Xbox 360 Off to Slow Start in Japan
Microsoft may have to try a little harder in marketing the Xbox 360 to Japanese consumers if initial reports coming out of the country Saturday are correct. According to several press outlets, reaction to the new console from Japanese customers appeared to be somewhat apathetic.
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11.12.2005 Xbox 360 In Japan Selling Almost As Well As PS3
Another sign of Sony’s sinking fortunes came out last week, when the Japanese hardware sales chart showed that the Xbox 360 was gaining on it.
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29.6.2007 Microsoft slashes Xbox 360 price in Japan
TOKYO - Microsoft is slashing Xbox 360 prices in Japan by about 13 percent as the price war among video game consoles heats up around the world ahead of the key year-end shopping season.
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22.10.2007 Microsoft slashes Xbox 360 price in Japan
Refusing to give up on the game console market in Asia/Pacific, Microsoft has cut the price of its Xbox 360 console in Japan, and is also adding a new model.
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2.9.2008 Microsoft Xbox 360 outsells PS3 in Japan
Microsoft Corp's Xbox 360 outsold Sony's PlayStation 3 in Japan in September, beating the rival machine in monthly unit sales for the first time in Sony's home market, a game magazine publisher said.
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5.10.2008 Microsoft Japan sees 80 Xbox 360 games by year-end
Microsoft Corp.'s Japan unit said on Thursday Xbox 360 game console users in Japan will have more than three times as many game titles available by December as now, a move seen as preparing itself for an upcoming battle with Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3.
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6.4.2006 Microsoft switches Japan Xbox chief, not strategy
The new head of Microsoft Corp's Xbox division in Japan acknowledges that sales of the game console have not fully met expectations, but says there will not be a major shift in strategy following a slow start.
"Sales have not necessarily lived up to everyone's expectations since launch," Takashi Sensui, who was tapped on Thursday to replace Yoshihiro Maruyama as general manager of the Xbox division in Japan, told Reuters in a phone interview.
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16.2.2006 Microsoft aiming to sell 1m Xbox 360s in Japan
Xbox Japan's business manager, Yoshihiro Maruyama, has announced that Microsoft is aiming to sell 1 million Xbox 360 units in the region by summer 2006.
In an editorial published in Dengeki Xbox 360 magazine, Maruyama wrote: "It's only a target, but the one million mark is a figure we'd like to reach by next summer."
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5.12.2005 COMPLETE List of Original Xbox Games Playable on Xbox 360
The folks at Xbox are working hard to add more of your favorite games to this list, so check back often for the latest updates.
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365 Days Later, Xbox 360 Unveils First Wave of TV Shows and Movies on Xbox Live
Xbox 360 offers the latest in entertainment options for everyone, from a library of 160 high- definition games expected by holiday to downloadable standard and high-definition TV shows and movies.
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22.11.2006 Inside Xbox 360: What's Next?
Now that Microsoft's Xbox 360 has launched in its three biggest markets--the United States, Europe, and Japan--it's time to turn our attention to the second phase of this exciting game console's life.
In the first phase, we saw the massively successful launch of the console along with 18 launch titles and numerous hardware peripherals. And all around the globe, millions of eager Xbox fans queued up outside of retail stores to be the first on the block to obtain one of the most eagerly awaited game machines in video game history. How will Microsoft follow up on this blockbuster debut and keep new and future Xbox 360 users happy throughout 2006?
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12.12.2005 PlayStation 3 vs Xbox 360
We dig beyond the hype to see how Sony's upcoming PlayStation 3 stacks up against Microsoft's big white box.
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11.6.2006 PS3 and Xbox 360 about the same
MICROSOFT'S Xbox 360 and Sony's soon to be seen PS3 are much of a muchness according to games developer, Denis Dyack.
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1.11.2006 XBox 360 ELITE
Xbox 360 Coming Soon in Black as "Xbox 360 Elite" Today Microsoft announced what has long been rumored, a premium XBOX 360 model with a black case and an HDMI port allowing for 1080p.
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30.3.2007 Try the Xbox 360 Pants!
One of the must-have accessories for all the Xbox 360 fanboys in the world has finally arrived and it is available for only 18 bucks.
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20.5.2008 Has Xbox 360 Already Won the War?
With Microsoft executives becoming ever more eager to tout the company's sales numbers of its Xbox 360 in public, and the dramatic success of games like Gears of War, has Redmond given itself such a head start that it will be near-impossible for Sony to catch up?
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8.12.2006 Xbox 360 price drop on the way soon?
If a promotion in a printed UK advertising catalogue is anything to go by, the cost of the Xbox 360 Premium console with wireless controller and 20Gb hard drive is set to fall to the cheaper cost of the Xbox 360 Core system, just in time to spoil the launch of the PS3.
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20.2.2007 Xbox 360 Laptop mk2
Behold, the Xbox 360 Laptop mk2! It may look a bit like its first generation sibling, but don't be fooled. This Xbox laptop is a bit thinner, significantly lighter, and has some essential upgrades if you're gonna build one yourself.
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18.4.2007 Xbox 360 Messenger Kit
This year's Xbox 360 Spring Dashboard Update brought MSN Messenger contact-list integration to Xbox Live, but many of us have been waiting for Microsoft to release the chatpad accessory before making full use of the service.
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23.7.2007 Xbox 360 Survey Reveals
Families are sticking together and searching for better entertainment value this holiday.
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30.11.2008 Xbox 360 suffers ritual sacrifice
A brand new Xbox 360 was ritually sacrificed in front of a large line of Xbox Fanboys waiting to buy the latest machines.
Blokes from smashmyxbox.com queued for 55 hours outside Best Buy to be one of the first to own the new gear.
However, to the horror of the waiting line, once buying the much sort after machine, the pair took out a pair of sledgehammers and pummelled it to death in front of them.
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23.11.2005 Xbox 360 Crashing Like Mad? + Screenshots
From Xbox-Scene.com:
Jsgongwon, one of our forum members, reported that his newly bought Xbox 360 keeps crashing while playing Project Gotham Racing 3 in single player mode.
He's playing with the default settings, and apparently his Xbox crashes even before the end of the first lap. Crashes on Xbox Live and on startup occur too. He included screenshots of the crashed Xbox 360 and a video of the crash.
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23.11.2005 Xbox 360 crash fix found
A gamer fed up with his new Xbox 360 crashing every 20 minutes has fixed the problem by raising the power supply off the ground with some string.
Dan, from Duluth, or 'goldeneyemaster' as he is known, told the game spot forum here that he thinks the main reason that the xBox 360 freezes is because the power supply overheats. The solution is to lift the power supply off the floor and allow the air to circulate better around it.
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26.11.2005 Asia to get Xbox 360 by March, Microsoft says
Microsoft Corp. plans to offer its Xbox 360 game console in Asian markets outside of Japan by early March, despite tight supply in the United States.
The head of Microsoft's Xbox business in Asia, Alan Bowman, said the console would hit the market in Korea on February 24 and Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore on March 2.
Microsoft's second offering in the game console market went on sale in the United States on November 22, and has been sold out at many shops. It went on sale in Europe on December 2 and is scheduled to reach shops in Japan on December 10.
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5.12.2005 Microsoft Sued for Xbox 360 Problems
Microsoft has been sued by a Chicago man who bought the company's new Xbox 360 game console over alleged overheating and lockup issues. The suit, which asks for class-action status, accuses Microsoft of rushing to market a flawed system to ensure it beat competitors Sony and Nintendo to the punch.
According to Reuters, the suit seeks damages and litigation related expenses, as well as a replacement or recall of Xbox 360 consoles
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6.12.2005 Hackers find first Xbox 360 cracks
Only weeks after the introduction of the Xbox 360, hackers appear to have cracked their way into the software that runs the Microsoft game console.
A group called "Team PI Coder" claims to have found a way to extract the source files of Xbox 360 games as they get loaded onto the console.
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18.12.2005 MS posts Xbox 360 update
Microsoft posted its latest Xbox 360 update last night, which makes a handful of tweaks to the console's system software, according to the brief list of fixes posted by Microsoft. The update adds improvements to Xbox Guide and to the Dutch Xbox Live network configuration.
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7.2.2006 Microsoft evaluates China for Xbox 360
SEOUL, South Korea - Microsoft Corp. is in no hurry as it evaluates China for a possible launch of the Xbox 360, the company official in charge of the game console for the region said Thursday.
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23.2.2006 Xbox 360 breaks records in Australia
Next-gen Microsoft console big down under
Microsoft's Xbox 360 console has broken all records for the sale of a games system in Australia.
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2.4.2006 Win an Exclusive PGR100 Xbox 360!
Microsoft and www.oxm.co.uk are working together to allow fans to win a limited edition black PGR100 Xbox 360!
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3.4.2006Xbox 360 Not a Hit in Japan
Confirming initial reports, a
survey released Tuesday shows
that Saturday's debut of the
Xbox 360 in Japan fared much
worse than the launch of the
original Xbox in the country
in 2002. Microsoft's failure
to excite Japanese gamers
could mean early trouble for
the console...
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13.12.2005MS to Sell Core Xbox 360 in
Japan
Microsoft has decided to sell
the Core Xbox 360 System in
Japan at a price lower than
it's US counterpart, but also
with two games included. Does
Redmond's move signal a
better deal soon for American
consumers?..
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08.09.2006Japan to Get Xbox 360 Elite in October
In a likely attempt at turning
its fortunes around there,
Microsoft will begin selling
the Xbox 360 Elite in Japan
starting October 11. The
company hopes its feature set
will attract discerning
Japanese gamers...
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05.07.2007Microsoft slashes Xbox 360 price in Japan
Refusing to give up on the game console market in Asia/Pacific, Microsoft has cut the price of its Xbox 360 console in Japan, and is also adding a new
model...
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02.09.2008Xbox 360 HD DVD to Launch Nov.
22 in Japan
In a press event staged to
coincide with the opening of
the Tokyo Game Show, Microsoft
announced it will premiere its
HD DVD add-on accessory for
Xbox 360 to the Japanese
market. The company appears to
be taking full advantage of
Sony's already announced
cutbacks in PS3 availability
in Japan...
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20.09.2006Xbox 360 Elite a hit in Japan
Japan, the Xbox 360s lags in the market homeland of Sony and Nintendo, but it seems the Elite model Xbox 360 has struck a chord with the Japanese.
With a HDMI port, 120GB Hard Drive and sporting a distinctively black appearance the Xbox 360 Elite is aimed at hard-core gamers and
multi-media technophiles.
And this seems to be the demographic of your average Japanese consumer.
Kotuku (via the Japanese Akiba
Blog) reports that several major electronics retailers are selling out of Xbox 360 Elite stock.
AsoBitCity, Gamers, Messe Sanoh
and Sofmap sold all their allotted Elite units on launch day.
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16.10.2007Xbox 360 Now 13% Cheaper in Japan
Microsoft will cut the price of its Xbox 360 console in Japan by about 13 percent from 39,795 yen ($348) to 34,800 yen ($304) starting November 1. The
Core version of the console will now run 27,800 yen ($243), further putting pressure on Sony, which recently lowered the price of the PS3...
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22.10.2007Microsoft to cut Xbox 360 price in Japan: Nikkei
Microsoft Corp will cut the price of its Xbox 360 game console in Japan by about 30 percent, aiming to gain market share from leader Nintendo Co, the
Nikkei business daily reported on Monday.
Microsoft, locked in a three-way game console battle with Nintendo's popular Wii and
Sony Corp's PlayStation 3, has been struggling to stir up demand for its Xbox 360 in Japan.
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01.09.2008Microsoft to launch Xbox 360 Elite in Japan in October for $390
Microsoft Corp. said on
Thursday it would launch the
advanced version of its Xbox
360 game console, Xbox 360
Elite, on October 11 in Japan,
a country where sales of its
game gear lag far behind rival
machines from Nintendo Co.
Ltd. and Sony Corp.
The new console, which
comes with a 120-gigabyte hard
disk drive and offers better
graphics quality, will sell
for 47,800 yen ($390).
That compares with 25,000
yen for Nintendo's Wii and
49,980 yen for the basic
version of Sony's PlayStation
3, equipped with a 20-gigabyte
hard drive.
Microsoft
sold 122,565 units of Xbox 360
in the first half of calendar
2007 in Japan, a home turf for
Sony and Nintendo, according
to data from game magazine
publisher Enterbrain...
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05.07.2007PS3 outsold Xbox 360 2:1 in Japan
For all ex-Microsoft, now EA
Sports man Peter Moore's
claim that the PS3 isn't
doing too well in Japan, the
latest sales figures from that
country show the Sony has
shifted a darn sight more
next-gen consoles than Moore
managed.
According to
Japanese games magazine
publisher Enterbrain - by way
of the Reuters news agency -
Sony had sold 1.01m PS3s in
Japan between from the
console's 11 November 2006
debut there to 15 July 2007.
The Xbox 360, which
arrived in Japan in December
2005, almost a year before the
PS3, has only racked up local
sales of 420,705, between that
date and 8 July, Enterbrain's
numbers show...
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18.07.2007Xbox 360 Off to Slow Start in
Japan
Microsoft may have to try a
little harder in marketing the
Xbox 360 to Japanese consumers
if initial reports coming out
of the country Saturday are
correct. According to several
press outlets, reaction to the
new console from Japanese
customers appeared to be
somewhat apathetic...
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10.12.2005Microsoft Tries Again in Japan With Xbox 360
Microsoft used the Tokyo Game Show to once again try to drum up interest in the Xbox 360, announcing new games from Square Enix and attracting noted
Japanese game developers...
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12.09.2007Japan Reverts To Xbox Ignoring Habits
The Xbox 360's Japanese
victory over its hi-def console competitor was
short lived. Xbox buying fever has broken in a big way overseas, with the flagging console returning to last place on the Media Create hardware
charts. Not that Sony's PlayStation 3 is doing that much better right now. At least Microsoft can blame its drop on
depleted stock.
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23.08.2008It's the price point, stupid: Xbox 360 top seller in Japan
Japanese gamer mag Famitsu today published Japan's weekly game console sales tallies, and Microsoft's Xbox 360 has secured the top position,
thanks to compelling software releases and the console's refreshed pricing...
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17.09.2008It's the price point, stupid: Xbox 360 is the top seller in Japan
Japanese gamer mag Famitsu today published Japan's weekly game console sales tallies, and Microsoft's Xbox 360 has secured the top position,
thanks to compelling software releases and the console's refreshed pricing...
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18.09.2008Role-playing game leads to Xbox 360 shortage in Japan
According to an apology Microsoft has issued to Japanese consumers, the demand for Xbox 360 consoles has far outstripped supplies in Japan, and
inventories will remain totally sold out until new shipments arrive in September.
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20.08.2008Microsoft to drop Xbox 360 UK prices by 30 GBP
UPDATED In a highly anticipated move given that Japan and North America have already been treated to price cuts, Microsoft UK is relieving the
burden for British gamers, dropping the basic 60 GB HDD-equipped Xbox 360 to £169.99...
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16.09.2008Xbox 360 sales start slow in
Japan
Microsoft sold less
than half of the estimated
159,000 Xbox 360 consoles that
were available in stores in
Japan in its first weekend of
sales, a survey result showed
on
Tuesday.
O
nly about 62,000 units were
purchased on Saturday and
Sunday, according to an
independent study by
Enterbrain, which publishes
leading Japanese game magazine
"Famitsu." That was also
less than half the 123,000
units Microsoft sold of its
previous generation Xbox in
the first three days of sales
in February
2002.
"There is
just one reason for the slow
sales--the postponement of the
launch of the 'Dead or Alive
4' game," Munetatsu Matsui,
editor-in-chief of "Famitsu
Xbox 360", said in a news
release, adding that about
61.5 percent of his readers
had planned to buy the highly
anticipated game. Microsoft
originally planned to release
the 3D fighting game at the
same time as the Japan launch,
but has now postponed it until
Dec. 29.
Enterbrain
reported that some stores had
customers who canceled
pre-reserved Xbox 360s, while
others asked to reserve a
console for purchase when
"Dead or Alive 4" comes out.
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13.12.2005Xbox 360 Coming November 22
Microsoft has solidified a
launch date for the Xbox 360,
announcing the system would
hit store shelves on November
22 across North America,
December 2 in Europe, and
December 10 in Japan. Details
of the launch date were
announced on the eve of the
Tokyo Game Show...
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15.09.2005Microsoft Xbox 360 outsells PS3 in Japan in Sept
Microsoft Corp's Xbox 360 outsold Sony's PlayStation 3 in Japan in September, beating the rival machine in monthly unit sales for the first time in
Sony's home market, a game magazine publisher said.
Strong sales growth came after Microsoft cut prices for its game console
last month.
Microsoft sold 53,547 units of the Xbox 360 in the four weeks to September 28, compared with 33,071 units of the PS3,
data from Enterbrain showed on Friday.
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