Japan Prepared for Xbox

Following widespread reports of hardware issues following the North American Xbox 360, Microsoft Japan is assuring gamers it will quickly deal with faulty units of the next-gen console, which goes on sale Saturday.

Microsoft Japan saw problems when the original Xbox launched in the country in 2002, as some early units scratched game discs. The company initially declined to replace the units, since the issue "does not cause disks to become unreadable." During the console's first two weeks on the market, 590 reports of defective consoles were filed. Eventually, Microsoft Japan relented, announcing it would replace any problematic Xboxes and scratched discs sent in by customers.

Apparently Japan has learned from our mistakes. Which is good. Hopefully Microsoft will learn from this and help out it's North American customers more.
I have a launch Xbox coming my way in a few days. I'm thrilled to rip open that box, plug it into my TV and send it right back. Joy

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