#Play station 3 vs xbox 360 software#

It is unclear how they might react to reported problems in the Xbox 360 that cause it to crash in the middle of games. Japanese were also turned off by the first Xbox's tendency to scratch disks, a problem that didn't affect the game's performance but was viewed as a symptom of shoddy craftsmanship. She added that the new streamlined, off-white console was designed partly by Japanese teams to appeal to Japanese tastes. 'We had missteps that we wont repeat,' said Asako Miyata, an Xbox spokeswoman in Tokyo. 24 in South Korea and March 2 in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan. It costs 399.99 euros in Europe, where it was released on Dec.

The Xbox 360 will sell for 37,900 yen in Japan, or about $313, less than the $399.99 charged in the U.S.

#Play station 3 vs xbox 360 software#

That means big money in a hardware and software market worth up to 600 billion yen, or $4.96 billion, according to Maeda. Given Xbox's paltry market share in Japan, there's only room to grow. Worldwide, the company is aiming to ship between 2.75 million and 3 million machines within 90 days of the U.S. But Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said last month while visiting Tokyo he is '100 percent' sure the new model will outsell its predecessor.

Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft hasn't set an Xbox 360 sales goal in Japan. PlayStation accounts for about 80 percent of the Japanese market game console, Xbox around 5 percent. By contrast, Sony has sold 91 million PlayStation 2 consoles in the last five years, 21 million of them in Asia. Since the first Xbox went on sale three years ago, Microsoft has sold 21.9 million machines globally - but only 1.8 million in Asia, including Japan.