Microsoft to Release Cheaper Xbox 360
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| Microsoft Co. is set to release a cheaper, bare-bones version of the Xbox
| 360 video game console in Japan to boost flagging sales ahead of the
| arrival of new machines from rivals later in the year.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060908/japan_microsoft_xbox.html?.v=2
Older news:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4517362.stm
"Microsoft has launched its Xbox 360 games console in Japan to what
seems like a more subdued response than it received in Europe and North
America.
[...]
Sales of the first Microsoft Xbox in Japan have always lagged behind
Sony PlayStation 2, which was launched two years before it."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051210/tc_afp/afplifestyleusjapancomputermicrosoftxbox
"It's not going to be a big hit in Japan," said 26-year-old Kentaro Okamoto,
one of the first Xbox 360 buyers. "I buy every new game console... but
normally Japanese customers only buy a machine when it's made by Sony or
Nintendo."
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