<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.thegia.com/news/0201/n11b.html">www.thegia.com/news/0201/n11b.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>Xbox Japanese launch details<br>[01.11.02] » "Xbox not good enough for you? How about ... A LIMITED EDITION!" (yes, a little old, but I just found it)<br><br>Microsoft revealed their launch plans for the Xbox at their Winter Conference today. The regular edition system will debut for 34800 yen, and a special limited edition with only 50,000 units produced will cost 39800 yen. The special edition features a transparent green casing personally signed by Bill Gates, and includes an AV pack and keychain. Both editions will be released February 22, along with 12 games including Jet Set Radio Future, Genma Onimusha, Nobunaga's Ambition: Chronicles of Chaos, and Silent Hill 2: Saigo no Uta (Final Song)--however, in a move that may bode ill for the Xbox's Japanese success, no mahjongg, shogi, or horse racing games are among the 12.<br><br>ZL<br><br>*Signed by Bill Gates??? Gasp!!! Be still my beating heart.*<br><br> <p>Empires wax and wane; states cleave asunder and coalesce.</p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub19.ezboard.com/btenchimuyo79943.showLocalUserPublicProfile?login=zhugeliang>Zhuge Liang</A>  <IMG SRC="http://www.ezboard.com/ezgfx/gicons/black_greenspot.gif" BORDER=0> at: 1/11/02 2:00:01 pm<br></i>

I wouldn't buy one and I live here<br><br>If Shenmue 2 is Xbox only I'm waiting until Shenmue 3 comes out and seeing what platform is getting Shenmue 3. If Xbox gets Shenmue 3, that's my reason for Xbox, and that will be the only reason.<br><br>There is no way I'm getting an Xbox, the only games I want for it are made by Sega. <p><Center><img src=http://zeth.homestead.com/files/gackt.jpg></center></p><i></i>

........keep most of my household goods?<br>It's one or the other... as my house isn't big enough for the both of them! And I'll be set back a bit, money-wise... <p></p><i></i>

It's humanly impossible for Gates to sign 50 000 units!!!<br><br>Just counting to 1000 is already quite long and boring!<br><br>Just think of the pain on the signing hand after just 500 signatures!!! I say he's bluffing! Maybe he hired people to copy his signature.<br><br>If I was a Japanese buyer, I'd demand to see him sign it in front of me!!!<br><br>Weird that we don't see them getting the same games as the ones at launch in the US! ^_^<br><br>I predict very limited and short-lived success over there! ^_^ <p><img src="http://www.virtue.nu/quytam/alfred.jpg" border="0"> </a> <BR> ...living free under my own flag...</p><i></i>