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RE:Microsoft trying hard to attract Japanese gamers
« Reply #25 on: July 02, 2004, 08:13:53 PM »
Actually the japanese mainly reject non asian consoles (such as Xbox) and  in japan its mostly Sony and the game biz there is slowly declining sadly.
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RE: Microsoft trying hard to attract Japanese gamers
« Reply #26 on: July 02, 2004, 08:44:02 PM »
dang sex appeal, people should realise youcan;t have sex with your xbox...you can only get your controllers messy.
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RE:Microsoft trying hard to attract Japanese gamers
« Reply #27 on: July 03, 2004, 08:27:10 AM »
shhhh the special people still dont know that yet .
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RE: Microsoft trying hard to attract Japanese gamers
« Reply #28 on: July 04, 2004, 02:59:33 AM »
Perm, I heard they're going to fix that with their next console
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RE: Microsoft trying hard to attract Japanese gamers
« Reply #29 on: July 11, 2004, 09:49:38 PM »
omg SEX BOX
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RE: Microsoft trying hard to attract Japanese gamers
« Reply #30 on: July 11, 2004, 11:36:04 PM »
I bet it involves cooperation with Tecmo... Going a step further than just a hugging pillow... Yes, the devil is trying to tempt humanity.
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RE:Microsoft trying hard to attract Japanese gamers
« Reply #31 on: July 13, 2004, 05:37:43 PM »
Umm guys, they're just using a model, they're not actually using porn directly. They're using the image of sex, just like Britney Spears, Christina Aguliera(sp?), and many other singers use the image of sex to sell more records, even though their target audience is mostly adolecent females :? but go figure... I guess it makes the guys watch their videos.
From a marketing point of view it's easy to see why M$ is making this move; Japan is a huge market, bigger even than the US one. If M$ can inject some awareness of the product, even if it's by making you look at a sexy girl first, their new console will have a higher chance of hitting it off there, and if they can acheive that, they'll take over the console business. Personally, I don't see it happening though. I've played a few japanese people on Xbox Live, but I bet there's way more on the PS2 Network. Xbox has already surpassed PS2 sales in the US by about 700,000 units and growing, there's no need for this kind of advertising in that market.      
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RE: Microsoft trying hard to attract Japanese gamers
« Reply #32 on: July 13, 2004, 05:43:27 PM »
X-Box hasn't passed the PS2's sales overall, just for this year.  You might want to clarify that.  Actually, both console's sales actually doubled from their price drops.  And although it is impressive that they are keeping ahead of the PS2, I think this needs to be posted: http://www.the-magicbox.com/topten.htm

Look at the hardware chart.  X-Box may be keeping up in America, but it is being killed so badly in Japan that it doesn't matter.
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« Reply #33 on: July 13, 2004, 07:38:30 PM »
Sorry, my bad. You're right Mumei, that was only for this year (or more specifically, the year ending this year...lol, weird electronics market), should've clarified.
Yeah, as you can see from that link, Xbox is being destroyed in the Japanese market, which is why M$ is trying to raise that market's awareness of the current product before they launch the next one so they can try to contend with Nintendo and Sony on their own ground. I still don't see it ever happening though... Ninty and Sony pwn Japan
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« Reply #34 on: July 14, 2004, 01:59:30 AM »
Well Ninty doesn't pwn Japan... Unless you count GBA, then Ninty pwns everyone ^_^;;.  Still a hell of a lot better than X-Box.  <-- Hey, at least it is outselling the PSOne now !
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RE: Microsoft trying hard to attract Japanese gamers
« Reply #35 on: July 14, 2004, 02:13:33 AM »
We're just imagining the next step up for MS. I mean, first the hugging pillow, now the porn star, what next?
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RE:Microsoft trying hard to attract Japanese gamers
« Reply #36 on: July 23, 2004, 05:59:26 AM »
X box 2 Japanese ad:  
Hello kids!! Preorder your X box 2 today and you will get a trip to the playboy mansion!! But wait thats not all! You will also get a certificate which will officially give you the title of a porn star!! Lets go out there and make some movies kids!!

The commercial ends with standard japanese chilren singing.
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RE:Microsoft trying hard to attract Japanese gamers
« Reply #37 on: July 25, 2004, 10:10:22 AM »
Yay another reason to currupt the minds of  pre-teens to teenagers.
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RE:Microsoft trying hard to attract Japanese gamers
« Reply #38 on: July 26, 2004, 01:55:16 AM »
I went to Japan, and in Tokyo, besides from Windows XP on computers, I never saw any labels for microsoft. I saw not one giant Xbox or MS logo among the Sony, Nintendo, Sega, Toshiba, and other logos and buildings in Akihabra and Ginza, the two major hi-tech areas of Tokyo I visited.
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RE:Microsoft trying hard to attract Japanese gamers
« Reply #39 on: July 27, 2004, 04:28:30 PM »
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Wouldnt MS try to do this kinda scheme in America first to attract horny teens and such??


dont you think there are horny teens in Japan too?
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RE:Microsoft trying hard to attract Japanese gamers
« Reply #40 on: July 27, 2004, 07:05:35 PM »
i believe that japan has a better tollerance of porn  and that less people freak out about porn as most people do in other countries.  
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RE: Microsoft trying hard to attract Japanese gamers
« Reply #41 on: July 27, 2004, 08:48:40 PM »
Naah, it's only americans freaking out over porn. Here in Europe nobody complains when e.g. an ad shows a woman's bare breasts.
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