Posts tagged Xbox-Japan

Microsoft's Sensui talks Xbox success (and lack thereof) in Japan

by Xav de Matos (May 11th 2009 7:30PM)

Xbox Japan boss, Takashi Sensui, recently sat down with Famitsu [via 1UP] to discuss Microsoft's successes and failures in the Japanese market since launching the original Xbox in 2002. Unlike other carefully worded and positively spun interviews given when discussing complete failures, Sensui ...

Xbox Japan sees 157% growth in the last year

by Xav de Matos (Oct 21st 2008 11:30AM)

The numbers aren't Earth shattering -- or cause for a sweater in the pits of Hell -- but Xbox 360 has found a small niche in Japan. Famitsu Marketing data (via GameDaily) outlines that the Xbox 360 has seen a year-to-year growth of an impressive 157% during the first seven months of the year. ...

TGS 08: 5 pictures of Xbox Japan's HQ

by Ludwig Kietzmann (Oct 8th 2008 12:00PM)

click to enlarge These are terrible. One isn't even of the building, but of the street in front of it! Clearly, after visiting Microsoft's Japanese Xbox HQ and providing you with relevant previews, we decided to justify our intolerable touristy-ness by sharing our on-the-spot snaps. It's like you ...