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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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  2. Expect 360 sales to take off... by the+computer+guy+nex · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ...not because the 360 has changed, but that reality has set in that PS3 will have fewer features for a higher price.

    1. 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.

  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.