February 25^th, 2002 (12:00am) - According to Bloomberg, Microsoft sold approximately 123,000 Xbox units during the console’s Japanese launch this past weekend. Microsoft reportedly shipped around 250,000 units for the launch, 50,000 of which were the limited-edition version of the console. Twelve games were available at launch, but only an average of 1.59 games were actually sold with each console. The fact that Microsoft is new to the console market, as well as the Xbox’s high price point when compared with that of the PlayStation 2 and the GameCube, were cited as possible reasons for the relatively low launch numbers.

By Giancarlo Varanini, GameSpot VG