Japan Will Have To Wait For Xbox

Posted by timothy on Monday August 27, 2001 @08:16PM from the ebay-plus-shipping-equals-profit dept.

securitas contributed a link to this New York Times article which indicates a delay in the Japanese release of the Xbox. "MS insists it's going to meet its Nov. 8 North American release date. I'll believe it when I see it. Also, Namco has signed on to produce 4 games for Xbox including 2 exclusives." Ledge adds a link to this AP story carried by Fox News as well: upshot is that units won't go on sale in Japan till Feb. 22. (A chart comparing announced vs. actual dates for all the consoles would be interesting, since they all seem to be delayed.)

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Re:It's all about the games by Glytch · 2001-08-28 02:13 · Score: 2, Troll

So do I (in electronics at a chain store where we wear blue vests and do a stupid cheer every morning) and the only thing people ask me about is PS2 and Gamecube. When I mention that Microsoft is coming out with a console at about the same time as Nintendo, they all ask what games will be on it. When I answer, they ask "Isn't that on computer anyway?"

Not a single person I have ever talked to wants an XBox. It's simply a non-issue.