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Nintendo have taken an entirely new approach to marketing the Gamecube, as UK consumers will see when the campaign launches in early February. The campaign is thought to have been one of the most costly in recent history, reportedly blowing the X-box's substantial budget out of the proverbial water.
Nintendo spokesman, Kevin Smith commented,
"The consumer is becoming more sensitive to marketing campaigns. Gone are the days when you can just stick a picture of your product up and watch the masses flock to buy it. Gone are the days of advertising in malls and hoping that people stop to look. Today's market calls for a different campaign and Nintendo's breaks the mould. Are entire campaign is based on advertising the X-box traditionally."
An early leak of the first advert can be seen at:
http://www.geocities.com/mrohappy/adcampaign.html
The leak has had massive reprocussions throughout the gaming world. Microsoft are already preparing a tactical rethink in response to Nintendo's masterstroke. Industry analysts have already predicted that Nintendo's campaign will reap dividends for the company. Stock market speculator Gordon Gecko provided this insight:
"I'm saying buy, buy, buy! to all my staff. Nintendo shares are the order of the day. I'm talking about liquid. Rich enough to have your own jet. Rich enough not to waste time. Fifty, a hundred million dollars, buddy. A player. Or nothing. Nintendo shares are the place to be."
Microsoft's counter-offensive will be a similarly-themed campaign advertising the Gamecube, to the paying public. Speaking on behalf of Microsoft MD Bill Gates, Muhammad Ali commented:
"Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them: A desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill. And the Gamecube has it all. It is the greatest console known to man!"
Although, this last ditch effort may salvage some of the X-box's lost sales, the same cannot be said for Sony. Realising that they had been completely out-manuevered, and given Sega's demise as a console producer, they were unable to do anything but continue advertising their own product. This commercially disasterous move was greeted by such derision on the trading floors of the world's stock markets that Sony's share value dropped to one penny. Upon hearing the news in their headquarters in Japan, executives agreed that such was the humiliation mass-suicide was the only way to regain the lost pride of the once mighty company. Now ruined, the company is not thought likely to resurface in the console market.
The Gamecube/X-box console war looks set to continue long into the future, however, with the share prices of both companies sky-rocketing. Providing that there are no more supply problems for the Gamecube, this reporter predicts it's triumph. Former Microsoft spokesman and WWF superstar the Rock declined to comment, shouting "Can't you see that the Rock is cooking!", before pretending to break this reporter's neck.
Nintendo spokesman, Kevin Smith commented,
"The consumer is becoming more sensitive to marketing campaigns. Gone are the days when you can just stick a picture of your product up and watch the masses flock to buy it. Gone are the days of advertising in malls and hoping that people stop to look. Today's market calls for a different campaign and Nintendo's breaks the mould. Are entire campaign is based on advertising the X-box traditionally."
An early leak of the first advert can be seen at:
http://www.geocities.com/mrohappy/adcampaign.html
The leak has had massive reprocussions throughout the gaming world. Microsoft are already preparing a tactical rethink in response to Nintendo's masterstroke. Industry analysts have already predicted that Nintendo's campaign will reap dividends for the company. Stock market speculator Gordon Gecko provided this insight:
"I'm saying buy, buy, buy! to all my staff. Nintendo shares are the order of the day. I'm talking about liquid. Rich enough to have your own jet. Rich enough not to waste time. Fifty, a hundred million dollars, buddy. A player. Or nothing. Nintendo shares are the place to be."
Microsoft's counter-offensive will be a similarly-themed campaign advertising the Gamecube, to the paying public. Speaking on behalf of Microsoft MD Bill Gates, Muhammad Ali commented:
"Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them: A desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill. And the Gamecube has it all. It is the greatest console known to man!"
Although, this last ditch effort may salvage some of the X-box's lost sales, the same cannot be said for Sony. Realising that they had been completely out-manuevered, and given Sega's demise as a console producer, they were unable to do anything but continue advertising their own product. This commercially disasterous move was greeted by such derision on the trading floors of the world's stock markets that Sony's share value dropped to one penny. Upon hearing the news in their headquarters in Japan, executives agreed that such was the humiliation mass-suicide was the only way to regain the lost pride of the once mighty company. Now ruined, the company is not thought likely to resurface in the console market.
The Gamecube/X-box console war looks set to continue long into the future, however, with the share prices of both companies sky-rocketing. Providing that there are no more supply problems for the Gamecube, this reporter predicts it's triumph. Former Microsoft spokesman and WWF superstar the Rock declined to comment, shouting "Can't you see that the Rock is cooking!", before pretending to break this reporter's neck.
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My company will be called Special Reserve.
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Very good lol...
How about this money making scam... i have a friend called Remy and we are gonna set up Remtendo, A games machine, Microsoft will buy us out and realize we dont actually do anything ah well too late...
Tee hee.
How about this money making scam... i have a friend called Remy and we are gonna set up Remtendo, A games machine, Microsoft will buy us out and realize we dont actually do anything ah well too late...
Tee hee.
Mantis wrote:
> Was this post supposed to be serious?
Do I laugh or cry?
> Was this post supposed to be serious?
Do I laugh or cry?
The Microsoft ad is a lot better than the Nintendo one.. and the Rock's quote comes courtesy of a WWF site.
Former Microsoft spokesman, The Rock, has exclusively revealed Microsoft's counter-attack advert, here:
http://www.geocities.com/microsoftad2002/ad.html
He commented:
"He likes to do the people's eyebrow, he dropped the double people's elbow and he planted some poor jabroni with The Rock Bottom! So, tonight The Rock has to go down to the damn people's ring, with the same two jabronis The Rock beat last night as his partners. But that's okay, because The Rock is now the number one contender for the WWF title! But make no mistake about it, The Rock couldn't care less about being the number one contender because whether you like it, whether this piece of trash over here likes it, whether this big fat female pig over here likes it there ain't nothing, and The Rock means nothing, that can compare to being the people's champ. And The Rock's advert is better than yours."
http://www.geocities.com/microsoftad2002/ad.html
He commented:
"He likes to do the people's eyebrow, he dropped the double people's elbow and he planted some poor jabroni with The Rock Bottom! So, tonight The Rock has to go down to the damn people's ring, with the same two jabronis The Rock beat last night as his partners. But that's okay, because The Rock is now the number one contender for the WWF title! But make no mistake about it, The Rock couldn't care less about being the number one contender because whether you like it, whether this piece of trash over here likes it, whether this big fat female pig over here likes it there ain't nothing, and The Rock means nothing, that can compare to being the people's champ. And The Rock's advert is better than yours."
obviously not
Was this post supposed to be serious?
Strafex wrote:
> Could Microsoft's head be a Ninty after all? :-D
Everyone knows that Nintendo make the best consoles ;-D
> Could Microsoft's head be a Ninty after all? :-D
Everyone knows that Nintendo make the best consoles ;-D
misterhappy wrote:
>Speaking on behalf of Microsoft MD Bill Gates, Muhammad
> Ali commented:
"Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from
> something they have deep inside them: A desire, a dream, a vision. They have to
> have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the
> skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill. And the
> Gamecube has it all. It is the greatest console known to man!"
Speaking on behalf of Bill Gates, Muhammad Ali said that the Gamecube had it all and was the best!
Could Microsoft's head be a Ninty after all? :-D
>Speaking on behalf of Microsoft MD Bill Gates, Muhammad
> Ali commented:
"Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from
> something they have deep inside them: A desire, a dream, a vision. They have to
> have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the
> skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill. And the
> Gamecube has it all. It is the greatest console known to man!"
Speaking on behalf of Bill Gates, Muhammad Ali said that the Gamecube had it all and was the best!
Could Microsoft's head be a Ninty after all? :-D
The web link is real dontcha know :-D
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