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boycop on 04 February 2008

If you visited Japan lately, you would know that x360 is generally not longer having any visible store space in the electronic shops. Only must-have x360 games can make any serious inpact on the japanese market, a small price drop will not.



Lost my faith in VGChartz. Too many stupid and ignorant Americans, even as moderators.

It's a shame, really. "The Boss" should do something radical about this Americanization, but it seems hardly feasible, so my days here are numbered.

 

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fabledgamer on 04 February 2008

IT's a good move by MS, but i dont think it will do much. They really need another Blue Dragon game out on the market, or somoething big by SE. Those are really the only things that have made a giant impact on 360 sales in japan. It's good that they are still trying in japan, and its paid off a little since the 360 sales have already beaten the original xbox sales over there. Still, they are going to come in a distant third in that region.



rocketpig on 04 February 2008
fabledgamer said:
IT's a good move by MS, but i dont think it will do much. They really need another Blue Dragon game out on the market, or somoething big by SE. Those are really the only things that have made a giant impact on 360 sales in japan. It's good that they are still trying in japan, and its paid off a little since the 360 sales have already beaten the original xbox sales over there. Still, they are going to come in a distant third in that region.

Well, they do have Infinite Undiscovery coming.

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gebx on 04 February 2008

@ Rocketpig
Is Blue Dragon 2 already in the works?



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IllegalPaladin on 04 February 2008
rocketpig said:
fabledgamer said:
IT's a good move by MS, but i dont think it will do much. They really need another Blue Dragon game out on the market, or somoething big by SE. Those are really the only things that have made a giant impact on 360 sales in japan. It's good that they are still trying in japan, and its paid off a little since the 360 sales have already beaten the original xbox sales over there. Still, they are going to come in a distant third in that region.

Well, they do have Infinite Undiscovery coming.

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 That's like some kind of paradox or something.



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Strategyking92 on 04 February 2008

saw the headline and was like: "they still sell reg. xbox in japan?" (lol)



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thibje on 04 February 2008
gebx said:
@ Rocketpig
Is Blue Dragon 2 already in the works?

 

Yes , they have according to the front man of xbox in japan.
Will look up the source of the article.


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thibje on 04 February 2008

@Gebx


You posted this a month ago

"Microsoft Corp.'s Japan unit aims to double the number of game titles for the Xbox 360 console in Japan to 500 by the end of 2008, a senior official said in a recent interview with Jiji Press.

New titles may include a sequel to the blockbuster Blue Dragon, said Takashi Sensui, executive officer and chief of the home and entertainment division of Tokyo-based Microsoft Co.

The Xbox 360 has been struggling in Japan as cumulative sales have totaled about 500,000 units since it was released in December 2005. But Senui said the console can win over hard-core gamers and that reaching one million units in sales is not far."


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Reasonable on 04 February 2008

Too late I suspect. Also, doesn't that model lack a HDD yet games are now coming out like Burnout that need an HDD (at least for online)? I doubt Japanese market would like that kind of PC like confusion.



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thibje on 04 February 2008

I really don't understand what the problem is about the HDD for burnout.
It's known that you can't use Xboxlive if you don't have a HDD in every game.



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