Virtua Fighter 5 lead designer Tohru Murayama isn't sure whether or not they'll be releasing the 360 version of the game in Japan. Hold on just a minute -- the Xbox 360 was released in the Japan?
Speaking to Eurogamer at the Leipzig Games Convention, Murayama agrees that the Xbox 360 popularity in Japan is nonexistent (less than 400,000 units sold to date). Because of this, he says they haven't decided yet whether or not the game will be released in that territory.
"But if we [can only release the game] for the US or EU markets," he says, "we just hope Virtua Fighter 5 will be a key title which encourages people to buy Xbox 360s."
That's likely, too -- the Xbox 360 version of Virtua Fighter 5 looks hot, and contains a number of features not included in the previously released PlayStation 3 version of the title. Xbox Live support anyone?
Virtua Fighter 5 for the Xbox 360 ships to store shelves on October 30.
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3:45 PM on 08.29.2007
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BUT IT'S GOOD FOR ME!
They should bundle it up.
They should bundle 360s with Nintendo DS Lites.
"Bizarro like play alone. Bizarro own Kasumi love pillow."
How many games are they going to miss now PS3 is last place? I know the original Xbox was a might black behemoth, but bravo to those japanese gamers that got a 360.
also cocks...
Famitsu have been giving some 360 games some good marks of late, like Rainbow Six Vegas, GRAW2, Saints Row etc. I can't wait to see their mark for Bioshock. Notice some of these are FPS games. Famitsu have a big voice over there and some will listen.
Live is another angle, that might also work in 360s favour out there.
I jest.
"Off-line VF5, drunk, and xenophobic is no way to go thru life son"
The RUMORS of defective consoles killed MS. They had no market traction in Japan with the xbox1, when the xbox 360 came out someone whispered "It's an expensive, poorly made piece of crap."
Then the xbox360 was released and it failed to live up to quality expectations for such an expensive device. Sure the games are great but it originally shipped with a 90 day warranty and very little Japanese game support. Then came the warranty revisions and the internet rumors or poor quality, then more rumors , and then finally a 2 year extension.
The Japanese have no problem buying American stuff as long as it meets their expectations. How many Sony digital Walkmans are there in Japan compared to iPods? The Xbox360 not so much.
The quality has been so tainted and the brands shown to be so generic and weak MS may not be able to recover in Japanese gaming.
oh well
there is no wireless 360 fight stick, but you can get a wired hori stick for 60
also... I will own all of you at vf5
okay, when I say own... I mean like initial lotus haduken own you.
cerial.