More 360 Launch Details From TGS

Microsoft's presence at the Tokyo Games Show has resulted in a number of new details about the Xbox 360, set to launch November 22nd. 1up has a look at Japanese impressions of the upcoming launch, some games that may have been under your radar so far, and a new trailer for many of the upcoming games. Next Generation is also reporting that, at a London event yesterday it was confirmed that the 360 is now in mass production. From the 1up impressions article: "Another concern, and a lesson learned from the last launch, was that Japanese gamers at the were hesitant to buy into a new, wholly unfamiliar console. This time Microsoft hopes to entice gamers by opening a 360 lounge in the fashionable Aoyama area a full month before the launch date. The lounge will be a hip, comfortable place where gamers can play demos of 360 games before they buy them."

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Smooth move

[grub]

Another concern, and a lesson learned from the last launch, was that Japanese gamers at the were hesitant to buy into a new, wholly unfamiliar console.

So let's introduce this new console in Japan after it's been introducd everywhere else on Earth. That'll warm them up to us.

hip

[Tachikoma]

something about claiming to be, or that something will be, hip, makes them un-hip.

The moment you annouce you are hip, are are un-hip-ified. ergo, awareness of one's hip-ness is ok, however thou shall not speak of it.

or i could sum it up with "the first rule of hip club is you do not talk about hip club"

Re:DAMNIT, ZONK!

[NanoGator]

"The damned 360 isn't even out yet, and already I'm sick of it. Thanks for ruining it for me, zonk."

I'm sick of stories about FireFox, but there's still a significant number of people who think an incremental version number is headline news.

There, now we both know the world's population is greater than 1.