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Forums - Sales Discussion - x360 in JAPAN ..... a real shame for next gen

shams on 22 February 2007

Every unit they sell in Japan helps MS out. All they need is a couple of "real" hits, and Japan could turn for them. For a company where profit is (almost) irrelevant, there is no reason for MS / 360 to leave Japan. (and as for the PSP - if it wasn't for the DS, the PSP would be viewed as an extremely successful handheld. Its just that the DS is spanking it that is skewing the media). (Note - it will be of concern though, that the 360 is now tracking behind where the Xbox1 was tracking. MS had it easy for an entire year - no competition - this is where things get hard).



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sieanr on 22 February 2007

Tell me, do you know what satire means?

washimul said:come mARCH x360 wont be on the shelves anymore...........already it is dead in UK
Actually, maybe you do



Leo-j said: If a dvd for a pc game holds what? Crysis at 3000p or something, why in the world cant a blu-ray disc do the same?

ssj12 said: Player specific decoders are nothing more than specialized GPUs. Gran Turismo is the trust driving simulator of them all. 

"Why do they call it the xbox 360? Because when you see it, you'll turn 360 degrees and walk away" 

superchunk on 22 February 2007

washimul said: at 199 pounds no one wants an x360 in UK...........it is dead there. ......u can see the ps3 effect there. the game drought for ps3 ends in march with MOTORSTORM + F1 + VF5 +others.................come mARCH x360 wont be on the shelves anymore...........already it is dead in UK
But they will want, to a larger degree, a 400pound ps3? You mention the drought and waiting on motorstorm and VF5. Lets look at Japan, of which you like to point at. Motorstorm -- 10 weeks out 50,250 units. VF5 -- 2 weeks out 62,750 units. (on track to barely match Blue Dragon) Yep. Better watch out. Hell just for comparison sake Blue Dragon -- 11 weeks out 138.000 units Lost planet -- 9 weeks out 59,000 units Wow, so a system with half the install base sold more units... Now lets look at the wiik little wii's non HD bluray having self. Wii Sports -- 12 weeks 1m+ units Wii Play -- 12 weeks just under 1m units. idiot.



washimul on 22 February 2007

superchunk said: washimul said: at 199 pounds no one wants an x360 in UK...........it is dead there. ......u can see the ps3 effect there. the game drought for ps3 ends in march with MOTORSTORM + F1 + VF5 +others.................come mARCH x360 wont be on the shelves anymore...........already it is dead in UK But they will want, to a larger degree, a 400pound ps3? You mention the drought and waiting on motorstorm and VF5. Lets look at Japan, of which you like to point at. Motorstorm -- 10 weeks out 50,250 units. VF5 -- 2 weeks out 62,750 units. (on track to barely match Blue Dragon) Yep. Better watch out. Hell just for comparison sake Blue Dragon -- 11 weeks out 138.000 units Lost planet -- 9 weeks out 59,000 units Wow, so a system with half the install base sold more units... Now lets look at the wiik little wii's non HD bluray having self. Wii Sports -- 12 weeks 1m+ units Wii Play -- 12 weeks just under 1m units. idiot.
GUNDAM and RIDGE RACER both has beaten BLUE DRAGON (which was put on the same par as FF13) RESISTANCE is teh only FPS in JAP history to cross 100k........now it stands at 114k by the way ARMORED CORE has 76000 units. lets look at the hardware chart u buffoon DS116 172,750 (-8%) 15,390,500 Wii 12 62,500 (-13%) 1,649,500 PSP 115 36,500 (+16%) 5,104,250 ps3 15 21,250 (-26%) 693,500 ps2 364 17,000 (-4%) 22,027,500 x360 63 4,500 (-10%) 350,000 ..........................last console ..........total trash at $250 no one buys it in JAPAN BLUE RAY is the next gen format winner..........dont forget that .........x360's dvd drive cost $2.........lol



hanafuda on 22 February 2007

superchunk said: Motorstorm -- 10 weeks out 50,250 units. VF5 -- 2 weeks out 62,750 units. (on track to barely match Blue Dragon) Yep. Better watch out. idiot.
VF5 is a port of an arcade game. Blue Dragon was in development for well over a year, and had a huge promotional campaign that failed miserably. Mistwalker have already hinted that Blue Dragon 2 won't be on XBOX 360, for obvious reasons.



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washimul on 22 February 2007

hanafuda said: superchunk said: Motorstorm -- 10 weeks out 50,250 units. VF5 -- 2 weeks out 62,750 units. (on track to barely match Blue Dragon) Yep. Better watch out. idiot. VF5 is a port of an arcade game. Blue Dragon was in development for well over a year, and had a huge promotional campaign that failed miserably. Mistwalker have already hinted that Blue Dragon 2 won't be on XBOX 360, for obvious reasons.
SAGAGUCHI and CAPCOM both lost millions on BD/LOST PLANET. i feel real sorry for LP.......had a marketing budget of 6 million solely for JAPAN........it failed big time . The profits that CAPCOM made in US and parts of Europe were all nullified due to the huge losses incurred by the JAPANESE versions



vanguardian1 on 22 February 2007

It doesn't help that the 360 has a poor "reliability" image with their hardware, something that the Japanese are sticklers for.



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Kwaad on 22 February 2007

MistWalker 4teh PS3 4life... no... not really but... :P That's a funny thought. For those of you who have or have been close to a 360 at HOME... you know how loud they are. Get in a 8x8 room... and turn that on... Turn your TV louder than the 360, and your neighbor complains. One reason to NOT get a 360. :)



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sieanr on 22 February 2007

Kwaad said: MistWalker 4teh PS3 4life... no... not really but... :P That's a funny thought. For those of you who have or have been close to a 360 at HOME... you know how loud they are. Get in a 8x8 room... and turn that on... Turn your TV louder than the 360, and your neighbor complains. One reason to NOT get a 360. :)
Yes, because all that matters is how loud a console is, or how large it is. Games dont matter



Leo-j said: If a dvd for a pc game holds what? Crysis at 3000p or something, why in the world cant a blu-ray disc do the same?

ssj12 said: Player specific decoders are nothing more than specialized GPUs. Gran Turismo is the trust driving simulator of them all. 

"Why do they call it the xbox 360? Because when you see it, you'll turn 360 degrees and walk away" 

gebx on 22 February 2007

OMG I can't believe how much garbage is on this post.... Lost Planet is the number one ranked selling game worldwide! You said that it lost millions because of the huge losses incurred by the JAPANESE versions. That's plain retarded, they know exactly how many 360's are on the market in Japan, they wouldn't make a Japanese version if they knew that they would lose money. As for BD, it hasn't been released in NA or Europe. Don't Japanese games have a bigger fan base in europe? Microsoft isn't going to quit in Japan because it barely cost them anything. They ship 2 million units to Japan, let them sit in a storage room, ship 3000 a week to whatever retailer. They're not worried. Microsoft will keep pumping JRPG exclusives in the Japanese market till they find the next FF. Next JRPG exclusive for the 360 - Trusty Bells aka. Eternal Sonata, coming out in Japan in June.



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