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smbu2000 said:
XSX is still in demand it seems, but units aren't available. I've seen used XSX consoles selling for a minimum of 70,000 yen, retail price for new units is 50,000 yen (55,000 yen including tax). Used XSS systems I've seen are selling for new price or slightly higher. XSS stock/re-stock is much better compared to the XSX.
As far as software is concerned, it is much harder to buy physical Xbox games in Japan. Pretty much every retail store doesn't stock Xbox games. There were more at the end of the 360/start of the X1 generation, but after the abysmal performance of the X1 even those stores stopped stocking games. Maybe 1 or 2 big chains still have new Xbox games. Otherwise it is Switch (most available), PS4 (still quite a lot), 3DS (still fairly large), PS5 (fairly small sections) and that's it.
Your best chance of getting a physical Xbox game is ordering it through Amazon JP. It's much easier to just go digital or go with Gamepass.
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Retailers topped Xbox sections BECAUSE no one was buying them. Not the other way round. The fact is PS5/XSX can be sold overseas at 1.5-2x the MSRP price, meaning scalpers can make profit even by shipping across the world.
There is no way a console with 0.03 attach ratio is in demand by actual players. Unless you are of the theory that Gamepass is taking off in Japan.
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How the heck do you not see the contradiction in those two statements?
If a console is not "in demand by actual players," then who the heck is paying "1.5-2x the MSRP price"???
Edit: And yes, I know you mean scalpers are selling it overseas, but I still don't understand why would Microsoft send those units to a country where people are supposedly not buying them instead of sending them directly to those countries where people are willing to pay "1.5-2x the MSRP price"
Last edited by chakkra - on 29 October 2021
