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XBox 360 Launching Nov 22

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the microsoft-bad-video-games-good-i'm-so-torn dept.

EGSonikku writes "Microsoft has released an official press release regarding the XBox 360 world wide launch just prior to the Tokyo Game Show. Looks like the US will be getting it just prior to Thanksgiving on November 22nd. Europe will get it on December 2nd, and Japan on December 10th."

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  1. That's a first by darkjedi521 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Holy cow. Europe's getting a major console release before Japan. That's got to be a first.

    1. Re:That's a first by dancingmad · · Score: 4, Interesting

      It is interesting.

      Japanese consumers aren't stupid, they know the machine's coming out everywhere else before Japan. It's going to look like MS snubbing the country. They're not going to like it and the 360 is going to suffer from a draught of good Japanese games, I think (the titles reported to be in development is the bare minimum it needs and I doubt even those titles are going to buoy the machine too much in Japan).

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      "There is no time, sir, at which ties do not matter," Jeeves, (Jeeves and the Impending Doom)
  2. I am not excited by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I purchased the PS2 and the XBox on release, but the XBox 360 does not have me excited. It doesn't use HD DVD, but standard DVD, costs 400 with hard drive. Wireless is extra, extra controllers are a lot extra. Games are 60 dollars and it doesn't play XBox games.

    Where is the advantage in buying this thing? It's not really a huge leap in technology and it's not much to get excited about.

    The PSP I bought (v1.5) is a much more interesting device, especially since I have to fly so frequently.

    1. Re:I am not excited by Spaceman+Spiff+II · · Score: 5, Interesting
      I know what you mean, but hey, at least it looks pretty cool. ;-)

      One console that I am excited about, though, is the Nintendo Revolution due out probably some time next year. The president of Nintendo is going to do the keynote at this year's Tokyo Games thing, and will most likely reveal a giant mystery about it: what the controller is going to be like! Speculation is wide, and a lot of people are thinking it might use gyroscopic technologies to sense the moving of the controller. Also, the Revolution will be able to play every Nintendo game ever made all the way back to the NES!

      Tune in at 7PM tonight to see what his announcement is.

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      I understand that life's not fair, just why is it never unfair in my favor?
  3. Re:Geek Card Revoked! by NitroWolf · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Okay, you've never had a console, but admit to playing Dance, Dance Revolution? I suspect your either a girl or gay. And I don't say that demeaningly. Its just I can't imagine a red-blooded male American (including Canadians) who would play it, except maybe in secret, and definitely true geeks don't have the coordination for it. Geezus what is Slashdot coming to?!?!

    What world have you been living in? DDR is actually quite fun... I'm a 30 something male and straight. So that shoots your theory to shit.

    DDR is decent exercise, and it's a fairly hard game. I've never played it in the arcade because I don't want to look like an idiot in front of people, so I opted for the home version both on the Xbox and the PC (Stepmania) and ended up buying some Red Octane Afterburner pads (wish I had went with Cobalt Flux in retrospect).

    If you fancy yourself good at video games, I suggest you give DDR a try and see how much you truely suck at coordination. I can whip your ass up one side and down the other at any fighter you care to mention, but a 12 year old girl can kick my ass at DDR playing backwards and blindfolded. I will admit, though, that DDR is a lot about patterns and memorization... kinda like Mortal Combat.