DreamCastLover Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 Because the Xbox isn't selling well in Japan they have decided to completely change thier target audience. They are now not going to advertise it as a games machine but as a cheap DVD player for middle aged housewives Well I guess they have to sell it somehow but considering MS makes like a £100 loss on every console this can't be good business News that isn't so funny is that people with chipped Xboxs and only people with chipped Xboxs are getting "cannot connect to server" messages now with Xbox live. Thier Beta cds worked before but now they don't. I am kind of glad I didn't solder a chip into mine but it still sucks as I want to use it for emulation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario54 Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 Is this really true? Do ya have a link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 Yeah a link would be good, this is really something in what people do for money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baseley09 Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 Yeah, i saw the "moved" the man incharged of japan Xbox into "a new role". Sold a pathetic 300,000 compared to the 1,000,000 PS2s sold in the time since release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emsley Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 Poor old bill gates he must be struaggaling money wise.hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamCastLover Posted November 13, 2002 Author Share Posted November 13, 2002 Well the news about the mod chips I was told by a lot of people in irc who have the beta. Microsoft say it is not a deliberate thing they created but it just happened. They also hint that they won't fix it because those with mod chips have invalidated thier warrantys You can read the interview with the European MS guy here And here is the news about the Japanese chief stepping down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamCastLover Posted November 20, 2002 Author Share Posted November 20, 2002 And it's official. Modded Xbox's are being banned from Xbox live http://news.com.com/2100-1040-966419.html Way to kill your last chance of making any money Microsoft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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