Guide to Akihabara

Akihabara, the name itself interested me the first time I heard about it and more when I knew what it is. New Discovery of Akihabara offers a video guide of the place every geeks/otakus consider as an earthly version of heaven. A PDF map is also available but it honestly dissapointed me or they could have added more details to it, like telling you what products are up for grabs on each shop. But for starters it will do for now. I know by the time that I have the greenlight to visit Japan, that specific map of Akihabara will be far more better.

via JapanSugoi

Nintendo owns Japan?

See the Japanese Chart for Week Ending 06th May 2007 for a ranking of video games sold on all platforms. Looking at the chart, the very first thing you will notice is that you won’t find PS3 or Xbox 360 on the list, not even a shadow of these consoles. Luckily for the PSP it managed to grab a few slots on the list. But still I wonder, isn’t Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 are supposed to be hot? well, maybe not in Japan and to quote one of the commenter from the site:

Nintendo owns Japan, as well as this generation.

via Kirainet