Tuesday, December 13, 2005

 

XBox 360 Not So Hot In Japan

Hey, we beat Slashdot to XBox 360 coverage! Yay! Score one for the Prophyts! Anywho, it looks like the XBox 360 launch in Japan kinda fell flat, with retailers supposedly sweetening deals with ISP packages and other extras to entice cautious gamers out of their moms' basements. Reports of price slashing are surfacing as well.

What makes this interesting is the fact that there was so much hysteria here in the USA when the 360 launched. People were camping out, stores had limited stock, and they sold out rather quickly, not to mention all the coverage about the faulty power bricks. That might have had a hand in Japanese gamers' decisions, although these stories seem to overlook how much Net exposure that story got. All the coverage you could ever want is right here. (Links: Gadgetell - BetaDot - Reuters - Stuff.co.nz)

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