Microsoft announcing Japanese Xbox 360 pricing on the 19th?

Microsoft is holding a press conference just a day before the Tokyo Games Show and is expected to announce Japanese pricing of the console. Japanese pricing is still unknown after Microsoft revealed US, EU and UK guidelines for pricing last week at Games Convention 2005 in Germany.

It’ll be interesting to see how much the console will cost in Japan when compared to the price elsewhere. If Microsoft used current market rates we’d see ¥32,963 and ¥43,941 for Core and Xbox 360 packages respectively. However, looking at the premiums that UK and EU gamers will pay, it’s likely the numbers will be higher than this.