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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. Not surprising? by interiot · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The original XBox did quite poorly in sales in Japan, for a variety of reasons. Obviously MS is hoping to do better with the XBox 360 (eg. smaller footprint, launch in US and Japan at the same time, many more japanese publishers signed on), but one would naturally assume that backwards compatibility for the 360 isn't very valued by consumers in Japan, compared to the US. As such, it's only logical for MS to spend less money on that.

  2. Re:Moot point by Golias · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you don't have enough room next to your TV for an xbox and a 360 then you probably can't afford a 360 anyway...

    Hello? We're talking about Japan here. They probably turned the case of their old X-Box into a hide-a-bed for visiting relatives.

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  3. 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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