Oh how the console wars have changed

[snfr]

FinalEvangelion said:

Chairman-Mao said:

I never knew about the console wars till this gen. Used to just be happy with my PS1 and eventually PS2 but now I'm not happy unless my console is raping the other consoles.

The last two generations, it didn't seem as bad.  I had a GC and no one gave me flack about it.  This generation, having a PS3 seemed to have offended a few people.

 

For all that are saying that Japan is xenophobic or racist, let's put it in a different perspective.  I'll say what I said in another thread.  Imagine if a Japanese company like Toshiba or NEC released a game console in the US and their entire game lineup consisted of games like Rorona Atelier, Tales, Anime slice of life games, etc.  They were all anime styled games where male protagonists looked like girls (thinking of what ticks off western gamers the most).  How would US gamers react to that?  They would probably avoid it for the most part (albeit, I would love it personally but I'm in a 5% minority). 

Then, the next generation, the said company decides to throw in a few shooters to cater to the American audience.  What would happen?  Well, sales would increase a bit, but the previous generation where the said company completely disregarded gamer's taste in the US would leave a bad taste in their mouth.  After a few months of trying, the company gives up and doesn't release anymore shooters.  Most of the American audience would be glad they held out and didn't buy into the company's product.  This is the scenario in Japan with the Xbox.

Brilliant post. Actually the best one I've seen in the past few weeks.