Sure.

It will focus on Halo4, few other new games, then it will start to focus on neXtBox. See, this is where the reveal comes with and since it has some time, it won't focus on games but maybe a montage of future titles. Realistically, it will focus on Win8 (PC and mobile), future of Live on those devices and how MS is moving forward as neXtBox becomes their version of a perfect media console/PC on the TV.

Basically, if you take Apple iTV or GoogleTV with their respective iOS/Android on TV scenario.... full apps and media content/internet and then combine that with a new game focused console...you get what all future consoles are striving to become.

Services will be as important as the games on these devices. That's also why Wii U is gaining rumors of Android support and it makes sense.

So this quote is perfectly logical. MS may focus on services to come with their new product, some of which will likely be on 360 with the fall update OR simply on a new console this holiday. :) See how I threw that in there Jay.

Mizuno is worldwide successful, top golfers use their clubs, and they make great running shoes, but it isn't the top brand by market share in Japan, Asics (also japanese) is.

Between Asics (1st brand in market share in Japan) and Mizuno (4th in marketshare) the Japanese brands have a big slice of the pie.

1.Wow....name all those companies, but guess who took the financial hit and dropped the price of Blu Ray tech so all those comapnies could enjoy their investment. SONY! Early Adapters of the PS3 bought the PS3 for gaming and its vastly superior multimedia experience in the beginning of the gen.

2. Sony only did abysmal because Microsoft offered themselves up to gamers as the cheaper alternative to Sony by gathering the third parties synonymous with Sony. With that being accomplished all that stood between Microsoft and Sony was first and second party exclusives and online offerings. Microsoft isn't a stupid company. They may not be great at making games, but they can easily dominate this industry. They just needed one IP and third party could do the rest, just like last gen. The only difference between this gen is last gen is Microsoft left the most of the development exclusives to third parties instead of doing it themselves. They know exclusives don't matter unless it achieves high commercial success. They don't make games for the quality but rather purely for profit.  As I said before, they bet on a winner with Halo because I am sure Steve Jobs is still rolling in his grave over the loss of Halo to Microsoft.

Theres no reason for the Japanese to buy outsider things if they are copies or too similar to their own. Show them something they dont have and they'll buy it. It keeps their economy pumping. Giving money to the Japanese doesn't help the American or European cause outside of taxing.

yes golf clubs and stuff like this. and maybe they make shoes as well but i have never heard about mizuno shoes. and please don't say me mizuno is comparable to nike or adidas if it comes to worldwide success for shoes^^ and like i said, there are a few exception but no one can deny that one of the reasons japanese don't buy the xbox is that they like to buy their own stuff. for some games, they buy 100k playstations like the for game which came out few months ago (no clue about the name). if microsoft would have exactly this game exclusive, mabye 1/50 of japanese would buy the xbox who bought the playsation for that game.

and it's not only japan, but i believe japan is extreme in these things. we germans like to buy german cars as well, it's just normal.

Microsoft doesn't care it they "lose E3". They already got millions of people buying 360s and Kinect so they're good. They're set for the rest of this gen. No need to pump out more core exclusives when your fanbase isn't asking for them.

aha, so they don't buy it if it's too similiar to their own product? didn't i say exactly the same? they don't buy foreign products if they have something similiar from japanese companies. thx for reposting my post.

but still, they wouldn't buy as much xbox consoles as playstations with the same exclusives (llike this game from few months ago)

its good business sense after all and ultimately that's what matters

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The Japanese are very Nationalistic when it comes to domestic goods versus imported goods. That isn't to say that it is totally unwarranted. Their economy is heavily dependent on manufacturing, and with little in the way of natural resources, or abundant agricultural land. They have a very real interest in supporting their local manufacturers. So to say that doesn't play a role is laughable. Especially when their economy is in a recession. So there is a perception that is self serving at play.

That said as far as game development is concerned it has become a double edged sword. The Nationalistic buying pattern had resulted up to this generation in a negative loop. Japanese developers having a captive market did not feel pressure to adopt more efficient practices. Which has resulted in decreased market share. While the more open markets in the West saw more innovation, and a greater increase in efficiency. So yes the Japanese loved many of their obviously better local development studios to death. They weren't better a lot of them just got real complacent, and real soft.

Which is exactly what happened to the American auto industry. So in the long run the Japanese aren't doing their domestic developers any real favors by favoring them. They should keep a more open mind so that industry can grow strong through competition. Insular thinking is a dangerous mindset, and it can be blinding. Anyway yes this is a case of Nationalism impacting sales, but to be equally fair Nationalism impacts sales of different things all around the world.

Were you to throw down a couple steaks in front of me one from Omaha, and the other from Argentina. Even if the steak from Argentina was cheaper. I would still buy the steak from Omaha. As an American perhaps I have an unfair view of agribusiness in other countries. Though it is strange that I should have so much trust given all of the recalls I hear about every year. Then again maybe I should have more, because of exactly that.

Anyway if you don't think Nationalism plays a role in what products the Japanese buy when it is a major export business they take some pride in. Then I guess you don't think the Swiss pride themselves on their chocolate, or the Germans don't take pride in their beer. Really is is kind of absurd to think it doesn't play a major role.

he never mentioned the ps3 in his point, his point was only about consumers giving ms little incentive to produce more games