360 Launches In Japan

Gamespot reports that the 360 sold out ... at the Shibuya 'official' launch location. Sales from the rest of the country still have to come in, but given launch day experiences, I imagine the customer reaction wasn't as fierce as it was here. From the Kotaku on-hand piece: "A customer! I see a customer! It's a few minutes after seven, and somebody else has come to wait for the Xbox. I feel like a sailor who's been lost at sea and finally spots land. He stands in front of Sofmap for a moment, awkwardly, and he looks around. Nobody but him and me and the vending machine. I make a quick inventory: tall, painfully thin, wearing a brown coat, black and grey backpack, looks like Ichabod Crane."

Re:Role reversal

[RoadDoggFL]

Last I checked, the Xbox was far more durable than the PS2, and the GC's nearly indestructible. So how can the Japanese value quality when the PS2 outsold the others by such a huge margin?

hahaha. You're funny

[Anonymous Coward]

"because overseas companies often have shitty quality control, and thus tend to break."

You mean like Sony stuff?

PS2 - drive problems at launch. There's even a class action lawsuit ongoing against the company over the problems.
PSP - the screen problems are/were legendary. Is "8 burned out pixels is normal", the new Japanese mantra of quality?

What you're trying to say is the Japanese love quality products, but they tend to give local companies the benefit of the doubt. Otherwise, Sony would be out of business.

Like I said, you're funny.