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Goatseye on 30 July 2014
tiffac said:
Teeqoz said:
Let's not forget that Sony is also preparing to launch the PS4 in China. This market won't be left purely for the xbox one.


It never was, we can all go to China and buy these consoles at a legit electronic store. The only difference now is they are free to advertised and is backed up by major Chinese corporations. So this battle just turned from being underground into a world stage fight xD

I'm pretty sure Xbox Ones in those stores are not tailored for Chinese gamers. No Kinect voice recognition for Mandarin/Cantonese, same for games, no customer service to help with common issues, no warranty, etc...



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tiffac on 31 July 2014
Goatseye said:
tiffac said:
Teeqoz said:
Let's not forget that Sony is also preparing to launch the PS4 in China. This market won't be left purely for the xbox one.


It never was, we can all go to China and buy these consoles at a legit electronic store. The only difference now is they are free to advertised and is backed up by major Chinese corporations. So this battle just turned from being underground into a world stage fight xD

I'm pretty sure Xbox Ones in those stores are not tailored for Chinese gamers. No Kinect voice recognition for Mandarin/Cantonese, same for games, no customer service to help with common issues, no warranty, etc...


Same thing in most places. That's been that way for years. Nothing new, not even a barrier for purchasing the console. 



Goatseye on 31 July 2014
tiffac said:


Same thing in most places. That's been that way for years. Nothing new, not even a barrier for purchasing the console. 

Language?



tiffac on 31 July 2014
Goatseye said:
tiffac said:
 


Same thing in most places. That's been that way for years. Nothing new, not even a barrier for purchasing the console. 

Language?

Most gamers here in Asia uses English as a default. Of course, it doesn't hurt to have your own language available and I believe Mandarin has always been an option since last gen.



binary solo on 31 July 2014
fighter said:
1.6 million sold X360 / 127 million japanese = 1.256 % of the japanese pop own an xbox


if 1.256 % of the 1.35 billion chinese end up owning an xbox = 17 million xbox sold in china



there is also the fact that the chinese :

have far less purchase power than japanese (-)
are not as patriotic as the more likely to be anti-japanese in their consumer habits (+)
have no national AAA console manufacturers (+)



conclusion : this is huge

Fixed :-p after all non-patriotism should work equally in all console maker's favour since there's no chinese console maker to compete against. So it's not a + uniquely in Xb one's favour. What could work in MS favour is residual cultural antagonism towards Japan for historical colonialism and oppression of China by Japan, including as recently as World War II.



“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” - Bertrand Russell

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace."

Jimi Hendrix

 

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DakonBlackblade on 31 July 2014

Knowing China there gona be ZBoxes and YBoxes all around the place. Get your YBox for 1 dollar with 100 free games from 70 years ago.



Goatseye on 31 July 2014
binary solo said:

Fixed :-p after all non-patriotism should work equally in all console maker's favour since there's no chinese console maker to compete against. So it's not a + uniquely in Xb one's favour. What could work in MS favour is residual cultural antagonism towards Japan for historical colonialism and oppression of China by Japan, including as recently as World War II.

I don't think they would/will express that sentiment towards Japanese entertainment boxes.



binary solo on 31 July 2014
Goatseye said:
binary solo said:
 

Fixed :-p after all non-patriotism should work equally in all console maker's favour since there's no chinese console maker to compete against. So it's not a + uniquely in Xb one's favour. What could work in MS favour is residual cultural antagonism towards Japan for historical colonialism and oppression of China by Japan, including as recently as World War II.

I don't think they would/will express that sentiment towards Japanese entertainment boxes.

Possibly not. But I wonder if anyone has actually done an analysis of Japanese products vs other to see if there is any cultural bias against Japanese products in China.



“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” - Bertrand Russell

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace."

Jimi Hendrix

 

tiffac on 31 July 2014
binary solo said:
Goatseye said:
binary solo said:
 

Fixed :-p after all non-patriotism should work equally in all console maker's favour since there's no chinese console maker to compete against. So it's not a + uniquely in Xb one's favour. What could work in MS favour is residual cultural antagonism towards Japan for historical colonialism and oppression of China by Japan, including as recently as World War II.

I don't think they would/will express that sentiment towards Japanese entertainment boxes.

Possibly not. But I wonder if anyone has actually done an analysis of Japanese products vs other to see if there is any cultural bias against Japanese products in China.

I have no data but when I was there (Shanghai) I could see ads by Japanese companies on TV and billboards. These anti Japanese stuff are mostly done by hardliners (of course every country sadly has these). The majority of the Chinese people couldn't care less about politics though.



Goatseye on 31 July 2014
binary solo said:

Possibly not. But I wonder if anyone has actually done an analysis of Japanese products vs other to see if there is any cultural bias against Japanese products in China.

I'm pretty sure Japanese cars sell well over there.

And also off-topic. How many times have you seen Asian people driving American cars?

I find it quite odd that 99% of the times I see them driving, the car is an Asian make or rarely European and once in a blue moon an American car.