Microsoft has announced they will be slashing the price of the Xbox 360 Elite in Japan beginning tomorrow, dropping the price from JPY 39,800 to JPY 29,800. That drop is about the equivalent of $100 USD, the same drop North American customers received last week.
"With the price cut, we hope to boost demand for the Xbox game console. The Christmas and year-end shopping season is very important ... [ read the full article ]
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Unfortunately, the Japanese generally aren't interested in what the console offers, game wise. Save of course for certain exclusive Japanese titles. They ridicule the RRoD more harshly than anyone else. Some of their big retail stores there have been known to intentionally display RRoD'd 360 units..
MS would have to make damn sure they only stock Jaspers, and drop the price another $50-$100 if they want a good holiday there.
Originally posted by IPRFenix: Unfortunately, the Japanese generally aren't interested in what the console offers, game wise. Save of course for certain exclusive Japanese titles. They ridicule the RRoD more harshly than anyone else. Some of their big retail stores there have been known to intentionally display RRoD'd 360 units..
MS would have to make damn sure they only stock Jaspers, and drop the price another $50-$100 if they want a good holiday there.
if they did the same in the states we wouldn't have failing unit's they would have all been fixed by now or the ps3 would have been the next big thing.
The Xbox 360 is basically a niche console over there. It's not going to appeal to the mainstream Japanese gamer but it will to the hardcore gaming otaku who has an open enough mind to try western games (though obviously the Japanese 360 exclusives help a lot too). The Xbox 360 in Japan has the highest attach rate this gen (vgchartz) despite the low hardware install base. So it's very clear that the Xbox 360 has a pretty hardcore fanbase in Japan. If Japanese 360 gamers are buying more games per head than PS3 and Wii gamers, that's a good sign. This seems to be a universal phenomenon. 360 gamers buy more games.
