There is word going around saying the 360 will not luanch alongside with the American and European releases. Agian, no offical word from M$ on the matter, but speculation has it at there just arn't enough consoles in manfacture to luanch there, or not a big enough game luanch. The new luanch for the 360 in Japan is set to March of 2006, around the same time as the luanch of the PS3. This is a serious blow for Microsoft, as most of the market in Japan is towards the PS3 there is no chance of the 360 selling alot of units beside the new era of playstation.