I'll post this here as well, my reply to another Kinect in Japan thread:
"Well... What can I say? I'll say what I have always said about Kinect in Japan. Space CONSTRAINT.. I am currently searching for apartments (in Tokyo), I have been at maybe 20, and NONE of them are Kinect friendly... I even have a MUCH HIGHER budget than ALL MY Japanese friends (only because my company will pay half of my rent) and I even earn WAY MORE than the average young Japanese (gamer demographic, as well as kids). So I don't believe people will buy it (in the LONG RUN). Also, I have been looking for electronics to buy for my apartment recently, and I have yet to see people flock around the Kinect demos. I even have a girlfriend who says that her average Japanese family has LESS SPACE (per room of course) than many of the apartments I have been looking at! So even me, with a much higher salary and much higher apartment budget, can't find an apartment in Tokyo suitable for Kinect, how the hell can the average Japanese find one?" This is my take on Japan and Kinect, I might be wrong.
