kiddo on 24 December 2007
| ferret1603 said: Hi guys. I'm English and I haven't heard anyone say they're not going to buy the 360 because it's made in America. There are some people who hate America enough to boycott American products but they are very few in number and are usually hardcore politicos who spend all their time campaigning and none of their time gaming. A lot of ordinary people dislike America's foreign policy but they don't hate the country and don't boycott American goods. American brands, movies and TV shows are very popular over here. The 360 is actually selling very well in the UK, look at the sales charts. The Wii only vey recently overtook the 360. The only reason I haven't bought one is because of the failure rate. If in a year's time it's clear they've properly sorted it out I'll buy one. There's also a general dislike of Microsoft because a lot of people (rightly or wrongly) feel that they monopolise and hold back the computer industry and release over priced and substandard products like Vista. I'm not saying that's correct, just pointing out that that's the perception amongst a lot of people. Again, there's no hatred of America involved, just a dislike of a particular company. The Japanese haven't bought the 360 for 2 reasons. Firstly, they're not generally into the kind of games that the 360 excels at and secondly they're loyal to Japanese products. It's not that they hate America or American products, they just like to support Japanese ones in the same way as many Americans like to support American companies. If the 360 was made in, say, Italy instead it wouldn't improve sales because it still wouldn't have the right kinds of games and still wouldn't be Japanese. |
Good analysis 
