Speaking in the wake of his keynote address at the Tokyo Game Show, Live overlord John Schappert revealed that the console is now doing better than the publisher might have hoped in Japan.

Apparently, the console's upturn in fortunes has taken everyone by surprise, the exec confirming that have revised their forecasts, while some areas of the country are experience shortages.

Schappert wouldn't tell Reuters what Microsoft's new forecasts are, but he did let slip that more units would be pumped out to the land of the rising sun in line with the firm's higher expectations.

We'll bring you more on the 360's Japanese battle as we get it.

By Luke Guttridge