Smaller, slimmer Xbox 2 will please the Japanese, says Microsoft

The Xbox has never gotten all that much love in Japan, which maybe isn't too surprising given the hometown advantage Sony's PlayStation 2 has there, but apparently Microsoft thinks that (besides the PS2's two year headstart) the problem is that the original Xbox console is simply too big for people over there, with corporate veepster Peter Moore insisting that a smaller, slimmer Xbox 2 will do better in Japan because the large size of the original was
"unappealing to Japanese consumers".

[Via Joystiq]