Xbox is coming to Japan on Friday, and by all accounts, Japanese game players are pretty excited. Microsoft's new video game console is clearly the most advanced and most powerful video game console on the market. It is more powerful than Nintendo's GameCube. Sony's PlayStation2 is not even in Xbox's league.
But I have some concerns about Xbox -- the biggest of which are games that look promising and play bad.
I don't know why there are so many notable disappointments. I had high hopes for "Blood Wake," an awful boat combat game set in Southeast Asia with superb graphics and no playability. I do not think "Blood Wake" will be among the launch titles for Xbox this month, but it will come to Japan sooner or later. Avoid it!