Xbox 360 Media Briefing in Japan

[Inane_Dork]

Is there an ETA for the Fall dashboard update?

Fall.

 

[Tap In]

Fall.

cool!

thanks

 

[djdev]

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It's called Microsoft being desparate to sell Xbox 360s in japan, so they pack in a JRPG for free by well known artist and gamemaker. I think Microsoft will do a much better job in Japan this time than they ever did with the Xbox and the non-existant True Fantasy online. All they need now is Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy (not a port).

 

[Tap In]

It's called Microsoft being desparate to sell Xbox 360s in japan...

one man's desperate is another man's evolving marketing strategy in a tough region. :smile:

 

[one]

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They are correct. Besides, the Core System is sold with 2 games (PGR3 and Kameo) now

 

[PiNkY]

The bringing it home stuff is appearing on MP...

 

[pipo]

Next Gen's take on it...

Microsoft’s Japanese Blue Dragon pack-in has received little press attention. Yet it’s a smart and bold hardware move, right up there with the U.S. Wii bundle. Next-Gen applauds Microsoft’s strategy in targeting a particularly valuable audience…

This week's issue of Famitsu puts Blue Dragon on a pedestal. The release date is now out of the bag. People know it's coming on December 7th, 2006. That's just a little more than two months away. It's going to be packed in with the system. Thousands of gamers will already have a Lost Odyssey demo disc at the time. Buying a 360 will seem like something to do. At least, that's probably what Microsoft is hoping and wishing.

Big games coming next week (Dead Rising, Sylpheed), in November (Lost Planet), and Blue Dragon in December -- things are really shaping up for Microsoft in Japan.

More at http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3851&Itemid=2