Microsoft unleashes new Xbox in Japan to lukewarm reaction

[Teuthida]

If you disregard Atari, Japan has always been the major video game country...just like America brought computers into homes. People in every country around the world bitch and moan about Microsoft, but Windows still dominates. Think use of an operating system is in kind of a different catagory anyway...what OS you use determines what programs can use and your overall experience of what a computer is. If want to use a similar example to the consoles then I hightly doubt the Dell Dude has been overseas.

After all the advertising MS has been doing in Japan I think I would be annoyed enough not to want one even if I might have considered it before. They were shoving this thing down people's throats. Like those damn PSP graffittish ads here in NYC which are making me hate a system I was previously indifferent about.

But you're right on having the games they want. Thing is MS is trying to get those types of games for 360.

[DeathsHand]

Originally Posted by Teuthida

Like those damn PSP graffittish ads here in NYC which are making me hate a system I was previously indifferent about.

I heard 'bout those on the news a short while back... But they reported it as actual illegal vandalism showing up on people's private property... Adding that Sony denied being behind it all...

[Teuthida]

Originally Posted by DeathsHand

I heard 'bout those on the news a short while back... But they reported it as actual illegal vandalism showing up on people's private property... Adding that Sony denied being behind it all...

What I find kind of funny is that Sony were the ones who went about doing this. I dunno if their following is so strong a fan would attempt. Whereas there is actually a bunch of pretty nice graffiti by Nintendo fans of DK and Mario and the like. I pass this one huge wall everyday of DK throwing a barrel at Luigi.

And then people react...

[Shadow Fox]

Originally Posted by Teuthida

what OS you use determines what programs can use

Not neccessarily. Every major OS now has similar, if not exact copies of programs used, whether it's XP, Sun OS, OSX, Red Hat, SuSE, Mandrake or Unix.

and your overall experience of what a computer is.

Agreed.