New Western Xbox Titles For Japan Announced

Thanks to The Magic Box for their report that the first set of earlier rumored Western titles for the Xbox are being released in Japan this October. According to the site, "Microsoft announced they will release the Xbox World Collection series for Xbox in Japan on October 23, five titles will be available, and a total of 20 titles will be released by summer 2004." The first five titles unveiled are Tao Feng: Fist of the Lotus, Inside Pitch 2003, NFL Fever 2004, Outlaw Golf, and Outlaw Volleyball, as Microsoft tries to expand their Japanese Xbox support by importing a mass of American/European titles.

Comments

Gee, how about releasing some GOOD games?

[MikeyNg]

Star Wars: KOTOR may be rather problematic as far as the localization will go, but that'd be one awesome product to get into the Japanese market. They enjoy the Star Wars universe at least comparably to Americans. It's an RPG, and it's a damn good game to boot.

Maybe instead of shovelling crap over to Japan and then wondering why it doesn't sell, they should be sending over some of the better games to Japan. I understand that there are some cultural differences to work out, but at least send a good representative!