Xbox Delay in Japan

not surprising. xbox is going to be a flop in japan and ms knows this. therefore they are going to push hardest in the US where they have the best chance of succeeding. i suspect this is due to the intel mobo problem ( http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010814/tc/tech_microsoft_xbox_dc_2.html
) which of course ms denied. the problem is real, and instead of delaying the launch in the US, they decided to delay the launch in japan and take the units they were originally going to ship there and ship them here instead.

reasons xbox will flop in japan:

1. it's too damn big. japanese homes are way smaller than american homes. the xbox looks more like a coffee table than a game console. way to go with that american 'bigger is better' design aesthetic.

2. graphics are average. japanese are connoisseurs of consoles, and xbox offers nothing really new.

3. ms does not understand the japanese market. trust me on this one.

nintendo owns japan

One day after my birthday :)

holy sweet mother of god. I wonder if they decided not to go right up against the gamecube in japan during christmas. But then again i dont think the japanese celebrate christmas.

Yea, no matter what happens with this console thing, it's going to be so cool if even for only a little while that we'll get the get the new system and games FIRST! No freakin imports!

Yea, no matter what happens with this console thing, it's going to be so cool if even for only a little while that we'll get the get the new system and games FIRST! No freakin imports!

Bwuhahahah. Serves em right. Finally we get a console BEFORE the japanese do. WHOOOHOOO.

h4w! h4w! h4w!

MS SUCKS