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A while back, a small game named Tales of Vesperia sold the Xbox 360 to Japan, and from that point on the rabid hype over NAMCO Bandai’s JRPG, followed by a string of extremely well-received releases, has more than made the Xbox 360 compete in the Japanese market. But things are slowing down now, and without another big-name release to catapult the 360 back into popularity, the PS3 has started to overtake it in the Japanese market. Sales of the Xbox 360 have dropped 46.7 percent from last year, as opposed to the PS3 sales drop of only 17.1 percent. This large drop in sales has apparently made many retailers consider dropping the Xbox 360 from their inventory. 
It’s a bit of a shame that the Xbox 360 is dying in Japan, but at least now import fans can get their Japanese 360 games for dirt cheap. By Angelo M. D’Argenio |