I live in Japan and one thing I thought made the Xbox fail over here is lack of games. Many games released in the US never made it over here. There are some really good games that should have made it here that I wanted.
This time around I pray MS releases ALL games from the US to here at about the same time, just add Japanese subtitles and for Americans here add an English selection. If they release all the games world wide I think they have a good chance. Also Xbox live should work on any region console all over the world. Many people live overseas with American Xboxs and wish to play live from there. MS needs to realize this!

not all games will make it, but rest assured youll get a LOT more this time.

as far as the live thing goes, I think you're pretty safe there. In the intro montage to the MTV special, it had people all around the world playing together, so I really think they're trying to go global this time around.

I've been living in Japan for a year and a half, and the games they have there are basically marketed towards the Japanese not the Americans so if you want to play American games then you should buy games from America

"Also Xbox live should work on any region console all over the world. Many people live overseas with American Xboxs and wish to play live from there. "

I think that already works. I have a japanese xbox which works fine with LIVE in Europe.. But of course you have to buy the games from the original region.

I just don't wanna import an American Xbox 360 to here and spend all that money.