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Tokyo's Swanky New 360 Lounge Open
For some end of the day eye candy, eToyChest has a photo spread of the new 360 lounge in Tokyo. From the article: "This setup reeks of the kind of spread Microsoft had going on in their back-room party at the Shrine at E3, only with more game playing and less milling around wondering what was going on. The lounge has numerous Xbox 360 kiosks, two sofa areas set aside with 42-inch HD televisions for players to test drive titles such as Ridge Racer 6 and Ninty-Nine Nights, and one gigantic 200-inch big screen TV where players can weep knowing that they will never be able to have this kind of setup in their own home."
It looks really well designed. Doesn't really fit the whole windows perspective though. Looks a lot more like how a mac store should look like. Very clean in the pictures.
This might be a random question but can anyone tell me the name of this drink?
Looks like most of the gaming consoles require you to stand. Not much of a "lounge" in my opinion.
I often don't like the choices people make, but I like the fact that people make choices. That's why I'm a conservative.
I think the whole standing concept is so they people don't play for too long and get cramps/bad posture and whatnot. Keeps them moving around and active. Also helps stop hogging of machines. If they want to sit down or eat, they move over to the dining area and grab a snack.
The tag on that drink says "osusume" (oh-sue-sue-may), which just means "recommended". What was the original url?
Per ardua ad astra.
The original URL is http://assets.xbox.com/ja-jp/lounge/menu/drink.htm
It's the one at the wine section, about halfway down the page.
This just screams, "Go die, Westerners!" I wonder if the Koreans can match this?
and one gigantic 200-inch big screen TV where players can weep knowing that they will never be able to have this kind of setup in their own home.
"That's the second biggest TV I've ever seen."
-- Maxwell Smart (RIP)
And still not as big as Frank's 2000 inch TV.
Oh, say does that Star-Spangled Banner entwine / The myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's vine?
http://www.etoychest.org/images/stories/screens/ne ws/xbox_lounge_5.jpg
You'd think with all that cash, Microsoft would at least fix that hole in the ceiling.
We're indie. We're working on our 14th game.
It's not a bug, it's a feature that just happens to be trademarked and showing through a...broken...ceil...d'oh!
You can hold down the "B" button for continuous firing.
In Korea, only old people go to gaming lounges...
Very nice but, why not put that screen to good use and run some tournaments on it? That'd be a good way to attact people even if the games they'll demonstrate are just ported from the Xbox.
What is funny is most people don't know that that third picture down's evil chili pepper is an advertisement for a brand of chips. I kind of hate them. Strange round spicy crispy things... Putting this on my list to visit.
Does any one else feel "iPodRazorish" from this photo:e ws/xbox_lounge_8.jpg?
http://www.etoychest.org/images/stories/screens/n
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They've signed on so many japanese developers I wonder why you are still asking.
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Somehow reading this news post from an old 12" CRT makes me feel all woozy inside. . .
If anyone is interested, the store is out the East Exit of the Shibuia station. There is a ton of stuff to do out there other than the 360 store.
http://www.tokyoessentials.com/shibuya.html
I'd rather you do it wrong, than for me to have to do it at all.
1. Why didn't they use the wireless controllers at the two sofa areas?
2. How long do they plan to keep this lounge around?
3. What's in the round circle between the controllers in the kiosk?
4. Operating hours?
5. How long are you allowed to play before they boot you off one of the systems?
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This was INSIGHTFUL?
Bitching about the memory of the 360 when the PS3 and Revolution look to come with LESS?
Complaining about the lact of backcompat when anyone who has paid attention knows the 360 WILL be backcompat through emulation?
Talking about jaggies and looking like Xbox 1 games when anyone who's seen footage of Kameo or PGR3 knows that neither of those comments are anywhere even close to true?
Oh, yeah, this is Slashdot. It's insightful because it's anti-MS, where facts don't matter when it's a means to bash Microsoft.
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This is all nice and all, but how are the GAMES? There's plenty of folks in there playing things, are there any opinions from them as to what games are worth buying? Or whether the 360 is even worth the effort at this point?
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Just a big marketing ploy it seems.
I understand that life's not fair, just why is it never unfair in my favor?