{"id":3815,"date":"2007-10-22T09:05:49","date_gmt":"2007-10-22T16:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/?post_type=news&#038;p=3815"},"modified":"2013-03-03T20:59:54","modified_gmt":"2013-03-04T04:59:54","slug":"cheaper-xbox-360s-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/cheaper-xbox-360s-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheaper Xbox 360&#8217;s In Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5339\" style=\"width: 311px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5339\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5339\" alt=\"Fan Art for the Xbox 360 in Japan.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/JP-Fan-Art360-S.jpg\" width=\"301\" height=\"375\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fan Art for the Xbox 360 in Japan.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>OCT. 22, 2007 \u2022 Languishing in third place behind the Wii and the PS3 in Japan, Microsoft lowered the price of the 20GB Xbox 360 Pro to \u00a534,800 ($304)\u00a0 from \u00a539,795 ($348). The Core version was lowered from \u00a529,800 yen ($261) to \u00a527,800 yen ($243).\u00a0 The reduction follows Sony&#8217;s similar move with the PlayStation 3 earlier in the month. As it was struggling to meet demand for the Wii, Nintendo said a price cut for that system\u00a0 was out of the question. The Wii sells for \u00a525,000 ($222) in Japan.\u00a0 In the U.S., Microsoft re-branded the Core SKU as the Xbox 360 Arcade. Priced at $280, and including HDMI output and five popular Live Arcade titles, the unit is marketed as a family-friendly console.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em>Impact:\u00a0\u00a0 The Wii continues to lead Japan, but the PS3 is showing some slight momentum.\u00a0 DFC believes that the Xbox 360 will never make much of an impact in Japan.\u00a0 Of bigger concern is yet another repackaging of the Xbox 360.\u00a0 Earlier this year Microsoft chased after Sony with the Elite SKU.\u00a0 Now the Arcade SKU seems to be trying to chase after Nintendo.\u00a0 The problem is \u201carcade\u201d games are not the reason for the Wii\u2019s success.\u00a0 The word arcade conjures up retro-classics like Pong, Pac-man, Space Invaders etc.\u00a0 These products are widely available online and also for every game system since the dawn of time.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OCT. 22, 2007 \u2022 Languishing in third place behind the Wii and the PS3 in Japan, Microsoft lowered the price of the 20GB Xbox 360 Pro to \u00a534,800 ($304)\u00a0 from \u00a539,795 ($348). The Core version was lowered from \u00a529,800 yen ($261) to \u00a527,800 yen ($243).\u00a0 The reduction follows Sony&#8217;s similar move with the PlayStation 3 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3815"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3815"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5338,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3815\/revisions\/5338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}