I have lived in Japan for five years going back to right before the 360 launched. I remember very well its luke warm reception. I got one used shortly after its launch for only two-thirds the price. It was good for me, but I couldnt figure out what the problem was. MS later gave them their role playing games with Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey. Then there was The Last Remnant, Infinite Undiscovery, Tales of Vesperia and Star Ocean 4. Those all released on the 360 first, but still no love.
I used to think that it was that Japanese were untrusting or uninterested in foreign electronics. But then the ipod, iphone and ipad have all caught in here, and they caught on big. MS hasn't done shit to SONY in Japan, but Apple has humbled them along with a bunch of other Japanese companies.
I still cant figure it out. It used to anger me that no one seems to care about 360 in Japan. But i got over it. On the upside, used 360 games are much cheaper than their used PS3 counterparts. But the games out here are still more expensive new or used than what you would pay in the States. And what gets me most is that there are no video game rentals in Japan. It simply defies logic.
