When does Forza ship to Japan? It could move a few systems. On a similar note: Test Drive Unlimited (one of my fav games for the 360), sold 14k units, and RSV sold 12k units during golden week....Far better than the numbers that VGChartz gives. As a 360 owner, I am VERY VERY happy with my system. There are dozens of great games from every genre that are worth buying. There's a massive RPG lineup this year with Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey, Culdicept Saga, Eternal Sonata, Sacred 2 (Maybe), Two Worlds (think Oblivion + 3rd person + 8 player online, with a 150hr main quest), among other games. You have alot of great racing in Forza 2 (best racing series ever), Test Drive Unlimited, and of course PGR3, your usual great sports games, great shooters like EDF 2017 which is fantastic (duh), but there are a ton of great action/adventure games out there like Tomb Raider Legends, Viva Pinata, Dead Rising, ect ect. I know I always promote the 360 here, but I am so happy with my system. Easily the happiest I've been since my SNES golden years with all the Square, Enix and Namco RPGs back in the day. As for the idea of 1m 360s sold by the end of this year - it's nearly if not impossible. Right now, I'm anticipating 375,000 to 400,000 units sold this year due to Forza, Trusty Bell and Lost Odyssey. This is a HUGE improvement over the 196,000 units last year (which was MS's best year in Japan on either Xbox or 360). Even @ 400k, the 360 would be at 700k LTD. It would need atleast 650k this year, and it's only sold 87k thus far. As much as TB and Forza should move systems during summer, it's nowhere near what is needed. Now, DMC4 and LO might move a ton of systems later this year, but even in the absolute best case, the 360 might sell 275k units from November to December (which would basically be more systems in 8 weeks than the 360 did in 14 months from launch). I think the chart shows the biggest thing as said: The 360 lacks Japanese games. 9 of 10 games in the top 10 are Japanese-designed games with a decent focus on Japan. There are only 2 RPGs in Japan for 360. One of which is the reason the 360 is still alive. If MS was able to get Mistwaker, Namco, S-E and others to make 3 major JRPGs a year, the 360 would easily sell 5m units, but that won't happen. 750k units LTD at EOY is likely, which is still well above what the Xbox did in 4 years.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
