Xbox360 in India...

[<nu>faust]

On the contrary there is a siezable amount of population in India which has plenty of money to spend and this group will infact spend the money on the most expensive console available just to show off.

agreed. let's say only %10 of the popluation can easily afford to buy a $500 videogame console, that would still give you a target market with a population of 100 million !

 

[crystalcube]

even 3-5% will be quite a lot. Though this may not translate well into game sales because piracy & high price of games( in local perspective).

 

[London Geezer]

I still don't get the Xbox364 thing...

 

[crystalcube]

It seems the news reporter was told that Microsoft will launch Xbox360 & Xbox360 Core but he heard Xbox 360 & Xbox360 "Four" which got translated into Xbox364 after all 364 is bigger number than than 360

 

[Legend]

Japanese as well for that matter. "shi" as in 4, and "shi" as in death (though you can just as easily use "yon" for 4).

correct me if I'm wrong, but; 'shi' is death, while 'chi' is 4.

 

[StefanS]

correct me if I'm wrong, but; 'shi' is death, while 'chi' is 4.

Nope, read here: http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/showthread.php?t=32233#10

 

[Legend]

as for the 364 thing; couldn't it just be a simple typo from that site? is it mention any where else on the web?

 

[Deepak]

even 3-5% will be quite a lot. Though this may not translate well into game sales because piracy & high price of games( in local perspective).

Yes, the price of the console itself isn't too high. It is the price of original games (~ Rs. 3k I guess), which'll deter many from buying it...also considering that modded 360s are available here (I'll have to confirm though) with games.

 

[crystalcube]

Xbox 360 TV AD from India among the three console manufacturers only Microsoft seems to be actively promoting in most regions.

 

[Platon]

Holy thread resurrection Batman

As for the commercial, kind of OK I guess, I still wonder how many they expect to sell there...

 

[ShootMyMonkey]

Xbox 360 TV AD from India

Heaven help us all...

 

[dobwal]

Heaven help us all...

I hope that was produced by some Indian marketing company.

 

[Rolf N]

Xbox 360 TV AD from India among the three console manufacturers only Microsoft seems to be actively promoting in most regions.

Sure makes a lasting impression. And just in time to be posted in Funniest jokes from different Countries.

 

[<nu>faust]

Xbox 360 TV AD from India among the three console manufacturers only Microsoft seems to be actively promoting in most regions.

smart long term investment by ms(just like their chinese market strategy). it looks like they are really hanging on to their "xbox platform will reach to billion gamers in the future" dream

 

[DeadlyNinja]

Why not? Nintendo seems to be happy with the Nintendo Piss.

Don't you mean Nintendo Tiny Penis Piss?

Oh, and 8 sounds KIND OF like "good fortune" in Chinese, that's why it's quite a popular number. Of course 8 also sounds like "nosy" in Chinese as well. Hell it actually sounds exactly like nosy.