Microsoft’s plan for Japan: hardware price cuts and a bundle pack

By Spencer . October 22, 2007 . 4:25am

Microsoft isn’t sitting idly by while Sony drops the price of the Playstation 3 in Japan. On November 1^st the 20 GB Xbox 360 will be reduced to 34,800 yen ($303) down from 39,765 yen ($346). For a limited time the 20GB system will be packaged with a two games, Viva Piñata and Forza Motorsport 2. The hard driveless core system will also get a price cut to 29,800 yen ($260), which seems like a terrible deal compared to this holiday season’s bundle pack.

Gamers who haven’t jumped on the next-gen bandwagon yet are going to need something to play Shin Sangoku Musou 5 (Dynasty Warriors 6) with and the 20GB bundle looks very attractive compared to a stand alone Playstation 3. The Xbox 360 value pack may have been even more tempting if Microsoft threw in Blue Dragon instead of Viva Piñata, but I suppose Viva Piñata has more consumer value. You don’t have to look too hard to find a used copy of Blue Dragon for around 2,000 yen ($17).

TAGS: Microsoft, Xbox 360

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One Response to “Microsoft’s plan for Japan: hardware price cuts and a bundle pack”

K_G Says:
October 22nd, 2007 at 10:41 am

Pack in games typically are fairly benign games so one will be offended and MS doesn’t have to worry about someone saying their little Taro learned how to curbstomp someone from one of their free/forced to purchase with the hardware games. In this case, both games are MS properties, so there is likely a economic motive as well…This way they don’t have to pay royalties to some outside entity for the games they are giving away.