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Tokyo's Swanky New 360 Lounge Open

Posted by Zonk on from the martini-please? dept.

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."

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  1. Impressive... by Auraiken · · Score: 2

    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?

  2. Hardly swanky! by MiceHead · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

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  3. Re:Original URL by NewmanBlur · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's called the "Green Illusion", which is odd because it looks blue to me. I guess that's why it's an illusion.

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  4. 200-inch big screen TV by MMaestro · · Score: 2, Interesting

    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.

  5. Re:Implication? by KDR_11k · · Score: 2, Funny

    They look like handicapped Gameboys to me...

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  6. File this under WTF by Bellum+Aeternus · · Score: 2, Insightful
    That's a lot of expensive floor space in Japan. M$ is sure spending the cash to try and impress the Japanese, who are renowned for their nationalistic brand awareness. So we (Americans) get stuck going to WalMart to check out 360s while the Japanese get a dedicated lounge, despite the fact that we're going to be the vast majority of their customer base?

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  7. And then just like that... by Spaceman+Spiff+II · · Score: 3, Informative
    It closes.


    Just a big marketing ploy it seems.

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