Japanese 360 - The Jack Of All Trades?

[John Beaulieu]

not like all 3 are going to be turned on at the same time

Gives me the best of all worlds really - Japan only titles (and cheaper Asian releases) on the NTSC-j machine, games which are released much earlier in the US on the NTSC-u machine and the majority of my buys on the UK machine

[Brats]

If they're Asian NTSC-J systems, then yep they'll play Japanese games*

*the Wikipedia list suggests a few won't though

There are loads of mistakes on that list. Over G Fighters US does work on a PAL system and Halo US does not.

I can't believe that Japan and Asia are seperate regions. Surely it's the same machine with a different power supply?

[sj33]

So what IS the cheapest place to get a JPN 360? Bit gutted about the recent load of JPN-only titles, wouldn't mind picking one up sometime (hey, my birthday in 3 weeks).

[Silvergun X]

Can't wait for it to arrive now - weird how ordering a new console does that, even when its one you already own

Very true. I'm the same way at the moment with mine. Can't wait.

[Bleeders]

Good, get yourselves on Senko no Ronde. NOW.

[Silvergun X]

Punch Yesasia for me.

[Bleeders]

Still dragging their heels? Bastards. They done that with my Ultimate Ghouls n' Ghosts. ft:

[eastyy]

I have never ordered a brand new console online

This will be my first

[EJG1980]

They're probably not quite as cheap as Yes Asia, but Play Asia seem pretty reliable to me. I've ordered a good 10-15 games from them and haven't had a single delay yet. Everything's turned up within a week despite using the cheapest airmail option. Hmm, I just ordered Bomberman Act Zero from them this morning, so I hope I haven't jinxed that delivery with this post

[eastyy]

Completly forgot about import duty

if i ordered from playasis would i be able to skip the duty?

[Bleeders]

What type of delivery did you use?

[EJG1980]

If you used someone like DHL or UPS, I think you're basically guarenteed to pay it. I got mine from Lik Sang and used UPS and ended up paying just over ?70 for my 360 + RR6. I think the price of a Japanese 360 was much higher back then (Dec 05) and I bought a game at the same time so you'd probably be hit for less.

I still think it's worth going for the better delivery options though. You're much more likely to get the import duty, but at least you know the console should turn up quickly and in one piece.

[Geezer]

So what IS the cheapest place to get a JPN 360? Bit gutted about the recent load of JPN-only titles, wouldn't mind picking one up sometime (hey, my birthday in 3 weeks).

Yesasia if you take into account customs.

Completly forgot about import duty

if i ordered from playasis would i be able to skip the duty?

It's unlikely that you would get away with it and you'd be looking at ?50 or ?60 I guess.

[MiaBocca]

The horror stories about the 360 are putting me off getting anything but a UK machine, but if I plumped for a Japanese machine, where is the best place to get a UK power supply?

[EJG1980]

The most expensive way would be direct from Microsoft who will charge 119 euros (according to a post earlier in this thread) but at least you know you'll get it. Other than that, eBay? But you never know when you're gonna get a dodgy trader who takes your money and sends you sod all.

BTW, I could just be very lucky, but I bought a Japanese 360 back in Dec (so it must have been one of the first batch) and I haven't had any problems with it yet, reliability wise.