mrstickball on 06 August 2007
The X360 will NEVER reach "mass market penetration" in Japan.
At this step in the game, the most it can hope for is just below current PS3 levels in Japan (8-15k a week without a real major game for the week). That's the most it could ever hope for - and even then, that'd be real gracious.
With DMC, RE5, AC6, DW6, and Mistwaker titles, it should sell reasonably well for an Xbox 360 and Microsoft system. But again, the most MS can hope for is 3m consoles in Japan by 2012. This wouldn't be too bad, because if MS kept Mistwaker, and continued with an X720, they'd have a great launching pad for the next gen, probably being able to match PS3 numbers @ that time, or even PS4 numbers.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
