Japan: roughly 60% Xbox 360s unsold

As some expected, the Xbox 360 hasn't been selling well in Japan.
Next-Gen reports that only 62,000 units have been sold from a shipment of 150,000. That represents just a little over 40% of the available units. From the article: "Microsoft Japan had been expecting to bring in more units in the weeks ahead, but with shortages biting elsewhere in the world, this now looks unlikely."

Microsoft is hoping the Dead or Alive 4 can help spur sales when it's released later this month, but what could be some reasons as to why the Japanese don't take a liking to Microsoft's console attempts?