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daveJ on 21 November 2010

I dont think its because "Because americans are easy to brainwash."

I think its because americans just have great taste, eg justin bieber



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Wagram on 21 November 2010
youarebadatgames said:
Wagram said:
Beuli2 said:

Because americans are easy to brainwash.


This and Microsoft is a U.S. company that has tons of money to market their products.

Funny though as i'm an American (and I wish I wasn't) and I prefer Japanese products.


Then quit whining and GTFO


Takes money to leave, and I would probably go to the U.K. if I were to ever move.



darthdevidem01 on 21 November 2010
kowenicki said:
darthdevidem01 said:
kowenicki said:
Kynes said:

Saying that it's because Americans are brainwashed is a very trollish commentary, and while some may have said it joking, I'm sure that a lot of people here believe so. Why some can't accept that there are people with different tastes than theirs, and marketing doesn't have anything to do with it? I find funny that some Sony fans have a superiority complex, and they think that if someone prefer the XBox to the PS, it's because he/she is retarded/brainwashed.



Dont you know the rules...?

Its ok to racially stereotype people from the US and UK.. all other racial slurs will resuslt in a warning or a ban. 

I'm pretty sure Beuli2 was just joking though....going with the kind of posts he's been making recently.


maybe he was... doesnt alter the general rule.

No it doesn't but just so mods don't ban Beuli for joking



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Reach on 21 November 2010
youarebadatgames said:
Wagram said:
Beuli2 said:

Because americans are easy to brainwash.


This and Microsoft is a U.S. company.

Funny though as i'm an American (and I wish I wasn't) and I prefer Japanese products.


Then quit whining and GTFO

Things Americans care about

  • Price - 360 cost of entry is lower
  • Games - mostly what their friends are playing, see COD
  • Having fun with friends and having a good time - yeah, that $5 a month for Live isn't going to stop anyone, I spent more than that in a day at the arcade

    • Things fanboys think Americans care about

  • Graphics - nobody gives a shit, see COD and Wii.
  • "Value" - if all your friends play on the 360, playing on PSN for free and watching bluerays isn't going to get them to switch.  Exception: if your friends are on PSN, you have no friends or you are not buying a PS3 to game on
  • Patriotism - if PS3 sold for $100 nobody would give a shit if it came from a dictatorship using starving children working in a sweatshop.
  • Obscure imports/exclusives from Japan - it's America, not otakuland
  • Reliability - MS replaces the RRODs 3 years out, and it's a nonissue at this point.  Most laptops don't last 3 years either, electronics that cheap become mostly disposable.  Simpler machines were bulletproof, my Atari 800/NES probably still works and I have seen Okidata dot matrix printers take tons of abuse and keep on trucking.
    		•

    Pretty much , Ps3 could be 100$ in Americas that it would not match 360 numbers. Xbox is the coool brand these days with Teens , Cod and Halo makes a huge impact and u know KINECT will do huge.



    Fumanchu on 21 November 2010
    youarebadatgames said:

    Then quit whining and GTFO

    Things Americans care about

  • Price - 360 cost of entry is lower
  • Games - mostly what their friends are playing, see COD
  • Having fun with friends and having a good time - yeah, that $5 a month for Live isn't going to stop anyone, I spent more than that in a day at the arcade

    • Things fanboys think Americans care about

  • Graphics - nobody gives a shit, see COD and Wii.
  • "Value" - if all your friends play on the 360, playing on PSN for free and watching bluerays isn't going to get them to switch.  Exception: if your friends are on PSN, you have no friends or you are not buying a PS3 to game on
  • Patriotism - if PS3 sold for $100 nobody would give a shit if it came from a dictatorship using starving children working in a sweatshop.
  • Obscure imports/exclusives from Japan - it's America, not otakuland
  • Reliability - MS replaces the RRODs 3 years out, and it's a nonissue at this point.  Most laptops don't last 3 years either, electronics that cheap become mostly disposable.  Simpler machines were bulletproof, my Atari 800/NES probably still works and I have seen Okidata dot matrix printers take tons of abuse and keep on trucking.
    		•



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    Chairman-Mao on 21 November 2010
    Beuli2 said:
    Chairman-Mao said:

    Because its an American company. Same reason Japanese buy Sony and Nintendo products but not Microsoft.

    But don't americans buy Wiis and PS3s as well?


    Yeah but not as many.



    thranx on 21 November 2010
    darthdevidem01 said:
    kowenicki said:
    darthdevidem01 said:
    kowenicki said:
    Kynes said:

    Saying that it's because Americans are brainwashed is a very trollish commentary, and while some may have said it joking, I'm sure that a lot of people here believe so. Why some can't accept that there are people with different tastes than theirs, and marketing doesn't have anything to do with it? I find funny that some Sony fans have a superiority complex, and they think that if someone prefer the XBox to the PS, it's because he/she is retarded/brainwashed.



    Dont you know the rules...?

    Its ok to racially stereotype people from the US and UK.. all other racial slurs will resuslt in a warning or a ban. 

    I'm pretty sure Beuli2 was just joking though....going with the kind of posts he's been making recently.


    maybe he was... doesnt alter the general rule.

    No it doesn't but just so mods don't ban Beuli for joking

    he should be banned. doesn't matter if it was a joke. plenty of racial slurs are meant in jest, doesn't make it ok. it just make the next person that does say it was a joke. How would others feel if i jokingly made fun of the countries i lived in or their race or their choice of religion? would be ok if i wasn't serious? maybe than the rules should be updated.



    thranx on 21 November 2010
    Chairman-Mao said:
    Beuli2 said:
    Chairman-Mao said:

    Because its an American company. Same reason Japanese buy Sony and Nintendo products but not Microsoft.

    But don't americans buy Wiis and PS3s as well?


    Yeah but not as many.

    well from vgchartz the america's have bought more wii's so maybe its just a sony thing than?



    Fumanchu on 21 November 2010
    Chairman-Mao said:
    Beuli2 said:
    Chairman-Mao said:

    Because its an American company. Same reason Japanese buy Sony and Nintendo products but not Microsoft.

    But don't americans buy Wiis and PS3s as well?


    Yeah but not as many.

    ??? Do you need help navigating to the front page?



    Chairman-Mao on 21 November 2010
    thranx said:
    Chairman-Mao said:
    Beuli2 said:
    Chairman-Mao said:

    Because its an American company. Same reason Japanese buy Sony and Nintendo products but not Microsoft.

    But don't americans buy Wiis and PS3s as well?


    Yeah but not as many.

    well from vgchartz the america's have bought more wii's so maybe its just a sony thing than?


    I don't know I was just making a theory. Americans are pretty patriotic and usually buy American things instead of foreign things. I think the Wii was an exception because it was the must have console for the last couple years.