nine0nine on 19 August 2007
the xbox was a bad name for something in a japanese market, especially as it was often written as X-Box and not just Xbox. In japan the shape X means wrong, or Batsu! (hence the X on japanese PS pads being the back or no button). The Xbox was often called the batsu box, the wrong box.
Japan doesnt just have a love affiar with RPGs either, look at the charts right now and its a Gundam game at the top, Anime titles are essential for a successful machine in Japan, along with quirky stuff like Horseracing, train driving, dating sims and so on. Offering them a few RPGs was a drop in the ocean.
