Xbox not helped by it's "ethnicity"

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StanGable said:

darendt said:
Since when is the 360 made in America. Its a US company, but not much is actually made here. That said, its pretty sad that our idiot president.....that bought his way into office......has made the American image this bad. Its to the point I would rather just say i'm canadian. From listening to people outside of the US, it seems the general perception is that we are a bunch of war hungry rednecks. While in the middle states that may hold true to an extent, its far from the countries overall attitude. Our system is just flaud, and the greed has made it impossible to make changes for the good. We are also apparently too scared to impeach the moron at the helm.....not that it would make much difference as his smarter idiot Cheney would replace him. I just hope our next president isnt a religious freak hell bent on world domination like this one. Then and only then can this country start to re-build its reputation in a positive light.

HA! You can tell right away when someone is actively involved in the politics of their country by the way they feel about their people in power. First and foremost, Bush, as much of a horrible image that he has for some of his decision he made cannot be completely blamed for our image. That's why we have a "senate" that is actually in control of the decisions of the people. If you actually cared to vote (which I'm assuming you don't) you would know that EVERYONE in this coutry is at fault for the image of our country. But the way I see it is more like we are actually pretty content with the way our country is going and for its decisions cuz otherwise we would not be electing our senators to make these decisions for us. If the country really wanted to impeach president Bush then we would vote the people to do that but guess what, we don't!

 

Yea I think our foreign policy and hatred of the USA is part of the reason but the main reason is Microsoft. People in Europe and Japan just hate that company because of the way they monopolize the operating systems on all the PCs and they dont want microsoft to do the same to the gaming industry.

LOL @ that. I'm tired of seeing Microsoft being blamed for monopolizing the PC market. It's not Microsoft fault's that they made a product that is easier to use than Linux or Mac. I personally hate both of them and I'm very happy with my Vista OP. Its simple and gets what I need done done fast. Am I supposed to learn how to use those 2 other systems just to help Microsoft become less rich? Heck no! And in reality, look what Apple is doing. They only sell their OP on their computers! That looks like a monopoly to me if you ask me! And unlike Sony, Microsoft is not coming with a way to monopolize the video industry with their own propetary blu-ray technology. They are just as power hungry for money and nothing else!

 

If we're so happy with congress, why does it have an approval rating that's consistently in the 30% range?

Also, I'm again going to correct you that Microsoft isn't ever in hot water because they put out what you call a great "OP."  The fact of the matter is they got where they are today by exercising deceptive and illegal business practices to gain a hold in the market, even when their product was inferior, and then forcing competition out of the market.  It's hard for anyone to do any better when there's no money in it.

Also, Blu Ray isn't proprietary.  If anything, it has much larger industry support than HD DVD does. Blu Ray has the consensus, HD DVD are the ones prolonging the war.  Let's think about who *really* wins on that one.  Hint: it's not the consumer.