Microsoft Holds Family Christmas Xbox 360 Event in Japan; Violence Abounds

Last week, on December 15th, Microsoft decided to remind Japanese gamers that the Xbox 360 can be family-friendly too by holding a Christmas event at Tokyo Bay. Basically, it was chance for kids to play some games and have their picture taken with characters form Viva Pinata and Beautiful Katamari characters, among others. Not pictured are the swarms of kids who showed up armed with baseball bats and proceeded to beat the candy out of the helpless Pinatas. When they turned their attention to the Prince, he defended himself by rolling them all up into a giant ball of screaming children and pushing them outside. Eventually he was taken down by sharpshooters after he collected a few dozen salary men along the city streets. Xbox 360 sales rose amid the controversy. Microsoft called it a “win.”

Via Siliconera