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Microsoft Announces New Kinect-free Xbox 360 in Japan

by William D'Angelo, posted on 27 December 2011 / 1,366 Views

Microsoft has announced today a new Xbox 360 that will come without Kinect, but will come with a 250 gigabyte harddrive. The new model is expected to hit stores before the end of the year, or in the next few days and will sell for ¥29,800 ($383 / £244). The Xbox 360 is currently available in three models a 4GB model, 4GB model with Kinect and a 250GB model with Kinect.

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7 Comments

blkfish92
blkfish92 (on 27 December 2011)

I'm guessing if this fails in Japan, they'll stop selling 360s there already and save their money.

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Mr Puggsly
Mr Puggsly (on 27 December 2011)

You guys don't even know if the 360 is losing money in Japan. Each console is sold at a profit, 3rd parties keep supporting it, and they probably have a few hundred thousand Xbox Live Gold subscribers there. Last I checked 360 is making money while the PS3 is not.

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Darth Tigris
Darth Tigris (on 27 December 2011)

Yikes! The yen is クレイジー!!!

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kowenicki
kowenicki (on 27 December 2011)

just to help move inventory.... irrelevant tbh.

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NinjaV
NinjaV (on 29 December 2011)

LoL this is too funny.......just give up Microsoft lol

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gameonbro
gameonbro (on 28 December 2011)

they arent losing money in japan they just arent making any

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D-Joe
D-Joe (on 27 December 2011)

@blkfish92 they just replace the old bundle back to normal: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=4356810 MS not really care losing money in Japan(for Xbox-brand) since they already losing money in Japan almost 10 years

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blkfish92
blkfish92 (on 27 December 2011)

Gets me wondering as to why they sell the 360 in Japan, do they really make money?

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Wh1pL4shL1ve_007
Wh1pL4shL1ve_007 (on 27 December 2011)

Why would you sell a console that is loosing money for 10 years??? Of course MS is making profit... If they werent, theyre just gonna pull the plug like what they did with zune...

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