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Microsoft's Tokyo Game Show press conference had quite a few choice revelations, above and beyond 1080p for the 360. Several 360 titles are now platinum with games like Kameo, Project Gotham Racing, and Perfect Dark Zero becoming available for about $30 in October. For those with Xbox Live, the first bring it home content is now available from TGS. Demos are expected later this week, but so far all we have to show for the event are some picture packs. The hopeful Xbox presentation, located as it is in Tokyo, has prompted some consideration of the 360's future in Japan. Despite the upbeat tone, the general consensus seems to be Microsoft has already lost the Japanese market, before the other systems are even on the market.
Oh I thougt MS had a Game Show (Score:2)
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I envisioned some sort of popup bonanza and the host dressed as MS Bob.
The summary forgot a few important announcments (Score:4, Informative)
Blue Dragon goes on sale before Christmas
Blue Dragon 360 bundle hits stores the day Blue Dragon ships
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XBox in Japan (Score:1)
With Sony only launching with 100,000 units in Japan (and the likely supply problems that will occur in the following months), and the massive price tag, Microsoft has to get the message out that the XBox 360 produces grap
if only... (was Re:XBox in Japan) (Score:2)
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Actually, I might have the original CD somewhere.....
Re:XBox in Japan (Score:4, Insightful)
Keep dreamin'.
If consumers aren't buying the Xbox 360 when the PS3 isn't even on the market, what makes you think they will suddenly *start* buying the 360 once the PS3 is available? (Not even mentioning the Wii... which is still a wildcard IMO.) It doesn't really matter that there are going to be shortages and the prices will be high. Japan isn't exactly a third-world country living in poverty, for one thing - those who want a PS3 will find ways to afford one. They're also going to be inundated with PS3 marketing telling them how cool the system is (and unlike MS's marketing, it'll actually seem that way coming from a company that understands Japanese culture).
Once the PS3 launches, I would expect 360 sales to drop to near zero. They're already basically there, but the 1,500 or so people who are buying 360's each week are going to have even less incentive once the PS3 ships. Some of those potential customers will no doubt also buy a Wii instead; we just don't know how many. But the PS3 is the 800 lb. gorilla in Japan. (My bet is it eventually will be here too, fanboy arguments notwithstanding.)
The 360 is dead in Japan. Thinking otherwise is just denial. It's pretty much *been* dead for a while now, but this is about the point an ER doctor would give up CPR and resuscitation efforts and finally call it. The Japanese public just has no interest. It's not that they hate the Xbox 360, it's just that they don't know or care. It's not even in their consciousness, nor do they want it to be.
One minor correction to the original post here - the Tokyo Game Show is not in Tokyo, despite its name. It's in Makuhari, a city of 800,000 people located about 15 miles outside of Tokyo. It's a small point, but it's kinda like saying Giants Stadium is in New York. It's not; it's not even in the same *state* as New York. The Tokyo Game Show takes place in the Makuhari Messe, which is, as its name does imply, in Makuhari in Chiba prefecture.
Correction to my correction (Score:2)
That actually makes it all the more puzzling, though - that MS would have a media briefing in a completely different city than the game show itself. All of the media are right now camped out in Makuhari, filling up the hotel city that exists to serve the convention center. MS just made them all truck back into Tokyo for their media briefing? That just seems dumb.
What A Fiasco (Score:1, Interesting)
The 360 is essentially at 480p console. A 4xAA 480p framebuffer fits perfectly in the 10megs of EDRAM. Anything larger than 480p on the 3
I Always Wanted To Pretend To Be An Architect (Score:1, Interesting)
Turning on the ability to output a 1080p signal doesn't change the underlying 360 hardware in any way. Reminiscent of the way the bungled backwards compatibly where if they had just stuck to their guns and just kept repeating that they
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How about realizing that people want features not to use them but to feel correct in their purchase? Really, noone uses 1080p because they don't have the TVs for that but that doesn't stop them from feeling shafted if MS announces 1080p is unnecessary and noone wants it while the competition touts it as a feature (even though we have no
Microsoft needs to lend out Xbox 360s (Score:3, Interesting)
In the event that no one wants to even try out the Xbox 360, Microsoft has to abandon Japan as a console market. If you can't give away your product, how can you sell it?
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Sorry What [tsutaya.co.jp]?
Something most people are forgetting.. (Score:2)
Basically once the Japanese sees JRPGs wi
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It may be true that the race hasn't begun yet, but