This is no big surprise and no big deal on an individual basis, but I do wonder if this means Microsoft has stopped throwing money at Japanese developers regarding domestic releases. They've devoted a LOT of money and resources over there trying to crack that market, but it seems to have been for naught. I would really love to know how much money it took to convince some of those developers and publishers to make their title a 360 exclusive, knowing without doubt that the profits on a PS3 would be exponentially higher.
Are they just done for this generation? Will they renew their efforts with the 720? Probably, though I don't know how much success they will find. The bad build quality of the early 360 models supposedly hurt the brand quite a bit, so perhaps they can fix that aspect.
