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360 Backwards Compatibility Lacking In Japan

Posted by Zonk on from the fuzzy-end-of-the-lollypop dept.

Gamespot reports that the backwards compatible list for the 360 at launch in Japan is ... somewhat abbreviated. From the article: "While the US list of Xbox games playable on the Xbox 360 has more than 200 titles, the Japanese list only carries 12 games. Microsoft Japan notes that additional titles will be added to the list in the future, so it might be a matter of time before the remaining games from the American list appears."

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  1. Re:Xbox in Japan by BigDork1001 · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Given the extremely low sales of the Xbox in Japan this isnt suprising.

    I'm going to take the opposite side of this and say it is surprising. Since the X-box didn't sell well in Japan I'd think they'd be doing everything they can to ensure stronger sales.

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  2. Re:Moot point by buffer-overflowed · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Heh. This is japan, where everywhere has the land value of manhattan(or more) and space is at a premium. Plus, a 360 is only $400. Living anywhere in the US where cost is high and space is low, that's peanuts compared to what your rent would be.

    There are numerous reasons why a good month for the XBox in Japan was 4-digit sales figures, and size was one of them.

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  3. Re:Xbox in Japan by higuy48 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It absolutely is surprising. XBox division bigwigs are on record as saying that if they don't break into Japan this generation, they will consider the XBox 360 a failure. It's been on /. already.

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