There's An Xbox 360 Shortage In Japan

[Scott]

Tales of Vesperia is launching in Japan soon. August 7th, actually. And some people seem pretty excited. It's the tenth entry in the Tales series. The Namco Bandai title is an Xbox 360 exclusive, so that just might mean that Microsoft will move more than it's standard 3,000 Xbox 360s a week in Japan. Or not.

As of posting, Amazon Japan is sold out of new HDMI Xbox 360s (but does have Elites). HAPPINET, one of the major Xbox 360 distributors in Japan, are sold out of everything but the Elite. According to game store clerk threads on 2ch, the Xbox 360 will be restocked after Tales of Vesperia is released. What's more, the Tales of Versperia bundle is apparently limited to something like 7,000.

Link (http://kotaku.com/5031804/bwah-theres-an-xbox-360-shortage-in-japan)

Is there April 1st a different day there, I seriously don't believe what I'm reading

[jakncoke]

not really shocking, Microsoft really doesn't ship a lot to Japan seeing Japan usual sales are 2500 a week, I expect the 360 to out sell the PS3 for the 2nd time ever, the first time occurred when Ace Combat 6 released. Tales should become the 4th 360 game to reach 100k sold in Japan.

[Trunks]

Who it must be a good game then... Does anyone know if its coming to America? My guess it's an RPG, considering that's what games have big hits in japan.

[LiNuX]

lol...sux for japan but i am not that shocked, cuz just like jak said, i already knew their shipment to japan isn't isn't too high...people may have gotten a sudden case of the 360 thing or something...lol

[jakncoke]

Who it must be a good game then... Does anyone know if its coming to America? My guess it's an RPG, considering that's what games have big hits in japan.


August 26th, Famitsu gave it a 35/40