How the 360 could succeed in Japan

They should create an arcade version of Geometry Wars and Geometry Wars 2 and release it in Japan. I believe that in Japan, shooter games are pretty popular. If they got them digging on those either of those games, then I bet the 360 would sell a heck of a lot better.

shooters arent very popular in japan

the only way they would sell in japan is if they were decorated like hello kitty and/or made by a japanese companyZcrimson07

shooters arent very popular in japan

Mr_Burps

Oh my.......

Shooters are probably the most popular games in Japan.

The genre is loved by their ability to be quickly picked up and played but also mastered.

Adding more retail (brick and mortar) shooters to the 360's lineup would help things. The hard part is that it's difficult to make a great shooter that doesn't feel like everything else.

wow thats a really really bad idea. how would a xbox live arcade game be a system seller,. you mustnt know much about games. 360 aint going to take over in japan and thats a factdjrobst

I still think its an okay idea, and it doesn't seem like it be too hefty of an investment for MS.

And someone else pointed out that Japanese don't like shooters. I thought that they did, but if they don't, some other arcade game release that is exclusive to the 360 would be good. Arcades are strong in Japan (I'm pretty sure) so it's a great place to introduce the game and hopefully get people to like it.

This is an excerpt from a Gamespot article from last year about the arcades in Japan.

Japanese arcades are a growing and vibrant industry. Last year alone, he noted, the Japanese arcade industry pulled in $7.5 billion, which is more than half of the US's total aggregate revenues in the gaming business. Nearly 40 percent of the Japanese gaming market revenues are from arcades, as opposed to a fraction of a percent in the US. Tochen also stated that a single play in a Japanese arcade is typically 100 yen ($0.86), with the more complex or involved games scaling up to around 200 yen ($1.72).

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6177668.html

Make a lot of Anime based games

haha