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papflesje on 31 August 2008
darthdevidem01 said:
SONY do something!!

 

Sony IS doing something by promoting their bundles and by focusing on their flagship game this next two months (Little Big Planet) and all the releases around the same period as LBP. 

Microsoft is using its lineup and a price cut to counter this.  To each his own, although these price cuts are getting quite annoying (if you look at it from Sony's perspective, even with improved bundles).



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Commando on 31 August 2008

Makes sense. They have to find some way to push units in Japan. With RPG lineup they got software to sell them if they get a better user base.



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FinalEvangelion on 31 August 2008

Damn. I'm almost tempted to pick up an arcade when I get over there for Japan region games.

Does anyone know if a hard drive from an American version swaps over to a Japanese console easily?



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DOATS1 on 31 August 2008

so the 360 will officially be the cheapest console ww. if it remains the worst selling, it's going to be pure comedy.




FaRmLaNd on 31 August 2008

Sounds like a good move given the extra momentum the 360 has had in Japan as of late. They've got the games and if they can accompany it with a hardware reduction they may well be able to maintain the raised sales levels in the long term. It may not be much in the grand scheme of things, but any sustained increase in Japan at this point will obviously be of benefit when microsoft acquires some more exclusive games from Japanese developers.



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Jo21 on 31 August 2008

well instead of 3000 they will sell 4000 weekly.



mrstickball on 31 August 2008

When is the price cut coming?

Hopefully when IU ships, and they get more X360's en-masse to Japan. Oh, and BTW, MS won't be selling the Arcade at a loss. People forget how large the amount of cash Nintendo is making off consumers by selling the Wii at $250.



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SHMUPGurus on 31 August 2008
Jo21 said:
well instead of 3000 they will sell 4000 weekly.

That would be amazing IMO! Maybe they'll finally reach the million sooner in Japan that way?

 



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S.T.A.G.E. on 31 August 2008
loy310 said:
How in the hell will MS profit at such a cheap price? and wont Nintendo just cut their price as well?

 

 It's in line with the American price cut on Sept 7th.



FinalEvangelion on 31 August 2008
mrstickball said:
When is the price cut coming?

Hopefully when IU ships, and they get more X360's en-masse to Japan. Oh, and BTW, MS won't be selling the Arcade at a loss. People forget how large the amount of cash Nintendo is making off consumers by selling the Wii at $250.

 

But, doesn't the 360 contain more advanced hardware that costs more?  Where the Wii is using an upgraded GC platform.



"Naturally the common people don't want war: Neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, IT IS THE LEADERS of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is TELL THEM THEY ARE BEING ATTACKED, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. IT WORKS THE SAME IN ANY COUNTRY."  --Hermann Goering, leading Nazi party member, at the Nuremberg War Crime Trials 

 

Conservatives:  Pushing for a small enough government to be a guest in your living room, or even better - your uterus.