Is Japan finally warming up to Xbox 360?

Posted Dec 8, 2006 at 2:38PM by QJ Staff Listed in: Xbox 360 Tags: Peter Moore
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Looks like Microsoft's patience and tenacity is finally paying off! Peter Moore, Xbox corporate vice president said it would keep pushing the console in the Japanese market despite apparent lack of interest because it is "the home of some of the most creative developers in the world" and "some of the most demanding gamers in the world." He also said Japan was a launching pad to other Asian countries.

Latest report says the Japanese are now lining up to buy the Xbox 360 which has been lagging behind the DS, Wii, and PS3 since its release there. The change of heart has been credited to Blue Dragon which opened to a long line of Japanese gamers some of them waited overnight to get a copy.

Degenki Online posted pictures that warmed Bill Gates' heart: Japanese customers desperate to get their hands on the Xbox 360 / Blue Dragon bundle which sold out.

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Comments

by - 2006-12-08 16:40:44
sigh

They will give up on it again. It won't last long trust me. It will drop in sales after the hype dies down in a little while.
by - 2006-12-08 16:42:55
sigh

oh shut up, and stop raining on parades
by - 2006-12-08 17:03:04
Yup, he's partially correct.

And once the Blue Dragon hype dies down, out comes LOST ODYSSEY!!!!!!!!!!!!
by - 2006-12-08 17:23:51
Yep

Yep, as long as games keep coming from the big Japanese developers xbox 360 sales will only increase.
by - 2006-12-08 17:58:59
I just don't understand

Why do people come read an XBOX site if they only want to post negative comments. This is finally a great thing for XBOX and some jerkoff needs to come in and try to kill the good feeling.. Screw you Warrior and go visit your other fanboy sites.
by - 2006-12-08 18:34:56
..

well, I'm sure he is right about it though... Xbox will never really get off the ground over there in japan, because the xbox games just aren't that appealing for them.. what would you care about xbox in japan though ? its not a bad nor a good thing for anyone. atleast no one you should be concerned about I bet all those people will just return he xbox within 2 weeks, after finishing bluedragon and be like: 'where did my wii/ps3 go'.
by - 2006-12-08 18:51:28
Next year will be a good for Japan

Japan has a cost ride of games spaced out for Japan next year enough reason for them to keep them a whole year before returning the units at least :P I'm happy to see 360 selling in Japan. Means more japanese companies will support it.
by - 2006-12-08 19:37:53
Well done xbox

After Lost Oddesey Here Comes Lost Planet Xbox is finally hitting it over in japan and thats certainly a good thing, well done microsoft
by - 2006-12-08 19:43:13
i bet...

lol they probably realized what a piece of overhyped crap the PS3 was and decided to take the bargain 360.
by - 2006-12-08 19:54:39
+1

Exactly!
by Vecha - 2006-12-08 20:39:56
no good games?

And what JRPG is out for the Japanese crowd right now? NONE. And lost Oddysey will be out before sony is able to give the Japanese gamers what they "really want" by what you believe.
by - 2006-12-08 21:07:26
YUP

U COULDNT HAVE SAID BETTER THAN MYSELF
by - 2006-12-08 23:08:23
U KNOW WHA IT IS

IM SAYEN I SEEN DA PS3 PLAYED IT N PLAYED THE 360 OBIOUS PS3 TRIED CRAZYU HARD TO LOOK GOOD WIT WRYTHNG IT SHOWED UP BLU RAY WATEVA SO WHA IF THE 360 HAS A SEPRATE HD DVD DRIVE BOTH TOGETHER LOOK HOOOT F*** A BLU RAY THA S**** AINT GOIN NO WER WE GOT GEARS OF WAR HALO TOO HUMAN YO IM NOT EVEN GON SAY DA REST BUT FROM WHA I PLAYED I LUV MA 360 LIKE CRAZY SINCE DAY 1 I STILL SAY DAYUMZ I LUV MA 360 PS3 IS AIGH IS ONLY GOOD FO DOIN WEIGHT CUZ IS MAD HEAVY BUT FOREAL THOGH 360 N PS3 DA SAME SHYT SAME GRAPHICS N ERYTHNG JUS DIFERENT NAMES DA 360 DOIN IT BIG I DNT C ME BUYEN A PS3 NO TIME SOONER I WAS I WAS BUT DEN I HEARD ALL DA NEGATIVE THINGS BOUT IT PLAYED IT N COMPARED IT RUMORS WER THA THE PS3 WILL HACE WAAAAY BETTER GRAPHICS BEYOND 360 NA IT AINT TRU SOME GAMES LOOK BETTER ON THE 360 IM MY OPINION BUY THE 360 IS BETTER AND HAS BETTER GAME ON IT AND COMIN HOLLA 1-------------> Datkidd69
by - 2006-12-08 23:15:20
eh

anyone actually read that capitalised *****?
by - 2006-12-08 23:19:43
ya right

haha I wouldnt have been able to read it even if it was capitalized properly
by - 2006-12-08 23:30:34
homos

cuz ya some geek ass preppy azz white nerds dat cant read ya gotta read properly ya homos foreal lmao ya so gay talkin bout readin shyt go suk each otha off while ya play ya games togetha
by - 2006-12-09 00:32:51
lol

No, you just sound really uneducated datkidd. You don't have to be preppy to spell more than two words correctly. Then the ending, telling the other posters to suck each other off? Wtf is wrong with you, are you socially retarded?
by - 2006-12-09 00:39:43
*****

wow wha a ***** his name is snowspot do u cry wen it snows dam u on ma ***** boy ***** being uneducated im me u is u plus u sound like a punk cuz i cud tell how punk ass mu*****as b writen act hard here but face to face u a ***** neways if u comment bak dis message den u a faaaaaaag dnt comment bak cuz it mean u like writen to me aigh so chill peace down homo boy
by - 2006-12-09 00:54:44
faaaaaaaag....

datkidd69, face to face id ***** you up..... i bet i could lift u with 1 arm u prick. go suck a black mans ***** u snoop dogg loving giz monkey.
by - 2006-12-09 04:28:23
w06 walloper

yeah u little n166er ***** sucker go and die
by - 2006-12-09 10:53:37
TRASH

Learn to type english you dumbass. You look like a pure IDIOT with that garbage. I bet you dont know how to spell....
by - 2006-12-09 10:57:54
No

Im black, and you STILL sound like a *****ing idiot. I use slang all the damn time, and i still can you "periods" "commas" and anything else, so peopel can read what the hell im typing. And stop saying "dat" wtf is this... the 90's????? That *****s played out. Learn how to spell just a LITTLE bit, and you wont sound liek such a damn english. WOW i just did a post with improper english and GASP.... people cant understand it without me looking totally uneducated... GASP.
by - 2006-12-09 11:03:43
TRASH

give it up... you sound like a MORON. Why dont you take your ass to school, and stop watching videos to learn how to act, talk, and learn. You are a product of retarded marketing, and you clearly have no individuality to get taken in by that garbage ass fake Hip Hop. You are a weak minded piece of trash. Go back tos school.
by - 2006-12-09 11:05:21
TRASH

shut up trailer trash
by Chavagnatze - 2006-12-09 14:25:05
PS3 will have it harsh!

If Sony does not step up this could be the time that they fail.

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