running around is enough to make me giggle... Crazy game.

If today's FPSes had HALF the playability of these old arcade classics, the state of gaming would have been far better than today.

 

[Ty]

Wha? Smash TV is GREAT! Joust? Bah!!

 

[Guden Oden]

Smash TV is just repetive killing, shooting into the closest hoard while trying to avoid the masses of enemies, flying debris, random fire etc (and often not succeeding because of the sheer amounts of junk flying/running around). Joust requires a lot more strategy and skill. In a way it's like classic warplane dogfighting where altitude is power, etc.

If one isn't bored to tears by smash TV about two or three rooms past mutoid man, then that player has to be a mutant also.

 

[silhouette]

How many preorders are there in japan?

That's what I am interested in as well.

 

[Shifty Geezer]

Joust is playable free as a web-game. I didn't like it.

 

[Master-Mold]

From the-magicbox.com, http://www.the-magicbox.com/gaming.htm

Famitsu revealed the preorder figures of Xbox 360 in Japan, as of Nov 17, 50.6% of the eighteen customers who preordered the Xbox 360 have also preordered Tecmo's Dead or Alive 4, here are the details:

• 50.6% - Dead or Alive 4 (Tecmo)
• 33.1% - Ridge Racer 6 (Namco)
• 26.8% - Xbox 360 Play & Charge Kit (Microsoft / accessories)
• 15.2% - Perfect Dark Zero (Microsoft)

*Data has a possibility of being innacurate by .6%

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