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badgenome on 23 July 2008
MontanaHatchet said:

Incredibly funny but I'm still locking it.

-Edit: Oh, now I get it! I thought you were just spoofing other threads and saying that a random occurrence would increase 360 sales, but I see it runs deeper than that. Not that I still think the question is well thought out. Barack Obama may have a chance of increasing America's popularity in the rest of the world, but it won't change much if Microsoft can't offer the games that appeal to PAL/Japan.

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Only on the Xbox 360!



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MrBubbles on 23 July 2008
mrstickball said:
How about if Obama gets elected it'll have a negative effect? His socialization of every facet of American life will kill the economy, and kill the US gaming industry...And eventually kill MS's video game systems.

Hows that for an answer?

 

you beat me to it :|



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DTG on 23 July 2008

Yes, I think it may increase Xbox sales slightly. Much of the MS's lack of success with the Xbox stems from being associated with America which is incredibly unpopular right now. I think though it will take more than him winning to increase sales signifficantly, several years of policy change will be necessary there/



badgenome on 23 July 2008
DTG said:
Yes, I think it may increase Xbox sales slightly. Much of the MS's lack of success with the Xbox stems from being associated with America which is incredibly unpopular right now. I think though it will take more than him winning to increase sales signifficantly, several years of policy change will be necessary there/

Yes, like foreign aid in the form of Microsoft Points instead of USD.



kamil on 23 July 2008

To be honest I think that it can help in Middle East. Which is part of Others, so yes. Also not only Obama's election will matther but his actions towards Middle East region.



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slimeattack on 23 July 2008

Will a McCain victory harm sales of 360 in Others/Japan?



badgenome on 23 July 2008

^ Don't see how it could harm Japan sales.



exindguy on 23 July 2008
DTG said:
Yes, I think it may increase Xbox sales slightly. Much of the MS's lack of success with the Xbox stems from being associated with America which is incredibly unpopular right now. I think though it will take more than him winning to increase sales signifficantly, several years of policy change will be necessary there/

Listen: we were unpopular before GWB (long, long, long before) and we'll be unpopular after any potential Obama presidency has run its course. Hell, we won't be liked (at least in the sense that the elites of other nations don't like us) until we're clearly no longer the most powerful/rich nation in the world--envy has that effect on people.




Impulsivity on 23 July 2008
DTG said:
Yes, I think it may increase Xbox sales slightly. Much of the MS's lack of success with the Xbox stems from being associated with America which is incredibly unpopular right now. I think though it will take more than him winning to increase sales signifficantly, several years of policy change will be necessary there/

 

    Not all American tech companies suffer overseas, just the ones that make poorly designed tech.  Apple, for instance, had a 37% increase in overseas shipments in 2007 (even before the big Iphone release to the rest of the world this year).  GE, Nike and many other American companies do VERY well overseas.  Microsoft doesn't because the world views Microsoft poorly independent of their view of America.  In fact many Americans view Microsoft rather poorly as well for many of the same reasons.  The idea that the rest of the world is racist against America as a reason for poor 360 performance is quite silly.  I mean they're buying mainly American games for whatever their console choice (EA, Activision, Take Two ect, ect, ect) in Europe.  Don't try to excuse a poor company performance by blaming its nation of residence.




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mrstickball on 23 July 2008
MontanaHatchet said:
mrstickball said:
How about if Obama gets elected it'll have a negative effect? His socialization of every facet of American life will kill the economy, and kill the US gaming industry...And eventually kill MS's video game systems.

Hows that for an answer?

I hope that was just a witty response. If that's not the case, we need to take this to Off Topic.

 

Half and half. Unless Obama sends this country into a tailspin (which I think would happen), or send it into some sort of golden age...He's not going to magically increase US presence abroad. The Xbox 360 sells well, or not so well due to it, in and of, itself. Not American politicians.

 



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