Xbox 360 already dead in Japan? Options

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Xbox 360 already dead in Japan? Posted by XanTium | March 11 22:58 EST | News Category: Xbox360

From thatvideogameblog.com: [QUOTE] A recent article quoted Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter as saying, "PS3 will likely outsell the 360 in Europe by 20-40 percent, and will kill 360 in Japan" in late 2008. As if it's been enjoying a life of luxury in the land of the rising sun the headline read, "PS3 will kill 360 in Japan" by year's end. This struck me as misleading because the 360 has essentially never been "alive" in Japan to begin with. I think what Pachter meant was that the PlayStation 3 would "kill the Xbox 360″ in sales figures. In fact, Xbox 360's death in Japan has been widely known to the Japanese as soon as it hit the street. Vgcharts.org shows that to date, sales figures in Japan indicate .59 million units for the Xbox 360, 1.97 million units for the PlayStation 3, and 5.5 million units for the Wii. If that's not dead, I don't know what is. I think even Toshiba would have given up this particular battle by now. It was reported that Microsoft really made a strong attempt at winning over a Japanese market share with the Xbox 360 and yet they have failed horribly for a second time. Maybe Microsoft will throw in the towel and Japan will never see an Xbox 720? What do you think? Does the Japanese market matter? Is there a compelling reason for Microsoft to continue releasing their products there? [/QUOTE] Full Story: thatvideogameblog.com