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Its official Japan aren't taking to the Microsoft console and would prefer to spend thousands of Yen on Pokemon rather then on the XBox?
Why? Well Japan are mainly a tertiary and secondary industry country, they like to export excellent electronics and hate to import items from abraod, especially when it competes with one of there main industries which is gaming. Products which have gone on sale from America have never been sucessful and although Microsoft have spent millions of dollars in trying to create a firm hold still only a minority of people have heard of what the XBox is...
..so what is the next step for Microsoft, normally anything that happens in Japan is like a rough sketch of what is going to happen when its launched in Europe and America. I feel that a delay in the Xbox launch looks set, maybe not in America but definetly in this country and Japan, as yet no companies have received a final development kit for there games, now with a launch six months away any game which could be finished now will be rushed? I personally don't know what Microsoft are playing at, they don't seem to understand that its better to have good games, then lots of games.
With this news of Japan not taking change the way Microsoft launch or promote the Xbox, they can't move the launch forward, not now they have released it as three days after the Gamecube, maybe Nintendo knew, maybe it was seen in one of Shigeru's dreams, but the true is Microsoft are now into unknown territory, they can't manage to conquer the Japanese, and they don't seem to be bothered about the games...
I think its time for a re-think Bill. Don't You?
Thanks
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Why? Well Japan are mainly a tertiary and secondary industry country, they like to export excellent electronics and hate to import items from abraod, especially when it competes with one of there main industries which is gaming. Products which have gone on sale from America have never been sucessful and although Microsoft have spent millions of dollars in trying to create a firm hold still only a minority of people have heard of what the XBox is...
..so what is the next step for Microsoft, normally anything that happens in Japan is like a rough sketch of what is going to happen when its launched in Europe and America. I feel that a delay in the Xbox launch looks set, maybe not in America but definetly in this country and Japan, as yet no companies have received a final development kit for there games, now with a launch six months away any game which could be finished now will be rushed? I personally don't know what Microsoft are playing at, they don't seem to understand that its better to have good games, then lots of games.
With this news of Japan not taking change the way Microsoft launch or promote the Xbox, they can't move the launch forward, not now they have released it as three days after the Gamecube, maybe Nintendo knew, maybe it was seen in one of Shigeru's dreams, but the true is Microsoft are now into unknown territory, they can't manage to conquer the Japanese, and they don't seem to be bothered about the games...
I think its time for a re-think Bill. Don't You?
Thanks
er-no
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We love Bill Gates really. We just like to poke fun at him that's all :-)
The Mega Drive was more popular though.
It was the days of Sonic the Hedgehog.
It was the days of Sonic the Hedgehog.
The SNES was actually one of the best ever consoles of all time when it comes to popularity.
Gameboy is still top though.
Although I think Nintendo calling all their handhelds 'Gameboy' has something to do with it....
Gameboy is still top though.
Although I think Nintendo calling all their handhelds 'Gameboy' has something to do with it....
Sega seem to be giving Microsoft that extra bit off sparkle.
I think that the Xbox will suceed. The casual gamer will quickly see that the Xbox outrates the PS2 and all the casual gamers still see the Gamecube as a childrens toy (the idiots!).
I think that the Xbox might be the next generation equivilant of the Playstation, which was the current genartion equivilant of the Mega Drive etc.
Nintendo have produced 3 systems in a row:
Snes, N64 and Gamecube.
All 3 seem to have been ignored by the casual gamers in favour of the inferior but more popular machine (Mega Drive, Playstation and Xbox).
I can't understand why?
I think that the Xbox will suceed. The casual gamer will quickly see that the Xbox outrates the PS2 and all the casual gamers still see the Gamecube as a childrens toy (the idiots!).
I think that the Xbox might be the next generation equivilant of the Playstation, which was the current genartion equivilant of the Mega Drive etc.
Nintendo have produced 3 systems in a row:
Snes, N64 and Gamecube.
All 3 seem to have been ignored by the casual gamers in favour of the inferior but more popular machine (Mega Drive, Playstation and Xbox).
I can't understand why?
Microsofts best friends are loadsa green dollar signs....
Grix Thraves wrote:
> 3DO, in a bit of irony, announced Microsoft as "unprofessional,
> with no idea what they're doing".
Maybe 3'DOH and Microsoft were meant to be together, but if that was the case then surely 'they' would have a final development pack?
> 3DO, in a bit of irony, announced Microsoft as "unprofessional,
> with no idea what they're doing".
Maybe 3'DOH and Microsoft were meant to be together, but if that was the case then surely 'they' would have a final development pack?
3DO, in a bit of irony, announced Microsoft as "unprofessional, with no idea what they're doing".
Its official Japan aren't taking to the Microsoft console and would prefer to spend thousands of Yen on Pokemon rather then on the XBox?
Why? Well Japan are mainly a tertiary and secondary industry country, they like to export excellent electronics and hate to import items from abraod, especially when it competes with one of there main industries which is gaming. Products which have gone on sale from America have never been sucessful and although Microsoft have spent millions of dollars in trying to create a firm hold still only a minority of people have heard of what the XBox is...
..so what is the next step for Microsoft, normally anything that happens in Japan is like a rough sketch of what is going to happen when its launched in Europe and America. I feel that a delay in the Xbox launch looks set, maybe not in America but definetly in this country and Japan, as yet no companies have received a final development kit for there games, now with a launch six months away any game which could be finished now will be rushed? I personally don't know what Microsoft are playing at, they don't seem to understand that its better to have good games, then lots of games.
With this news of Japan not taking change the way Microsoft launch or promote the Xbox, they can't move the launch forward, not now they have released it as three days after the Gamecube, maybe Nintendo knew, maybe it was seen in one of Shigeru's dreams, but the true is Microsoft are now into unknown territory, they can't manage to conquer the Japanese, and they don't seem to be bothered about the games...
I think its time for a re-think Bill. Don't You?
Thanks
er-no
Why? Well Japan are mainly a tertiary and secondary industry country, they like to export excellent electronics and hate to import items from abraod, especially when it competes with one of there main industries which is gaming. Products which have gone on sale from America have never been sucessful and although Microsoft have spent millions of dollars in trying to create a firm hold still only a minority of people have heard of what the XBox is...
..so what is the next step for Microsoft, normally anything that happens in Japan is like a rough sketch of what is going to happen when its launched in Europe and America. I feel that a delay in the Xbox launch looks set, maybe not in America but definetly in this country and Japan, as yet no companies have received a final development kit for there games, now with a launch six months away any game which could be finished now will be rushed? I personally don't know what Microsoft are playing at, they don't seem to understand that its better to have good games, then lots of games.
With this news of Japan not taking change the way Microsoft launch or promote the Xbox, they can't move the launch forward, not now they have released it as three days after the Gamecube, maybe Nintendo knew, maybe it was seen in one of Shigeru's dreams, but the true is Microsoft are now into unknown territory, they can't manage to conquer the Japanese, and they don't seem to be bothered about the games...
I think its time for a re-think Bill. Don't You?
Thanks
er-no
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