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Blue Dragon Pushing 360 Bundles in Japan

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the oh-now-they-want-it dept.

1up is reporting that Blue Dragon 360 bundle pre-orders are selling fast in Japan. Maybe, finally, Microsoft has a product that will get the Japanese market on its side. From the article: "According to one retailer, Microsoft is planning to produce 100,000 of the Blue Dragon hardware bundles, and 10% of these will be the limited set with all the cool Blue Dragon merchandise we mentioned. With all the Toriyama fans in Japan, it might not be surprising to hear that these 10,000 limited sets are being snapped up pretty quickly, but hey, we're talking about the Xbox 360 in Japan -- the machine has been struggling to sell more than a thousand units each week recently. At the end of the first day of pre-orders, most retailers are now sold out of the limited set."

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  1. Looks like deep pockets counts for something by ProppaT · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Here's hoping MS pulls this one off. As much as I dislike MS, at least they're grounded in reality unlike Sony these days. Maybe some (hopefully) good competition from MS might make Sony reconsider their attitude for a while. I'll always be a Nintendo fan at heart, but I'm also realistic. As sucessful as the Wii might be, I'll still want a 360 or PS3 to games that just aren't geared for that system.

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    1. Re:Looks like deep pockets counts for something by drinkypoo · · Score: 2, Insightful

      It would be an outright disaster if Microsoft departed the market because that would leave us with Sony and Nintendo. The saying has kind of always gone that there's room for three players in the game console industry - First place, second place, and Nintendo. I don't want Sony to take two places! The only thing that might get Sony to change their act would be if they tanked and Microsoft picked up the slack, then had some press releases or conferences where they talked about how Sony abused their players etc etc. Please please PLEASE let this happen... sigh.

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    2. Re:Looks like deep pockets counts for something by ProppaT · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Except for the fact that you can't destroy Nintendo. They're the number one game company in the world, selling more copies of games than any other company out there. People will always buy Nintendo consoles for Nintendo first party games and Nintendo will always be sensible enough with their consoles to makes sure they, at very least, break even on production costs. I could give a crap about Sony. They're the Japanese equivalent to MS. No better, no worse.

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  2. Re:No Replies? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Hay, it takes the astrotufers time to find out about these articles and get it circling around the office....

    Oh wait, you weren't talking about all the "I 'hate Microsoft' but I LOVE THE XBOX360" posts were you?

  3. Re:Nintendo MS Vs Sony. by trdrstv · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So far this YEAR the X-Box 360 has been selling worse than the Gamecube in Japan. In calander 06 they sold about 75,000 units in that territory, and Gamecube sold around 76,000 - 78,000 (in Japan, in 2006). With only 100,000 PS3`s on launch day (for Japan), and low manufacturing yields, the DAY the Wii comes out in Japan, it will outsell either of them, likely both.

  4. Re:Expect 360 sales to take off... by jdubois79 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well, with the recent price drop in Japan, as well as the inclusion of HDMI in the "lite" version, that holds less and less true.
    I was completely anti-PS3 until I saw their offering at the Tokyo Game Show this year. They really have their act together, and while it might not seem so in America or Slashdot (same thing for me, as I get all my news here), the reality is that Sony is probably going to dominate this round as well, with Nintendo getting a hefty 2nd place.

    I know personal anecdotes are horrible for proving things, but in the Japanese company I work for, there are 12 people in my section. 3 of them have special savings that they've been putting away just for a PS3.

    I personally would love to support the 360, but I see that this generation is going to play out just like the last one in Japan. I also have no use for live, so for me, I'm relegated to buying a Wii and a PS3.

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  5. Re:Expect 360 sales to take off... by DrEldarion · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Lets face it, square has been coasting off of FF7, has had some serious blunders since then

    IIRC, the Kingdom Hearts series actually did quite well, and FFXII comes out in less than two weeks, and many say it's the best one out of the past couple console generations. If you're going to count Enix in there, DQ8 was very strong as well. They seem to be turning themselves around.