Microsoft to hold Akihabara Xbox 360 festival

MS doesn't have enough good galges and RPGs in their 360 lineup. They want more sales? Market the titles that the locals are  actually interested in. Just pushing EA, Ubisoft and their own in-house crap won't work. Plus, only allowing online play by getting a limited Gold membership is so old-school that it's not even funny. Save for titles that require those BS online tickets, the PS3 crowd can play online just like that, and for an unlimited time frame, too.

The reason I even got an Xbox 360 in the first place (and a JP region one, no less) is largely because of Love Tore (that Kinect galge trilogy by Boost On where you exercise and dance with a 2D anime girl).

A little less censorship would be nice too. That anti-pantsu patch they pulled in Galgun ruined what little following they had among the local Akiba Kei crowd. Zombie and alien gore is nice, but 2D girl fanservice is still king.

If they can't get past that, then their marketing event is just a waste of time and money.

@suprsoldier What, you didn't get enough attention from mommy and daddy, so you troll message boards? Get a life.

Wow, the Japanese gaming consoles market is so monopolized I was a little surprised reading the headline. Welp, best of luck M$!

@sladakrobot, Nope, I don't have a XBL account because I HATE Microsoft. I won't buy their POS machine.

@duprsolider-You sound so bitter dude...any chance that you hate Microsoft coz you was banned for life from XBL?

That's right Xbots, thumb down my comment. The Truth hurts. The 360 is a crappy console just like the original Xbox was. Microsoft is a bunch of jerks who have no business being in business.

Good luck Microsoft. Not much luck cracking that market so far, though those are some pretty hot games in that lineup.

I wish someone would tell Japanese developers that Steam exists.

2 secret titles o:

Come to the U.S or Europe...you guys have more fans/consumers here...

Hmmm...Why do even I know that japanese ppl like dating sims and rpg's at most and Microsoft dont? Idea-Join forces with Sega and work on X360 only Phantasy Star 5! How about a real new Shining Force? Grandia anyone? New Lost Odyssey? New Resonance of Fate? Bring some Enix games and Square Soft games as XB-Arcade titles? I could continue this for hours :) But kudos for Microsoft not giving up the japanese market!

2 additional secret title Japan only Xbox 360 RPGs? Microsoft will never make headway in the land of the Rising Sun. Halo was never very popular in Japan. Way to dead horse it Microsoft. Japan is Sony and Nintendo strongholds.

"While Xbox 360 titles haven't ranked highly on Japan's Media Creates sales charts" They don't chart at all, actually.

Akiba is near me, so I'll be coming to it. Me and the other 4 360 owners in Japan.

Wishing Mircosoft would announce that we are planning on wasting obscene amounts of money on getting new jrpgs for their system again for the japanese market. Tales of Vesperia, Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey, Eternal Sonata, and a far much lesser extent because Square Enix can't do anything right Star Ocean 4: ;n; those were some good times that all came out in the span of 2 years.

Just a matter of time..till the Japan gets a slice of Microsoft Or Is it The Other way around? lol..

I hate to say it, but it's as if most of them ever gave a flock about Master Chief's awesomeness. Leave it to those who value him.

the reason the japanese dont buy xbox 360s is simple....they dont like FPSes

Microsoft, Japan doesn't want your crappy console. Noone does. Please go away.

Man what's up with Japan? They hate fun these days.

Microsoft, I don't understand your choice to choose a festival specifically for the country that LEAST wants the Xbox - they've phased it out of hardware and game sales completely in most stores because there's no demand for it! Japan is a country of mostly handheld gamers, and even the native PS3 and Wii are relatively niche compared to handheld systems. I really can't see this festival convincing a whole lot of Japanese people to change contrary to their country's gaming habits, and the reason for MS's choice completely escapes me.

I will not be going to this...a lot more entertaining things to do in Akiba then going to see a XBOX360 fest...

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The title of interest here is Kinect Star Wars. Seeing as how that title had to be pushed back for unspecified reasons I wonder if that means it will be completed soon. The Japanese love Star Wars, they should pull it from the line up altogether if it still ain't ready.

if only microsoft japan supports its local developers for future localization of 360 games thats why it sucks on other genres~

Geez, MS. Japan doesn't care about the 360. Give it up already. Why not try selling "I heart USA" shirts in Iran next?

confirm...kinect everywhere

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@childe_roland The lineups aimed at Japan they don't really do shooters (although they did like fallout3 which is why rage is there and halo because it's the xboxs main franchise so they need to promote)

Looks interesting....to bad they do this for Japan and not for Europe and North America!

That game lineup is garbage. Where's Skyrim, Battlefield and Dark Souls? What about Mass Effect 3? Brutal...

Interesting

hope they release a beta on the reach disk like they did with the reach beta on odst