http://www.totalvideogames.com/news/Famitsu_President_Casts_Bleak_Outlook_For_Xbox_360_10781_0_16.htm

It seems that the Japanese market continues to be a major sticking point for Microsoft - and the future of the Xbox 360 in the territory won' t get any brighter according to the President of Enterbrain (publisher of the Famitsu range of magazines).

Speaking at a seminar in Tokyo, Hirokazu Hamamura delivered what can only be described as a terminal prognosis for Xbox 360, revealing that only 150,000 consoles had been sold in Japan since it launched in December 2005. Hamamura-san did offer a slight improvement in figures, estimating that a further 100,000 units could be sold by the end of 2006 thanks to the release of Blue Dragon.

Looking further ahead however, Hamamura guessed that by the end of 2007, only 560,000 Xbox 360 will have been sold in Japan out of a possible 17,460,000 units world-wide.

For all their intentions to get even the slightest foot-hold in Japan, it seems that Microsoft may be onto a loser for the second generation running.

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Once again you show how fucked up you' re.
He only speculate,and even with that figure its more then xbox sold in its whol life-span.

Now go and pre-order a ps3 so we dont have to listen to your bs all day long.

Don' t get mad at me, it' s not my fault MS is incompetent. I don' t run that joke of a company.

Now really? i couldnt care less if the Xbox 360 fails in Japan! As long as it has a strong presense in europe and the US, its bound to get multiple titles from most developers even the japaneese ones like Capcom!


Now gó play with your PS2, Ken Katuragi!

As a matter of fact I was just about to do that. I have to turn to a 6 year old console for my gaming needs, how pathetic MS is.

As a matter of fact I was just about to do that. I have to turn to a 6 year old console for my gaming needs, how pathetic MS is.

So what are you going to play on it?

Why not play Dead Rising? or GRAW?

You spend so much time complaining. And what are you going to play on your PS3 once you get it? In your ignorence you have forgotten the launch failure that the PS2 had, and the PS3 is looking to pull it worth with crap ports and rushed or boring titles. No Evil Man whether you want to believe it or not (ignorance is a bliss though), the PS3 will be no better in its first year than the 360, or maybe even worse since its harder to program for and the RSX sucks ass!

Because Dead Rising and GRAW sucks.

I planned to buy Phantasy Star Universe this month but since it sucks ass, I' ll probably buy Splinter Cell, even though I' m not too fond of the series, just to have something to play on this piece of shit.

Because Dead Rising and GRAW sucks.

I planned to buy Phantasy Star Universe this month but since it sucks ass, I' ll probably buy Splinter Cell, even though I' m not too fond of the series, just to have something to play on this piece of shit.

You plain ignore the things I ask you and state, you dont want to realize that your precious savior PS3 will be a worthless toaster for the first 1½ year, that the games will be ugly and ports of their superior versions on the 360. You' re a blind man Ken Katuragi!

Xbox360 has done nothing with it' s 1 year lead, so by this december they' ll be on equal grounds really

no the PS3 will do nothing with its first year either, the 360 will be one year a head! besides blu ray is doomed!

Aside from grabbing enough traction to be #1 in the Next-gen race, 360 can fail all it wants in Japan...I still don' t understand why Famitsu is such a " reliable" source for gaming, it seems like their reviews are the equivalent to Ebert and Roeper for games. :/

Maybe BR is doomed but in all fairness, so is DVD9.

Why can' t we just agree to disagree, Evil we know you prefer PS3 over 360 we don' t care. We just don' t like your attitude.

How does the 360s failure in japan doom it? The US and European markets are just as big/larger. Lets also take into account what it will mean if gaming takes off in India, 360 was recently the first console launched there.

As for games I can only think of one PS3 game I want(UT2007. MGS I feel is inferior to SC but thats just my opinion, and DMC isnt as good as God of War which in turn is still only a close second to Ninja Gaiden). I am a FPS and action (I also enjoy western RPGs like KOTOR so Im really looking forward to Mass Effect) gamer, so Evil Man, prove in my eyes that the 360 is useless. Halo 3, Bioshock, GoW, GRAW, RS: Las Vegas, Assassins Creed, SC: DA, the HalfLife2/TeamFortress2/Portal/Ep.1,2 combo.

I know most of these dont come out until 2007, but looking at the PS3 2007 titles, I dont see a single thing I want that I cannot get on the 360(with a better controller for FPS games, and IMO better controller overall). Dont get me wrong, I will be buying a PS3, but mostly for UT2007(as long as there is m/kb support) and for the ability to play my old PS/2 games. You just keep saying the 360 sucks, but will not list what the PS3 has that you find so tempting. Blu Ray player? It may or may not be the winning format. Cell? Who cares, its hard to program for and only has 1 general purpose CPU.

In the end its all about the content, so quit bashing unless you can prove content superiority.

And dont try to make the comeback of calling me a 360 fanboy, because I am not one. I am a fanboy of certain series' (God of War, Halo, Quake except 4, anything Unreal) but in no way have a console preference based on the console itself.

I have let too many things slide and been extremely forgiving and even taken your side in a few arguements, but your blatant 360 bashing is becoming intolerable. Yes, people have made jokes at Sony' s expense, some of which were well deserved and some not, but no one has posted an ' OMG 360 is going to fail because Japan says so" thread. You seem to be making it your personal mission to combat anyone who is positive about the 360(and Wii for that matter), but youre being overzealous and attacking people who are not fanboys and then posting blatant Sony propaganda.

I still don' t understand why Famitsu is such a " reliable" source for gaming, it seems like their reviews are the equivalent to Ebert and Roeper for games. :/

Both of which I find to be incredibly unreliable review sources.. I haven' t looked up to Famitsu since one of the reviewers lowered their Shenmue score because he/she felt that the story was " too strong" . I can totally understand reviewers dogging the storyline of a game because it' s too cheesy or god-awful, but for the first and only time in my life I saw someone complain about the storyline of a game being too strong! And since that time I' ve seen numerous times where I just had to raise an eyebrow at some of their reviews...

As for Siskel and Ebert (past) and Ebert and Roeper (present), I honestly have never put any stock in any of their movie reviews. At least 95% of the time I never agree with them..

Yeah, reviews are generally just opinions...none are reliable.

I' m plenty happy with my 360! I sold my ps2 recently and I don' t really miss it.

The 360 has given me more pleasure than my PS2 ever has!


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Oh wait i sold my PS2 because it was a load of crap even 2 years after its release! its taken Sony 6 years to get good titles out there!

Yeah, whatever. Call me when a good X360 game comes out.

*Goes back to play Okami*

Well at least you have the 360 for Halo 3,Gears of War and Huxley.

Original: Evil Man

Yeah, whatever. Call me when a good X360 game comes out.

*Goes back to play Okami*

I' ll be sure to give you a ring in Nov. And Ill call about 20 times in 07