Microsoft: "Xbox 360 Sold Out in Japan, Shipments next month"

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FinalEvangelion said:

axumblade said:

FinalEvangelion said:
They better have some ready for Infinite Undiscovery, which is September 11th. I guess the next few weeks of h/w sales will be supply constrained for them.

 

It comes out later in Japan then it does in the US?

 

Yep, the US gets it a week earlier. Don't remember any jRPGs like that. I have to say MS has done a good job with keeping the Western fanbase in mind with their jRPG releases.

Well, IU definitely has quite a few things that most JRPGs don't that make it more appealing to Western gamers(kind of like Lost Odyssey):

1.realistic(for a JRPG anyway) art style

2.an action oriented battle system

3.the fact that Tri-Ace have Western gamers in mind when developing their games(it's true, I swear)

Look at Lost Odyssey, it sold quite well in the West.  However, it would have sold even better if the battle system was action based and that is one of IU's advantages for its chances of selling well in the West.

 

All that is needed now is a decent marketing campaign.  I wouldn't be supised if Microsoft help S-E market it, if not do the marketing themselves, since they still own the IP since they were the original publishers like Nintendo did with Tales of Symphonia.