hmmmmm, what i have said in the past is that i think the 360 needs to reach a "critical mass" of quality games, including high-quality multi-plats in order to succeed. I just think that they need more high-quality exclusives to actually drive the Japanese to purchase the 360 as oppossed to the entrenched Sony brand name

USA and Europe will fall before Call of Duty 4 probably.

Well the Core System already comes with Eternal Sonata, you can't really find the Core System by itself. (Although the old Blue Dragon/Core bundle can still be found at some places)

It would've been nice if they included the extra 2 games with the Core though(and Elite). If you were planning on buying the 360 in Japan there should be no reason to buy the Core over the Premium w/the bigger price cut and the 2 bundled games.

I really hope the X-Box 360 sells well with the games coming up! They deserve to have sold a million consoles in Japan by now.

It would be great to see the 360 reach a million by the end of it's life in Japan. I hate the naysayers who say why bother! Atleast they are laying the foundations for the future!

wooOooooOoOoow .. it 360 time to do well
if it don't sell more than 180k hin japan till the next year ,, that a bad thing
realy bad

Giggs - it's probable the X360 will sell 180,000 consoles in the next 2 months alone.

What do you think they're trying to do? You have to give them some time. You make it sound like an easy task. You have to remember this is the despised Microsoft.

Oh ... i'm sorry
I mean until the end of this year ( the two months )

@goddbless

Oh i know its very difficult, and I think Microsoft has done everything reasonable possible (short of out-right paying for FFXIII exclusivity) in Japan this generation. Its just like you said in your post. Microsoft is dirt when it comes to gaming in Japan, primarily due to the joke that was the original Xbox's Japanese line-up