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."

Comments

*snooooore*

[cornface]

See subject.

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.

Quantity

[Rob T Firefly]

From TFA: "Maruyama exuded confidence as he pointed out that there are over 100 games in development scheduled to launch by the end of January 2006." Unfortunately, 97 of them are EA football games.

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:hip - stupid

[Tachikoma]

I just realized my own comment was really f*ing stupid

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.

Re:Kiosks

[Rob T Firefly]

Maybe they work for Sony.

Re:No HD? Not in JP.

[RoadDoggFL]

You know, on a message board today we realized how amazing it is that Nintendo has generated so much hype by doing nothing. I thought Sony was the master at this but this is something else. A lot of people are expecting news about the controller but I think the launch is still too far out to ensure that the ideas won't be copied before Nintendo can even benefit from them.