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gebx on 04 February 2008

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/02/04/business/AS-TEC-Japan-Xbox.php

"The entry-level offering goes on sale March 6 at 27,800 yen (US$260; €175) — about a fifth less than the least expensive Xbox 360 now sold in Japan. The stripped down version went on sale in the U.S. late last year for US$279.99."

Will that be enough??? Probably not.. :(

 

Edit: oh crap.. actually, the title should read - Xbox Arcade enters Japanese Market

Apparently the Arcade was never available in Japan and won't be until March 6th, 2008



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DSLover on 04 February 2008

won't hurt, might not help much either though



 

 

ClaudeLv250 on 04 February 2008

I guess this cold move 500 more 360's over there.



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kingofwale on 04 February 2008

>Will that be enough??? Probably not.. :(


enough for what?

it's quite relative when it comes to your expectation of what xbox can/will do in Japan.



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Original cast: Badonkadonkhr, sc94597 allaboutthegames885, kingofwale, Soriku, ctk495, skeezer, RDBRaptor, Mirson,

Episode 1: OOPSY!
selnor: Too Human I even expect 3-4 mill entire life and 500,000 first day. GoW2 ( expect 7 - 9 million entire life and over 2 mill first day), Fable 2 (expect 5-6 million entire life and 1.5 mill fist day) BK3 (expect 4 - 5 mill sales entire life and 1 mill first day).. Tales/IU/TLR should get to 2 or 3 million! post id: 868878
Episode 2:
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DMeisterJ on 04 February 2008

Maybe ite 360 will make a million lifetime in JP...



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libellule on 04 February 2008

it should improve the by 500-1k weekly maybe



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ikilledkenny on 04 February 2008

It might help a little bit. Probably no more than 1000 units per week though, and probably closer to 500.


gebx on 04 February 2008

Well now that I realized that the Arcade was never available before, I think this could help increase sales by 20%..



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elnino334 on 04 February 2008

I say 5% and it should have just been $199. Guess MS is serious about not going back in the red even if it means not selling in Japan.



kingofwale on 04 February 2008

>20%..

20% of 4K is about 800 units per week.

A strong software can do so much more. Still, won't make much difference anyway, I'm sure whoever wanted the console, probably already bough it already.

the one way Xbox can outsell PS3 in Japan (and no, there's no way it can outsell Wii), is to send more US troops there. ;)



Soriku (Feb 10/08): In 5 years the PS3/360 will be dead.

KH3 bet: "If KH3 comes to Wii exclusive, I will take a 1 month of sig/avatar by otheres open a thread apologize and praise you guys' brilliance." http://vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?start=50&id=18379
Original cast: Badonkadonkhr, sc94597 allaboutthegames885, kingofwale, Soriku, ctk495, skeezer, RDBRaptor, Mirson,

Episode 1: OOPSY!
selnor: Too Human I even expect 3-4 mill entire life and 500,000 first day. GoW2 ( expect 7 - 9 million entire life and over 2 mill first day), Fable 2 (expect 5-6 million entire life and 1.5 mill fist day) BK3 (expect 4 - 5 mill sales entire life and 1 mill first day).. Tales/IU/TLR should get to 2 or 3 million! post id: 868878
Episode 2:
Letsdance: FFXIII (PS3+360) first week in NA = 286K
According to pre-order rate in week 13 (post id: 2902544)