Posted on 24 October 2008
OH THE HUMANITY! According to Redeye, a woman in Japan has been arrested for allegedly killing her husband’s character in the popular 2D MMO, Maple Story. According to the report file by the Sapporo, Japan police department she logged on with her husband’s account and password and proceeded to “kill” his online persona shortly after their sudden divorce.
The woman was arrested and jailed on suspicion of illegally accessing a computer and manipulating electronic data. When asked why she did it, the woman replied “I was suddenly divorced, without a word of warning. That made me so angry,” according to an anonymous officer. The woman is currently a piano teacher–which may change if she is charged with up to 5 years of prison or a $50,000 fine.
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Posted on 17 September 2008
According to Famistu publisher, the XBOX 360 has outsold the Wii and Playstation 3 for the week of September 8 through September 14. XBOX sold an astounding 28,681 during that week, compared to around 840 the previous week. The Wii came in second and got 27,057 units out, while the Playstation 3 came in last and sold 8,050 units.
This surge in sales is most likely caused by the September 11th XBOX 360 price drop in Japan.
Posted on 20 August 2008
After last weeks shocking news that the XBOX 360 outsold the PS3 in Japan, today we learn that the XBOX 360 is completely sold out in Japan.
Today Microsoft Japan issued this statement:
To all customers
We truly thank you for all your patronage in the past.
Currently, the Xbox 360 is sold out, and retailers are unable to restock their supply. This is a result of our own sales targets being exceeded by the actual customer sales. We deeply apologize for this inconvenience to our customers, retailers and business partners.
Here at Microsoft, we are moving forward quickly with console production, and plan to ship the standard Xbox 360 model out this September. Furthermore, we will sequentially be shipping out the Elite and the Arcade models. We ask that you please patiently wait until the console is shipped.
We truly thank you for your patronage hereafter.
Microsoft
Home and Entertainment HQ
OH THE HUMANITY! According to Redeye, a woman in Japan has been arrested for allegedly killing her husband’s character in the popular 2D MMO, Maple Story. According to the report file by the Sapporo, Japan police department she logged on with her husband’s account and password and proceeded to “kill” his online persona shortly after their sudden divorce.
