There was no consolation post with this morning's update, so: Microsoft Delays Xbox Sale in Japan on Fox (thanks theAntiELVIS) quotes the managing director of Microsoft's Japan unit saying "the decision to delay sales until Feb. 22 was to concentrate efforts in the United States first, where the machine is set to hit stores Nov. 8 at $299." The report goes on to say the European release of the system is also delayed until 2002, a change from Microsoft's original plan to launch the console system worldwide simultaneously. Also, a new Digital Extremes Developer's Update is online with the latest on what's going on in development on Unreal Championship, their upcoming Xbox Unreal game.