Microsoft refuses to give up on Japan, despite gamers in the territory largely shunning the Xbox 360 this generation, in favour of Nintendo's fun-and-family-friendly Wii or Sony's powerhouse PlayStation 3, with a new price drop for the console in the region this week.
Japan's Nikkei reports that prices of Xbox 360 consoles will be slashed this week, with the Japanese Xbox 360 Arcade falling from ¥27,800 (around £125) to ¥19,800 (just under £100).
Xbox cheaper than Wii
As of next week, Microsoft is also reducing the cost of the Xbox 360 with 60GB hard disk to ¥29,800 (about £140) and the top-of-range 120GB Elite Xbox 360 to ¥39,800 (about £185).
This means that the Xbox will be cheaper than Nintendo's Wii (¥25,000) in Japan for the first time in the console's history.
Further price cut announcements are expected for the US later this month.
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dgerard
September 4th 2008
2. Comment fail! I'll try that again ... please zap the first one.
Microsoft Japan is already actually paying people to take the machines, with little success. "We hope more people will be able to enjoy Xbox 360," said marketing marketer Takashi Sensui, "and we can stop enjoying quite so many of them. We also have this fine pile of HD-DVD drives ... Wait! Come back!" http://notnews.today.com/?p=63
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dgerard
September 4th 2008
1. Microsoft Japan is already actually <a href="http://notnews.today.com/?p=63">paying people to take the machines</a>, with little success. "We hope more people will be able to enjoy Xbox 360," said marketing marketer Takashi Sensui, "and we can stop enjoying quite so many of them. We also have this fine pile of HD-DVD drives ... Wait! Come back!"
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