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The PSOne nearly sold as many units as the xbox in japan that week. Whoa, Xbox sold as much as PS1??!?? I wonder how M$ going to capture Japan market? They must have been targeting US market only when they are boasting

They do, but It's more than just "promotion" per se. It's the image that M$ has that makes the Xbox seem like more than just a "video game system" to non-gamers in their target market. Sony just doesn't have this working to their advantage right now. From my experience, XBox sells under the "home theatre" category almost as much as it does to the "video game system" people. The PS2 just isn't viewed the same way. It's mostly features (PS2 users have to buy and install Network Adapters and Hard Drives. The A/V qualities are not nearly as played-up, etc) but it's also the way they advertise. M$ definately has the "get the guys together for a beer and a game" hook down in their marketing. Sony still caters primarily to "gamers." Sony does have a potential advantage in that people are used to having Sony written all over the various Audio/Video devices that populate their living room, rather than just on the loading screen of the computer that crashes all the time. However, they have yet to really use the "Your DVD player's big brother" angle to hit the mainstream. Nevermind that "PSX" thing as it's primarily a DVR-type box, which is kind of a niche market in itself (for now). PSX flop big time. Sony has stopped all production for this model. It is going to be in limited qty. Although I might say the way M$ advertise XBOX at US do work wonder there, the same cannot be said at world market. This kind of concept do not work in Asia, especially Japan. And Sony brand name is quite strong. And people is scared that M$ might monopoly another industry after capturing the PC market. (They forget that Sony is doing the same thing )

Muahahaha, are you serious??? PS2 can't even handle Shenmue properly. This is the reason to buy XBOX if the game is really that good.

Good point, I was obviously tunnel-visioned on the American market here. I'm curious (but too lazy to google ) as to what share of Japan's market is held by Nintendo vs. Sony. Also, what the heck is the European market like and much pull does it have? I don't have any first-hand experience in Japan, but as a market they seem a little more comfortable with the things M$ is currently "making easier" on the American public, which negates Bill's advantage somewhat. At least stateside, M$ doesn't project the sort of "family" (in terms of community dependence, rather than "rated G") atmosphere I (sort of blindly) relate to acceptance and success in Japan. They've definately got the SUV attitude here and I'm curious how well that works overseas, or if they're trying to maintain it there. Well, from what I know, Nintendo do has a sizeable following at Japan, but as you said, most of the games are really kiddy stuff. So most of their following are kids, with a few adults here and there. The support for Sony is really strong in Japan, mainly due to a few big companies supporting them (Square-Enix, Capcom and others) Japanese gamers are also very fickle. If they are used to 110 hrs RPG from SquareEnix, they will expect their sequel would be about the same too I think you can get the actual figure from Magic Box EDIT: And Sony do know how to promote their stuff. THeir advertisment is always top-of-the-world. I know, since I am working in Sony

Hey, some indian chicks are hot. I second that India has two Miss universe, you know

LOL, maybe they like to see their gas station going up in smoke! What I don't get is why they sell cigaretes in the gas stations. Maybe they like to see fireworks?

Whoa, nice point there, Daeval. But i can only assume that your opinion is based on American market only. From there, we might see these situation: 1. Sony captures Japan market 2. M$ captures US market. 3. Both of them has some shares in the rest of the world. 4. Nintendo a little here and there

Are you in yet? - ask a girl during sex when you have actually entered (I might get warned for this:P)

Thanks for the kind words. Anyway, I am now waiting to go on trial, and based on our country's lame laws, the trial might be next year, and maybe it will drag on for God know how many years, and in the end I will be found not guilty since they cannot produce a witness. This is what my lawyer told me anyway. He said that I was lucky. But if the case took a turn for the worse, I might be posting at this forum from jail for 20 years

LOL, maybe they like to see their gas station going up in smoke!

Who can beat you and Agozer? And today, I think it is Diso.

Maybe it's during foreplay?

I think GC will appreciate some humour. And this is from KOF98! It's in a game! And who would get aroused by seeing Joe's butt anyway?

Things Found Only in America 1. Only in America......can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance. 2. Only in America......are there handicap parking places in front of a skating rink. 3. Only in America......do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front. 4. Only in America......do people order double cheese burgers, large fries, and a diet Coke. 5. Only in America......do banks leave both doors to the vault open and then chain the pens to the counters. 6. Only in America......do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage. 7. Only in America......do we use answering machines to screen calls and then have call waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we didn't want to talk to in the first place. 8. Only in America......do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight. 9. Only in America......do we use the word 'politics' to describe the process so well: Poli' in Latin meaning 'many' and 'tics' meaning 'bloodsucking creatures'. 10. Only in America......do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering. A Guide to U.S. Newspapers 1. The Wall Street Journal is read by the people who run the country. 2. The New York Times is read by people who think they run the country. 3. The Washington Post is read by people who think they should run the country. 4. USA Today is read by people who think they ought to run the country but don't really understand the Washington Post. They do, however like the smog statistics shown in pie charts. 5. The Los Angeles Times is read by people who wouldn't mind running the country, if they could spare the time, and if they didn't have to leave L.A. to do it. 6. The Boston Globe is read by people whose parents used to run the country. 7. The New York Daily News is read by people who aren't too sure who's running the country, and don't really care as long as they can get a seat on the train. 8. The New York Post is read by people who don't care who's running the country either, as long as they do something really scandalous, preferably while intoxicated. 9. The San Francisco Chronicle is read by people who aren't sure there is a country, or that anyone is running it; but whoever it is, they oppose all that they stand for. There are occasional exceptions if the leaders are handicapped minority, feministic atheist dwarfs, who also happen to be illegal aliens from ANY country or galaxy as long as they are democrats. 10. The Miami Herald is read by people who are running another country, but need the baseball scores.

WTH are you pissing at?? He can't understand the complexity of our Converstaion LOL. Then he will have something to be pissed about

Wow! How did you do that?

Wow....Thats really serious....What did you do for the guy's parents? Damn...that's horrible... Well I was in an accident when my friend fell asleep at the wheel. The car hit the barricade at around 50 mph and flipped over and landed on its top. It was one of the most exhilarating feeling I have ever had. Here are pics of the car taken at the tow place after the crash. Pic 1 Pic 2 If the car wasn't an SUV, I would be dead. You are lucky to survive that!

Yeah, that's him. Apparantly Fatal and him are great friends. Perhaps Fatal is a cosplayer in disguise!!! AAAAH!!! LOL, I can't wait to see Fatal go bonker over our statements

Usually, it's Fatal's VF4 gif that puts my browsers to a crawl and hogs my connection. And I do have broadband. And That was in the 1emulation Conspiracies. People couldn't access 1emu bcuz of high bandwidth pictures. Isn't that right spy from another forums Yes, you are correct. There really should be a minimum allowed size for GIF images on this board. Why do I feel like I am the guilty one? I'll post a new one when I found one that is interesting EDIT: Ok, so everyone, let my Joe moon you

I think the 1st one is classic. And to do a prequel is like raping the classic

Wow....Thats really serious....What did you do for the guy's parents? Did not even manage to see the guy's parents. Get thrown to jail for one day, sleep with the "scums" of the earth, and later my friend bailed me out. My case still pending. I still regret it till now....

Is that really Jennyjennyjenny? He has titties!!

The reason for that statistic: 1. Sony has a very good headstart. 2. Sony has a good reputation from PS 3. Everyone thought old Bill is going to come out with Window Console.

I fell asleep once during driving and kill aguy on motorcycle. The saddest day of my life.........

And about a million new users who "suddenly" and "unexplicably" disappear after finding the rom! Yeah, and about a few hundreds who will post "Can I get a good link?" (this include me )