MS gets it's dominace from the American market anyways. The Japanese have always been split between Nintendo and Sony. MS's main goal is to capture Japan's market early with that done, it will be more of a battle for Sony to win back. We all know the key with Sony was an early release and the endless hype. The Xbox has a chance and so does Nintendo, not saying anything about your own product can lead to some amazing or desaterous results. The main reason why the PS2 appealed so much was the games them selves in Japan (so does everywhere, but seeing here it's was one of the main selling points, and backward capablity). MS has a fine group of Eastern developers taking the chance with the unit. The time we might see some incredible games for the system to make it more appel in the East. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I just hope XBOX games has more variety to it. The reason I didn't purchase Xbox til now is it didn't offer much choice since they have US-themed games the most (which I dun quite like and love). Anyway, I just hope the battle between the 3 would drop the price to reasonable range for us to offer