XBOX 360 not doing good at all in japan

[tuteja1986]

http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/xbox-360-j...ow-slashing-xbox-360-prices-142368.php
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6141064.html

XBOX 360 isn't selling and stores are already having discounted the XBOX 360. You can buy an Xbox 360 premium pack for $350USD. WTF !

Now lets see where did microsoft F#@k up the XBOX 360 launch in Japan ???

JAPANESE market is totally different from the USA/Europe market. kids rather watch anime and play RPG games than play sport . So whats the 1st thing research team for XBOX 360 should have written in notebook :

1. MUST ****** HAVE AT LEAST 3 RPG TITLE AT LAUNCH.
2. MUST HAVE FEW FAMOUS ANIME THEMED TITLE AT LAUNCH.

What did microsoft do : "lets be ****** idiots and release Sport title with FPS which in history in Japanese market never sell well "

For ****** cry out loud what do the people have to do tell microsoft that they are not listening to there needs/wants!!!. microsoft's Xbox isn't famous in Japan if you didn't know and to get people attention in japan they really needed a good launch and what they did was totally the same stupid thing they did with the Xbox original launch in Japan which was lets launch western type games. If microsoft had few RPG + plus few anime themed games they could have broken through the market and shown the Japanese gamers they were serious this time.

now microsoft has only few months left before PS3 comes out and if they don't get some Japanese type games out its all over as Japanese people wouldn't buy two console.

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edit 1 : M$ changed for Microsoft for seeruk sake
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[Seeruk]

Who cares?

You like to play xbox 360 - you play it!
You like PS3 wait for one
You like Nintendo Wait for One

I for one couldnt give 3 hoots as to who sold more... I play what I enjoy

With you tux avatar and the fact you spell microsoft in that ever so cool way makes me believe you are after an OMG m1cr05haft Suxx0r OMG LOLZZZ thread.

 

[tuteja1986]

Well I am really trying to response on why do you think Microsoft Xbox team keeps making bad decision after another.

 

[quackerww]

They will lose the money not you...
They are a US company that hardley ever thinks of any one else.

 

[Seeruk]

Originally posted by: tuteja1986
Well I am really trying to response on why do you think Microsoft Xbox team keeps making bad decision after another.

Fair enough then

In which case I will probably say that it's hard for them to magic games out of thin air! If nothing that appeals to the japanese market is finished by external developers, then there isn't a great deal they can do about it.

If they were serious about it they should have developed something in MGS but then they don't have much experience in the Anime/RPG arena so whatever they created would probably have sucked.

Or they could have delayed release, but the Japs would have complained at being made to wait 6+ months after US/Euro launch - so no win situation really.

Screw the japs would be my outlook if it were me. They are very nationalistic when it comes to platforms and xbox will never stand a chance there. So why bother?? The market there is a large chunk of the global market but they probably lose even more money by trying to please consumers who to be frank will never be pleased by western games and western systems.

 

[Wingznut]

Originally posted by: Seeruk
Screw the japs would be my outlook if it were me. They are very nationalistic when it comes to platforms and xbox will never stand a chance there. So why bother?? The market there is a large chunk of the global market but they probably lose even more money by trying to please consumers who to be frank will never be pleased by western games and western systems.

I'm guessing that you aren't too familiar with the minor subtlties of business...

"Why bother??" I suppose the only reason MS wants to "bother", has something to do with the fact that they want to MAKE MONEY! :roll:

 

[Seeruk]

No sh1t sherlock!!!

But blatantly they never will in Japan.

 

[StrangerGuy]

IMO, the US launch is not all that better...Massive shortage plus a pathetic set of launch titles.

 

[remagavon]

Originally posted by: tuteja1986
http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/xbox-360-j...ow-slashing-xbox-360-prices-142368.php
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6141064.html

XBOX 360 isn't selling and stores are already having discounted the XBOX 360. You can buy an Xbox 360 premium pack for $350USD. WTF !

Now lets see where did microsoft F#@k up the XBOX 360 launch in Japan ???

JAPANESE market is totally different from the USA/Europe market. kids rather watch anime and play RPG games than play sport . So whats the 1st thing research team for XBOX 360 should have written in notebook :

1. MUST ****** HAVE AT LEAST 3 RPG TITLE AT LAUNCH.
2. MUST HAVE FEW FAMOUS ANIME THEMED TITLE AT LAUNCH.

What did microsoft do : "lets be ****** idiots and release Sport title with FPS which in history in Japanese market never sell well "

For ****** cry out loud what do the people have to do tell microsoft that they are not listening to there needs/wants!!!. microsoft's Xbox isn't famous in Japan if you didn't know and to get people attention in japan they really needed a good launch and what they did was totally the same stupid thing they did with the Xbox original launch in Japan which was lets launch western type games. If microsoft had few RPG + plus few anime themed games they could have broken through the market and shown the Japanese gamers they were serious this time.

now microsoft has only few months left before PS3 comes out and if they don't get some Japanese type games out its all over as Japanese people wouldn't buy two console.

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edit 1 : M$ changed for Microsoft for seeruk sake
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The MSRP is actually lower there for the premium console, which is the only option available for purchase by Japanese consumers. If you had actually read objectively the article you have linked, you would have seen that the discount that some retailers offered was only around 8 US dollars. That's basically the same as a sunday newspaper sale that we have here in America.

Your use of asterisks, overuse of capital letters, and using derogatory language completely negates any point that you might have otherwise had given the content of your post.

Grow up, or rather, mature some before posting an argument.

 

[PingSpike]

Maybe they should have sent all the consoles that aren't selling in Japan to the US, where people are paying $1000 to buy them off ebay.

 

[Queasy]

Three games getting delayed really hurt the 360 launch in Japan. DOA4, Enchant-arm, and Ninety-Nine Nights were all pushed back. That reduced the launch lineup to 6 titles and really hurt the desire for the 360 in the Japanese market. It's an uphill battle there for the Xbox anyways.

They've got these three games and several Japanese developed games like Blue Dragon that should help but we'll see how it does in the long run.

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Maybe they didn't want to be sellouts and go courting for a license for Super Mega XL Fun Team VII Deluxe. Come on, to go ask a developer to make a cheesy contrived RPG with ridiculous cartoon characters living in a bizarre and disjointed world you'd have to die inside a little.

Plus, Korea is probably as big a market and they play lots of FPS and RTS games.

 

[Cander]

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
Maybe they didn't want to be sellouts and go courting for a license for Super Mega XL Fun Team VII Deluxe. Come on, to go ask a developer to make a cheesy contrived RPG with ridiculous cartoon characters living in a bizarre and disjointed world you'd have to die inside a little.

Plus, Korea is probably as big a market and they play lots of FPS and RTS games.

Since when is catering to cultural differences 'selling out'? What if Sony only had those super silly Anime RPG's on Playstation 2? Think it would had been as big a success in the US?

 

[MrChad]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4524036.stm

Time will tell. When DOA4 and other games arrive, Japanese gamers may follow.

The BBC report indicates that Microsoft has sold 400,000 units in the US and 75,000 in the UK. Not too shabby.

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Originally posted by: Cander

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
Maybe they didn't want to be sellouts and go courting for a license for Super Mega XL Fun Team VII Deluxe. Come on, to go ask a developer to make a cheesy contrived RPG with ridiculous cartoon characters living in a bizarre and disjointed world you'd have to die inside a little.

Plus, Korea is probably as big a market and they play lots of FPS and RTS games.

Since when is catering to cultural differences 'selling out'? What if Sony only had those super silly Anime RPG's on Playstation 2? Think it would had been as big a success in the US?

The same way putting Darth Vader's image on a box of chewy fruit snacks is selling out.

 

[ArchAngel777]

I never understood why people like anime... Cartoons are great and are meant to be funny and out of this world, but anime tries to be serious and stuff, lol, it is ridiculous. Sorry, I mean no offense, my best friend loves anime and I just don't understand why! :-/

 

[Looney]

Screw the japs would be my outlook if it were me. They are very nationalistic when it comes to platforms and xbox will never stand a chance there. So why bother?? The market there is a large chunk of the global market but they probably lose even more money by trying to please consumers who to be frank will never be pleased by western games and western systems.

Nationalistic? The Japanese have an obsession with things American.

 

[Cander]

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor

Originally posted by: Cander

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
Maybe they didn't want to be sellouts and go courting for a license for Super Mega XL Fun Team VII Deluxe. Come on, to go ask a developer to make a cheesy contrived RPG with ridiculous cartoon characters living in a bizarre and disjointed world you'd have to die inside a little.

Plus, Korea is probably as big a market and they play lots of FPS and RTS games.

Since when is catering to cultural differences 'selling out'? What if Sony only had those super silly Anime RPG's on Playstation 2? Think it would had been as big a success in the US?

The same way putting Darth Vader's image on a box of chewy fruit snacks is selling out.

No where near being the same thing.

 

[Pr0d1gy]

Originally posted by: Queasy
Three games getting delayed really hurt the 360 launch in Japan. DOA4, Enchant-arm, and Ninety-Nine Nights were all pushed back. That reduced the launch lineup to 6 titles and really hurt the desire for the 360 in the Japanese market. It's an uphill battle there for the Xbox anyways.

They've got these three games and several Japanese developed games like Blue Dragon that should help but we'll see how it does in the long run.

Also Oblivion hurt thier launch in Japan as well, because that was the big RPG of thier launch list. I really loved playing Morrowind on the original Xbox & I bet having Oblivion would have mad e a difference in Japan. Oh well, lesson learned for M$.

 

[Wingznut]

Originally posted by: Seeruk
No sh1t sherlock!!!

But blatantly they never will in Japan.

I'm not sure where your logic comes from, either complete naivety or plain stupidity, but to just give up on a huge market would be the stupidest business move a company could make.

 

[Fingolfin269]

Well, at least we know where all of the available supply is located. I'm glad MS sent a bunch of hardware over there that is still sitting on shelves but can't keep any on the shelves here.

 

[ArmchairAthlete]

1. GOTO Japan
2. Buy XBOX360s cheap
3. Return to US and sell on ebay to rich spoiled kids
4. Profit.

 

[jtvang125]

Originally posted by: ArmchairAthlete
1. GOTO Japan
2. Buy XBOX360s cheap
3. Return to US and sell on ebay to rich spoiled kids
4. Profit.

I'm sure there's some security measure to prevent that. Maybe a region code kind of thing and the interface will most likely be in Japanese.

 

[Yreka]

Good they can ship the extas to gamestop so they can fill my damn preorder. I can probibly learn Japanese quicker than they can get me a console otherwise.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: jtvang125

Originally posted by: ArmchairAthlete
1. GOTO Japan
2. Buy XBOX360s cheap
3. Return to US and sell on ebay to rich spoiled kids
4. Profit.

I'm sure there's some security measure to prevent that. Maybe a region code kind of thing and the interface will most likely be in Japanese.

MS is leaving region coding up to the publishers this time. At one of the gaming blogs they said that only PDZero and Kameo were region encoded of all the launch games.