Microsoft needs to do something else than price cuts..

[heruamon]

ironman said:

heruamon said:
From a strategy perspective, M$ will stay engaged with Japan to ensure they force Sony to protect it's home turf, but ultimately, I don't see the Xbox family ever making any headway...Japanese consumer are simply going to be very resistant to buying foriegn products. Look at the Ipod...zero penetration...it's crazy when you go to Japan...I walk into electronic stores and it's all stuff I've NEVER seen before, unlike when you go to Singapore, for example. Maybe Natal will provide greater penetration into that market, but ultimately, I don't see Xbox ever gaining much more than 10-15% market share in any given generation.

I dunno, $ony has a strong hold there, no doubt. But MS may be looking at the future, and not the now, thats what they did with the origional Xbox, and look how that panned out. Just think of the potential if MS could effectively tap into that market.

Maybe...this generation wasn't all bad in Japan...M$ just needs to get more dedicated 1st party development for Japanese oreiented software, if they want to makea stronger impact...and not the timed exclusive thing.  In the coming years, M$ needs to bundle EVERY 360 with a JRPG or Popular action game in Japan.