Actually.....
This is about the same deal that Microsoft offered last year with the Blue Dragon pack-in. Now it just includes the other 2 bundled holiday games.
Alt, I would agree the competitors (Sony, Ninty) have the brand appeal of being more "Japanese oriented", but to change that, all it takes is games. Lost Odyssey is a Japanese product, and will be seen as such, and increase sales.
At any rate, this will definately help Microsoft out. It's not going to make it competitive Vs. the Wii, but could attempt to match the PS3. And considering at the beginning of this generation, the X360 was poised to sell vastly worse than the Xbox, this is a great new, stronger trend.
IMO, I'm still sticking with 40-50k h/w units sold on the week of December 6th.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
