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> I knew they used to be called "Service Games" and I would usually type
> SEGA in capitals, but I automatically use lower case for the "ega"
> because I've just gotten used to typing it that way.
Still, I never knew they
> used to be an American company. I've learnt something knew today :)
For your second lesson, it's "new" not "knew". The former is an adjective, describing something not experienced before, the latter is a verb- inf. to know.
;)
Still, I never knew they used to be an American company. I've learnt something knew today :)
After a while the American's sold it to some Japanese investors, and here we are!
Oh, and I like the wording there Edgy:
"The only company to make such an impact on Japan whilst based in the western world..."
After all, Sega used to be American! Damn you with your forsight!
Anyway, Sony have had their console out on the shelves for a much longer period of time, so they've had a longer chance to advertise, let people test and release more games for the Japanese to get their hands on whilst the GameCube and X-box have only just (in comparison) been released!
I never expected the X-box to do well in Japan anyway, being it an American console competing against two long standing Japanese companies. It's more likely the Japanese are being loyal to their country's economy, than a hate of the X-box itself. The only company to make such an impact on Japan whilst based in the western world was Sinclair who made the ZX Spectrum series. Sinclair ust about created console gaming, and brought the concept over to Japan and the United States, yet now Japan's very own companies: Sega, Sony and Nintendo have been making their own consoles, it comes to no suprise that they're setting the standards whilst the American giants Microsoft are struggling to compete.
I predict that the GameCube will catch up, if not beat the Playstation 2's weekly sales by the end of 2003, as the Playstation 2 is already in many people's homes in Japan and it's very unlikely they'll need to buy another one unless to replace a faulty machine or they're that desperate to use the Multitap.
What amazes me by those figures is how many sales the Wonder Swan Colour has had in comparison to the X-box! Roughly 50% of the X-box, and the WSC isn't even an international handheld yet!
Cube Europe is great!