lol, just because they sold well in one week, they believe "360 is Japan's best option"? But I gotta give it to them for their persistence, consistency and perseverance.

I was thinkin the exact same thing....They have been in that region for like 3 years and haven't sold a million yet....They really need to STF^
They have one big ass problem when it comes to RPG's...The most wanted game (FF13) in Japan isn't gonna be on their system there....So ya they are screwed

Eh, I give them an A for effort. Just when I thought the 360 was all but dead in Japan. They go and show me otherwise. I hope they reach their 1million mark and beyond. Just because they seem to want it so bad. Persistence is the key to victory, as they say.I think.

I think they have every reason to be positive, In the last month or so they have outsold the PS3 in two weeks, Not just, but by a at least 10,000 consoles. Not that is going to make much impact, But MS have a reason to be optimistic, they nearly beat the Wii.

But when it comes down to it, Sony or Nintendo don't need to be worried too soon, They don't even have to promote anything and they sell shed loads in Japan. Brand Loyalty and all that :)

But Japan likes consoles that work ?!

The cool thing about this generation is that the userbase is much larger than it was in the ps2 era and it is much more varied. Today it doesn't matter if one console sells more than another in either a week, or even an entire season because each userbase for each console is large enough to stay alive in the market.
A developer could pretty much decide to release a game exclusively on just one console, and it will sell very well because the audience is so large now. No matter what territory the console is in.
To think that last generation Japanese gamers would hardly ever even welcome anything xbox into their homes. Today japanese developers are choosing the 360 (with ff13 on the cards) and with gears of war hitting the japanese charts hard when it came out two years ago -- I would think that gears 2 will sell extremely well in Japan.
So, yes, I agree that the 360 is a good option, even if you are in Japan.
One thing you have to consider though is that each direction for each console is quite different. So every season will fluctuate for all the consoles because sometimes the market just demands something different. Notice how well sports and athletic titles sold on the wii during the olympics.. Perhaps this is the time of year for action games or 360 style games, then after christmas everyone will probably get back into Wii Fit again haha.

It is not just one week. It is going on three straight weeks of 25,000 per week sales. At just that rate it will take a little less than 3 months to reach a million. Because there is 4.4 weeks per month. Expect to eat crow soon. Last remnant (a xbox exclusive and star Ocean anothe 360 exclusive are coming to Japan soon). And one of the final fantasy XIII games is not exclusive to the ps3 in Japan. Not to mention the next blue dragon, and more rpg's from Microsoft.

However this statment tells me they STILL DON'T really get it: “We believe that the launch of big RPG titles for Xbox 360 in Japan is an important part of the road to success here. However, it is not everything,”. Hello retard, look at dreamcast no rpg no system. Look at Genesis more rpg's caused it to lose in the end. Look at xbox(1) compared to ps2 not to mention n64 and gamecube. No rpg, lose in the end! RPG's mean everything, in Japan. It drags all other developers to your system. END OF STORY!!!