Does Size Really Matter?

[THWIP*]

IF IT DOES, SONY MIGHT NOT DO AS WELL IN JAPAN AS THEY HAVE IN THE PAST.



YOU MAY HAVE READ A FEW OF THE STORIES FROM PAST YEARS, CONCERNING THE VARIOUS REASONS WHY 'XBOX'/MS FAILED IN JAPAN. ONE OF THE MORE PRACTICAL REASONS, WAS THAT IT WAS SIMPLY TOO BIG, AND IT'S ODD SHAPE MADE IT A BAD FIT FOR THE TYPICAL ECONOMY-SIZED JAPANESE DWELLINGS. FAST-FORWARD 5 YEARS, AND IT WOULD APPEAR THAT MS AND SONY HAVE SWAPPED ROLES IN THE "BIGGER IS BETTER" DEPARTMENT. WHILE NOT ALOT BIGGER (SOME PICS GIVE AN OPTICAL ILLUSION OF A HUGE SIZE DIFFERENCE, BECAUSE OF THE ANGLE), THE 'PS3' IS DEFINITELY A BIT MORE ON THE CLUNKY SIDE, COMPARED TO THE '360' (ESPECIALLY IF THE RUMORS OF A YET-TO-BE-SEEN EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY, FOR THE 'PS3', ARE TRUE).
COUPLE THAT WITH THE ODD SHAPE, WHICH DEFINITELY RULES OUT ANY SPACING-SAVING STACKING OF OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES, AND YOU HAVE WHAT APPEARS TO BE A PRODUCT THAT ISN'T "JAPAN-FRIENDLY".....AT LEAST BASED ON THE "XBOX EXPERIENCE". EITHER THAT........OR THE JAPANESE ARE JUST TOO ASHAMED TO COME RIGHT OUT AND SAY "WE HATE 'MS', AND WE REFUSE TO BUY THEIR PRODUCTS".

 

[Trigger]

I always assumed the lack of JRPGS and a fanbase was the cause of Microsoft's "failure" in Japan?

 

[Franklin Richards]

It's not the size of the boat, but the motion in the ocean.


But it sure takes a hell of a long time to get to England in a rowboat.

 

[Avalanche]

It's what you do with it that counts!

 

[THWIP*]

I always assumed the lack of JRPGS and a fanbase was the cause of Microsoft's "failure" in Japan?

WELL, LIKE I SAID, THERE WERE "VARIOUS REASONS" FOR THEIR FAILURE. BUT, THE SIZE AND SHAPE WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP IN MANY INTERVIEWS/STORIES OVER THE YEARS, AS A REASON WHY ALOT OF JAPANESE DIDN'T EVEN SHOW AN INTEREST IN THE XBOX........REGARDLESS OF THE GAMES.

IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE PICS, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE '360' AND 'PS3' ARE BOTH CONSIDERABLY BIGGER THAN THE OLD PS2. THE "SLIM" PS2 SOLD LIKE HOTCAKES IN JAPAN, AS DO THE PSP/DS. I THINK THERE'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO THE SIZE FACTOR........WHICH COULD BE ANOTHER FEATHER IN NINTENDO'S CAP, WITH THE 'WII'.

 

[Trigger]

True, I think even us Americans can admit that a small system is always a plus.

 

[GoldenAgeHero]

ps3 really looks like BBQ grill.

 

[블라스]

Japan sure has some hot girls, though.

 

[Mentok]

True Blas, very true

I remember alot of PS2 fans complaining about Xboxs size and saying that would be a huge hurdle for japanese consumers... I wonder if they still believe that.

 

[Topdawg]

Thats a wooden replica.
and who cares about the size?

 

[Mentok]

Thats a wooden replica.
and who cares about the size?

Yes, its wood. Its also to scale and it was built by SONY.

Almost everyone cares about size... especially the Japanese. Just look at all the fuss when the Xbox came out, all people did was ***** about how big it was. You think that magically people wont care now because its SONY making the huge ugly consoles?

 

[Avalanche]

Sony will face much less trouble over the size of their console. It was a problem to Microsoft because they weren't Japanese, and they were a new entrant to the market. It was more important for them to fit in with the 'small' Japanese culture than it ever will be for Sony.

 

[THWIP*]

Thats a wooden replica.
and who cares about the size?

YES, WE'RE ALL AWARE OF THAT, YOU JACKASS.........IT'S STATES AS MUCH IN THE ARTICLE, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY HOW YOU KNEW THAT. FOR THE RECORD......."REPLICA" MEANS "EXACT COPY".

 

[Brainiac 8]

And the only thing that the Japanese like big is the women like big American.....I'll not finish that sentence.

 

[THWIP*]

And the only thing that the Japanese like big is the women like big American.....I'll not finish that sentence.

ASSES?

 

[Mentok]

Thats a wooden replica.

 

[Brainiac 8]

ASSES?

No, what I had in mind was more of a "Rooster" if you catch my drift?


And man is that picture so the way it is here. Stupid huge americans.

 

[Avalanche]

There are a lot of fat people in Europe too. Just not as many as in America, and they're generally not quite as fat. Overweight rather than morbidly obese.

 

[Topdawg]

YES, WE'RE ALL AWARE OF THAT, YOU JACKASS.........IT'S STATES AS MUCH IN THE ARTICLE, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY HOW YOU KNEW THAT. FOR THE RECORD......."REPLICA" MEANS "EXACT COPY".

I meant it was gonna look better and more shiny.
there is no need to call me jackass.

 

[Brainiac 8]

 

[THWIP*]

I meant it was gonna look better and more shiny.
there is no need to call me jackass.

IF THE SHOE FITS.....

 

[Topdawg]

IF THE SHOE FITS.....

the shoe doesnt fit,so shut up.

 

[THWIP*]

the shoe doesnt fit,so shut up.

WHATEVER, CINDERELLA.

 

[Avalanche]

^

The two posts above are officially my bestest, most favourite SHH! posts of the week. Keep it up guys.

 

[Brainiac 8]

"C'mon guys don't fight over me."
"THWIP, why do you hate me so?"