"What the hell is wrong with you?! WHAT DO YOU WANT???!?!"

[masteratt]

Microsoft tries to find out what the Asian market wants.

It is "stated" to be official but no-one is 100% sure.

I found it very amusing.

Do you think this will help Microsoft? lol

[err_ok]

javascript:popupAttack1Page('/zh-hk/attack1/index.htm')

yah i want to click on that..

[speed stick]

It wont help them out.

[masteratt]

It's legit don't worry and is now confirmed to be an MS site.

Here is the e-mail you get once you give them your opinion (by 'opinion', i mean chose one of the five option they give you):


And on an ironic twist, here are the Top 10 X360 titles
1 Gears of War (shooter)
2 Crackdown (sandbox)
3 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas (shooter)
4 Call Of Duty 3 (shooter)
5 Lost Planet (shooter)
6 Madden NFL 07 (sports)
7 Battlestations: Midway Demo
8 Oblivion
9 Heavy Weapon
10 Saints Row (sandbox)


Why they don't give up I'll never know.

image and top10 list gotten from GAF forums

[speed stick]

I think it would be worse if they gave up at this point. It would just look bad for Xbox.

[Derrick Barra]

Microsoft should keep fighting the good fight. Those games on that top ten list may be niches over there, but eventually Microsoft should be able to pop those Japanese gamers cherries. All they need is a better marketing campaign and a couple more exclusive titles on the system.

[TheGreenElf]

Originally Posted by Derrick Barra

Microsoft should keep fighting the good fight. Those games on that top ten list may be niches over there, but eventually Microsoft should be able to pop those Japanese gamers cherries. All they need is a better marketing campaign and a couple more exclusive titles on the system.

They like their gaming strict and aren't impressed by shooters and rightfully so...

[frosty]

This is just as pathetic as the "all I want for christmas is a psp" thing, just not as lame.

We're not selling well in the Asian markets! how do we convince them to buy our product? I know! We'll make it seem like THEY are the problem! Yeah! That'll work! Treat them like they are idiots for not wanting our system! I mean, who wouldn't want the Xbox? It's just all uber-1337 and shit. They gotta be out of their minds not to want it! What's wrong with them? Let's launch a website and ask them. I'm sure they'll respond by realizing they were idiots for not buying it to begin with and will flock to the stores in masses to buy it! We don't need great games to appeal to their tastes! We just need to tell them they're fucked in the head for not wanting what we spoon feed them!

[yoshaw]

"Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures"

Considering the situation of both Sony and Microsoft with their respective viral marketing in the case of PSP and 360's Asia approach. The above might not be far off from the mark to describe their individual stances.

[D3adcell]

I agree the "whats wrong with u" is a little offensive. They should have added an s at the end "whats wrong with us".

[Fats]

What the hell, I thought that this was just a joke made by someone with a lot of time on their hands... But it's not? Oh dear...

[dork]

maybe asians translate "WhatsWrongWithU" differently?

[cliffbo]

i thought this was a joke?! oh my god! i've sited racism before and i'll do it again. it doesn't matter if it translates differently, with as much money as MS has surely they could have done a little research. Arrogance, sure unadulterated arrogance.

quick everyone jump into the Vista escape pod, HD-DVD has failed, Sony are about to pounce...

[LaLiLuLeLo]

WOW. WOOOOOOOOOWWWW. MS what are you thinking? This will only end in tears. I can hear Nintendo and Sony now, "Those gaijin dogs have no honor."

[D3adcell]

Originally Posted by cliffbo

i thought this was a joke?! oh my god! i've sited racism before and i'll do it again. it doesn't matter if it translates differently, with as much money as MS has surely they could have done a little research. Arrogance, sure unadulterated arrogance.

quick everyone jump into the Vista escape pod, HD-DVD has failed, Sony are about to pounce...

I wouldn't call it racism. Unless not liking a certain console is a race now.

[LaLiLuLeLo]

Well, 360 is white. PS3 is black. >_>
360 is trying to copy the Playstation family as much as it can, and assimilate all its distinctiveness.
Wii is all kinds of colors, so they're like, the mixed kids.

[woundingchaney]

I dont see it as racist, definetely different though.. Im not sure what MS is trying to accomplish here.

[Fats]

It's not Racist, I know that for sure.

[Coded-Dude]

^sexist

[masonite]

not sure about racist but definately disrespectful. It's obvious from the site that this marketing campaign is directed only at asian markets, and that by "u" they're referring only to those asian markets. effectively, "whats wrong with you asians" is what they're saying. the fact that every other region gets marketing that has actually been thought through a litle bit is pretty insulting to those who get this crap.

If they tried a similar strategy in australia saying "whats wrong with you drongos" i'd be pretty pissed off.