Report from Xbox 360 Launch in Taipei, Taiwan -- Posted by XanTium on March 16 23:30 EST
From sukimon.com:
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The launch party for the XBOX360 was on tonight in downtown Taipei around the Taipei 101 building, next to the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store. Based on what I saw, I'm guessing it went somewhat better than the Japan launch, but may have been somewhat muted due to the fact that the 360 has been available from gobs of game shops already due to the fact that Taiwan imports most of their games from Japan anyway.

The launch came complete with a stage and a pair of showgirl emcees, an XBOX360 branded Ford Focus, a buying station hosted by retailer FNAC, a capsule prize booth and of course, a battery of game kiosks.

The Pro version was 12,980NTD and the Core was 9,980NTD, about $401USD and $310USD respectively. The games are another matter - Perfect Dark Zero was selling for 1,380NTD, or about $43USD. I've already seen games like Dead or Alive 4 for about this much or 1,500NTD($46USD), way below the $60USD price point, as well as a Tetris game for pretty cheap, like $35USD or so.

I wandered around and found the game shed - a mockup living room complete with comfy sofa, HDTV, surround sound system and happy couple playing Dead or Alive 4.
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showgirls

I have seen this on TV yesterday here in taiwan and I have to say there quite many people in the crowd. there were also many people in taichung for the same event. taiwan is obviuosly a very different market than Japan even though gamers here have almost exactly the same tastes as Japanese gamers...

god i love those jap girls.

Ignorance is bliss eh mate?

I must say, I'm really digging that cherry blossom faceplate.

Once again they get better faceplates then us

White faceplate + skill and/or stickers = awesome faceplate

they might not be sold though, they could just be for the launch party