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Article: Japan Xbox 360 launch lacks lustre: lack of key software titles hinders early uptake.(Focus)
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- Screen Digest
- Article date:
- February 1, 2006
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* Next-generation console sells fewer than its original version over the launch weekend
* Only one third of 170,000 units shipped to retail sold through over the first weekend
* There are 2.6m equipped households forecast for Japan by 2009
* This compares with more than 22m in the US and 14m in Europe
Despite a 'sell out' of Microsoft's next-generation console, the Xbox 360, in Europe and the US (both due to high demand and stock shortages), disappointing early sales figures from Japan suggest that the new device could be following in the footsteps of its predecessor, the Xbox, which performed poorly compared with rival machines from ...