Microsoft is doing everything it can to sell the Xbox 360 in Japan. Big money is spend in advertising and commercials and even the price of the Xbox 360 is lowered in Japan, to almost half the price of the Xbox 360 in America or Europe. Japanese retailer Bic Camera is now offering the Trusty Bell pack for a special price.
The Xbox 360 Trusty Bell Core Pack is on sale at Bic Camera for only 19.800 Yen, which equals about $173 or €129. The 'normal' retail price for this pack is about 30.000 Yen, which equals about $260 or €195. The Xbox 360 Trusty Bell Core Pack contains the Xbox 360 Core with all accessories plus the game Trusty Bell, which is known in America and Europe as Eternal Sonata.
Looking for a very cheap Xbox 360? Get to Japan!
Andriasang writes:
"Microsoft announced today that Trusty Bell Chopin's Dream will be joining the Xbox 360 Platinum Collection budget lineup. The Bandai Namco RPG will get a new low price, and the new packaging to go along with it, on January 8. Pricing is set at 3,800 yen, putting it towards the higher end of Platinum Collection games.
Known as Eternal Sonata overseas, Trusty Bell is set in the dreams of Chopin in the hours before the composer's death. The game features piano work from world renowned Russian pianist Stanislav Stanislavovich Bunin and musical composition from Motoi Sakuraba. A PS3 version was released in September.
Trusty Bell will be joined in January by a few other Platinum Collection titles. As previously announced, Armored Core For Answer and Kingdom Under Fire Circle of Doom will be released on January 8, to be followed on the 15th by Virtua Fighter 5 Live Arena. These will carry a 2,940 yen price."
Some new screenshots of Trusty Belle or Eternal Sonata on Playstation 3 version.
Siliconera writes: "Last year Namco Bandai revealed Trusty Bell: Chopin no Yume (aka Eternal Sonata) would get a PlayStation 3 port with extra content. We don't know if it's coming to North America. We're not even sure when Japan will play with Prince Crescendo in combat. It might be soon, though. Play-Asia just posted a September 18 release date for the Asian version. A few weeks ago Play-Asia leaked Afrika's release date so this could be real. On the other hand, Trusty Bell: Chopin no Yume won't come out until September 18, 2009 in Japan.
Two "typos" or one? You decide."
I say this September since I think it was a year exclusive for Xbox and I it came out Sept/October of last year.
I hope they mean Sep 08, the sooner it comes out in Japan the sooner it'll come here.
This is BULLSH!T Microsoft!!
japan does not like ur 360 give up already
$173 for an Xbox 360 with extras, you'd have to be a huge dumbass not to buy it .... Damn that is good deal my god. I don't understand, it has good games, and it's ultra cheap, are japanese people really bias? does anyone know if Japanese xbox 360's are region free? do they still act like North American 360's? im about to raid japan and buy like 5 of these
The Japanese are exposing this console for the scam it really is, even if it cost $10 i doubt they would buy it, heap of junk please what games does it have can anybody tell me? Gow, Lost Planet, and other sh!te lol haha 360 losers choice.
I say we regionalize. Cut Japan out of the picture all together and use all of those millions of dollars of advertising campaigns and price drops and add to the North American market sweet deals that would make every other country jealous and make us feel loved...more. Gaming has truly reached the masses now and Japan is no longer as influential as it used to be when gaming had more of a cult following. Everybody is playing games now, and with the North American market in your pocket already, just advertise and present more special pricing to the North American market and if you are right handed, raise it up into a fist, and use your left hand to carefully raise the middle finger on your right hand, and let Japan know what we really think of them and their imperialistic views.