Xbox 360 deel 43: Premiums zijn schaars...

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Op zaterdag 10 december 2005 17:31 schreef Retuobak het volgende:
www.mygamercard.net

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Op zaterdag 10 december 2005 17:54 schreef wc-eend het volgende:
Als alles goed gaat, heb ik volgende week mijn 360 met CoD2 rond de vrijdag

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Op zaterdag 10 december 2005 18:04 schreef wc-eend het volgende:
Maar ik zou hem alwel vorige week krijgen, met de launch, maar ivm met schaarste krijg ik hem met 2e lading.. die komt rond woensdag/donderdag..

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Seems the Xbox 360 has done better than expected in Japan, with its launch just today (December 10th). While we have no figures it seems that the Xbox 360 has sold all of its allocation within half an hour. Even without Dead or Alive or any RPG’s at launch, the Xbox 360 has still managed to sell out and maybe Microsoft where realistic when saying they wish to sell a million consoles. Peter Moore, Microsoft vice president of worldwide marketing and publishing, was optimistic

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Op zaterdag 10 december 2005 19:27 schreef Ipho het volgende:

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Komt die Woensdag/Donderdag
Dan heb ik hem ook dan. IK kreeg ook 2e lading. Of geld het alleen voor die site van u.

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Op zaterdag 10 december 2005 20:36 schreef Dr.Daggla het volgende:

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Op zaterdag 10 december 2005 20:36 schreef Dr.Daggla het volgende:

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Op zondag 11 december 2005 00:22 schreef Lampie_ het volgende:
Even snel, het blijkt dat er ook nog een derde levering komt op 19 december. Dat las ik op de xbox.nl forums en ik las het nog een keer op dimplus.nl. Dus laten we het hopen, ze zeggen dat dit een MINI levering wordt deze week, en 19 december een grotere. Ben benieuwd hoe betrouwbaar het is.

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Op zondag 11 december 2005 01:30 schreef Retuobak het volgende:
Damn wat een lange speelsessie met PGR3 net . Bijna elk potje verloren of bijna verloren .

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Op zondag 11 december 2005 01:42 schreef Fillipe het volgende:

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Irritante beukdwerg

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Op zondag 11 december 2005 01:30 schreef Retuobak het volgende:
Damn wat een lange speelsessie met PGR3 net . Bijna elk potje verloren of bijna verloren .

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Op zondag 11 december 2005 02:12 schreef Retuobak het volgende:
Dan moet je ook niet zo hard gaan, de nurburgring gaat prima met 80 km per uur

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The Xbox 360 has landed in Japan. Today, Microsoft’s next –gen gaming console has finally been released in Sony’s and Nintendo’s arena, and the Japanese gamers… did nothing.

Well, not nothing, but according to several Japanese press sources, the reaction to the Xbox 360 was far from what Microsoft might have expected ,solding only 30.000 units in day one.

According to AFP, a survey at several major retailers pointed out the fact that sales were much slower than they had been in Europe or the United States, and one retailer in Tokyo even said that he had sold less than 50 consoles in the first two hours.

There are several factors that could explain Microsoft’s relative sales failure in the first day after the launch. First of all, it’s quite clear that the Japanese gamers prefer something built by one of their home companies (let’s call it a question of national pride), but there is also a flaw in Microsoft’s marketing strategy. Thus, RPGs and action games are much more popular than the FPSs in Japan, and Microsoft had almost no game of this type in its initial line-up.

What’s even worse for Microsoft is that the Japanese haven’t been impressed with the special favor granted to them. They’re getting only the premium version, but at only 39,795 yen ($330 USD), significantly cheaper than the price it is offered anywhere else in the world.

Microsoft has decided to keep everything under raps, and I’m pretty sure that information on the real success of the Xbox 360 on Sony’s turf will be rather scarce. Probably because there won’t be a success to talk about?

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Op zondag 11 december 2005 01:30 schreef Retuobak het volgende:
Damn wat een lange speelsessie met PGR3 net . Bijna elk potje verloren of bijna verloren .

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Op zaterdag 10 december 2005 22:41 schreef Gamedemon het volgende:
http://www.bizarreonline.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9574
Voor de mensen die de :
"Unable to communicate with all the players"
Fout krijgen bij PGR3

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Op zondag 11 december 2005 13:45 schreef Ceased2Be het volgende:

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7 invites gehad en ik kon gewoon niet connecten

'could not connect to all players'
'unable to connect to session'

iemand enig idee waar het aan kan liggen?

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Op zondag 11 december 2005 13:51 schreef Retuobak het volgende:
Check deze link ff Ceased2Be
http://www.bizarreonline.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9574

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Op zondag 11 december 2005 14:30 schreef Ceased2Be het volgende:

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Okay, zodra m'n vriendin klaar is met PGR3 ga ik het effe proberen. Heb nu wat poorten opengezet op m'n router dus e.e.a. zou nu moeten werken.

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19 seconds until the big 7:00:00 A.M. celebration. One hyper-energetic MC, seven booth babes, and 3 MS employees stood watch. Two people were paying attention. Everyone else there was press. (The customers waiting outside were let inside a few minutes earlier to the sixth floor purchasing area. This was it.)

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[UPDATE] Next-gen console sells out in half an hour at event location--full premiere party coverage with photos inside.

TOKYO--The Shibuya Tsutaya Shopping Center has always been a popular location for game companies to launch a new product. It's where Microsoft unveiled its original Xbox to the Japanese in February 2002, and the company decided to use the same location for today's Japanese Xbox 360 launch ceremony. The center is located at an intersection right outside the Shibuya train station, which is one of the famous landmarks in Tokyo.

Gamers planning to buy an Xbox 360 at Shibuya Tsutaya didn't have to worry about lining up early, as the store gave out numbered tickets to ensure order. Nonetheless, there were already more than 80 people lined up outside in the cold an hour before the console went on sale at 7 a.m.

An additional crowd of curious pedestrians also gathered around the building, wondering what all the fuss was about. Some of the attendees from the previous night's countdown party at the Xbox 360 Lounge were also on hand. The number of customers at the Shibuya Tsutaya event eventually totaled 250, according to Microsoft.

The Shibuya Tsutaya Xbox 360 launch event was hosted by Hisanori Yoshida, a famous DJ from the Nippon Broadcasting radio station. Yoshida, an owner of the original Xbox, expressed his excitement over the launch of the Xbox 360. He also confessed that he couldn't stop playing Halo 2 the previous night, when he should have been resting for his big job this morning.

Fired up by Yoshida, the crowd went wild when Yoshihiro Maruyama, Microsoft Japan's Xbox operations chief, came up on stage. "Thank you all for coming so early to the countdown ceremony today," said Maruyama. "We've finally been able to make our way to the Xbox 360's launch here in Japan. We've all been doing our best to respond to everyone's expectations, and we're finally going to be able to deliver it today. We're anxious to see if everyone will enjoy it."

When asked by Yoshida about his own gaming tastes, Maruyama revealed that he likes racing games. "I've played a lot of Ridge Racer 6," said Maruyama. "I keep on racing the courses in time trial mode to see if I can score below one minute. It takes me a while to get used to racing games. I try to memorize the courses and figure out where to drift."

Maruyama also recommended another racing game. "Microsoft will release Project Gotham 3 in January [in Japan]," he told the crowd. "I think we've already said it before, but it recreates cities like Shinjuku [in Tokyo], Las Vegas, London, and New York, in a very realistic fashion. You can really check out the billboards and other objects as you drive around. I've rode around the city of Shinjuku a lot [in the game], and I could see the pubs and stores that I go to, which is pretty cool."

After Maruyama finished his speech, Microsoft corporate vice president of worldwide marketing and publishing Peter Moore (who also had stopped by the Xbox party last night) came up on stage. He received a huge cheer from the fans at the Shibuya Tsutaya after telling them "Ohayougozaimasu!"--"good morning" in Japanese.

He then continued in English. "Thank you for getting up so early in the morning here to welcome the new era of gaming with the Xbox 360," he said through a translator. "On November 22nd, just a few weeks ago, we were very proud to introduce the Xbox 360 into the United States. Hundreds of thousands of people were able to buy the console that night, and have been playing great games ever since." said Moore, who went on to explain that the console has also a big a hit in Europe.

"But as exciting as those two events were, nothing is more exciting for me personally than to be here in Tokyo this morning, with seven minutes to go to the launch of Xbox 360 here in Japan," continued Moore, who has been committed to penetrating the Japanese game market, where the original Xbox never gained major popularity.

"I want to give my thanks to the hundreds of people who work at Microsoft here in Tokyo that have labored the last two and a half [to] three years to enable to get us here," Moore said. "And perhaps equally as importantly, my thanks to the fans of the Xbox here in Japan, who have been so loyal to us though our difficult times in the first generation. Your loyalty will pay off with incredible gaming experiences in the next generation."

After Moore finished his speech, a large high-definition monitor on the stage began counting down the last remaining six minutes--360 seconds--until the opening of the store. Then the anxious customer waiting in line to purchase the first official Xbox 360 in Japan was pulled on stage. The customer, a 22-year-old graphic designer, had come to the Shibuya Tsutaya on Thursday morning, but was turned away because the numbered tickets for the event were not yet being handed out. Today, he got in line at 4 a.m., long before trains begin to run in Tokyo. Fortunately, he works in the area, so he decided to spend the night at his office.

Surprisingly, the first customer revealed that, despite his eagerness to pick up an Xbox 360, he doesn't own a current-generation Xbox. "I'm especially looking forward to the graphics," he said. "I heard that the visuals will be extremely beautiful with the shift to high definition. I really got interested in the Xbox 360 after I checked it out at the [Xbox 360] Lounge."

When asked by host Yoshida if he'll be playing with his girlfriend, the customer quietly mumbled and dodged the question. Later on, Moore teased him, saying "I'd like to tell our lucky winner, that he's a guaranteed girlfriend with every Xbox 360."

During the last 60 seconds of the Xbox 360 countdown, a short video where various people, including game developers, shouted the console's name. When the clock struck zero, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates appeared on screen to holler "Xbox 360!" in Japanese. He did not, however, appear at the event in person as some had hoped.

From a purely retail perspective, the event was a resounding success. Half an hour after the launch began, all the Xbox 360 consoles at Shibuya Tsutaya were sold out. There wasn't even a unit left for Moore and Maruyama to pose with for press photographs.

Following the light-hearted ceremony, the two Microsoft execs got serious, issuing some stern comments about their company's competitors. "History tells us that no great empire lasts forever," said Moore. "In the case of the Sony PlayStation, obviously it has been a great empire. But when a superior culture comes along, typically, it means the end of that empire. We believe that the superior culture is the Xbox 360 games experience, particularly the Xbox Live experience, which will bring communities from around the world together through gaming."

Moore also said he believes that the Xbox 360 will help Microsoft become a leader in the Japanese game market. "The most important thing is that we have the support of every major Japanese publisher … and I'm very proud that we've able to get that support from the Japanese development community."

Moore concluded with even grander statements. "This is not a sprint. This is a marathon. Life cycles of consoles last for many years, and it's now a global business. We're the first company in the world to launch globally in the United States, Europe, and then Japan in 18 days. We think that gives us phenomenal momentum against our competition. We're very optimistic about our numbers. Obviously on a long-term basis, it's our goal to drive towards complete market leadership around the world."

Maruyama talked more about the current status of the Xbox 360 in Japan, and revealed that some additional surprises should be waiting during the remaining few weeks of 2005.

"As you may all know, we've had an uphill battle with our current-generation platform," conceded Maruyama. "Our approach this time is to consistently provide good titles to the Japanese users, and make everyone acknowledge that the Xbox 360 is different. We believe that doing so will make our business flourish. We see Sony as a rival, but we think that the most important thing is to deliver [good] entertainment."

"We've already said that six titles are being released today, and four additional titles are coming out within the year," continued Maruyama. "During the year, we'll also announce several new titles that are being developed for the Xbox 360. We will also release details on a number of other games that are already announced, especially Blue Dragon, which is being developed under Microsoft. We should be able to show off some new footage."

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Op zondag 11 december 2005 15:26 schreef Dr.Daggla het volgende:

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TOKYO (AFP) - US software giant Microsoft went on the offensive on the home turf of its Japanese rivals Saturday, launching its sleek new Xbox 360 console ahead of the holiday season in a tough battle for business.

Some 200 game fans queued up for the main launch event that began at 7:00 am at a music store in central Tokyo's fashionable Shibuya district.

"We signal the beginning of what we believe will be market leadership even here in Japan," Xbox marketing head Peter Moore said at the launch.

Yoshihiro Maruyama, who heads the Xbox division in Japan said: "We are feeling a very positive response. We want this machine to attract a far greater number of Japanese users than the previous model."

When Microsoft brought the first Xbox game console here in 2002 it was nearly two years behind Sony's
PlayStation 2 and it has trailed ever since. This time Microsoft is doing its utmost to avoid history repeating itself.

The next-generation Xbox 360, which costs 39,795 yen (330 dollars), comes ahead of next year's launch of PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Revolution.

The Xbox 360 is equipped with a DVD player capable of handling CDs and digital photographs through a built-in Windows Media Center -- the same bundle of applications found in Microsoft's
Windows XP PC operating system.

But despite its early market entry, consumers Saturday appeared muted in their enthusiasm in contrast to the excitement generated at the console's US debut on November 22.

Only some 10 people were in line when a central Tokyo outlet of the Bic Camera consumer electronics chain opened its Xbox sales counter at 7:00 am.

Customer reactions "are a bit subdued," a senior store official said, adding that fewer than 50 consoles were sold in the first two hours.

"It's not going to be a big hit in Japan," said 26-year-old Kentaro Okamoto, one of the first Xbox 360 buyers. "I buy every new game console... but normally Japanese customers only buy a machine when it's made by Sony or Nintendo."

Hard-core gamers overlap with heavy computer users and many of them have a negative image of Microsoft's Windows software because of its price, lack of after-sales support and unstable operating system, he said.

"Microsoft needs to make enormous efforts to overtake its Japanese competitors," Okamoto said.

Another buyer, Mayuko Taniguchi, 28, said she knew she was in a minority of Japanese consumers who would buy the Microsoft console.

"I think many people would rather wait for PlayStation 3 or Revolution," she said.

Analysts say the first Xbox, which was launched in November 2001 and came to Japan in February 2002, flopped in Japan partly due to a lack of games that appealed to local tastes.

Microsoft has sold 21.9 million units of the first Xbox console worldwide since 2001 but only 1.8 million were sold in the Asia-Pacific region including Japan.

Sony Computer Entertainment said at the end of November its shipments of the PlayStation 2 console had topped 100 million since March 2000, including 22.2 million in Asia alone.

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Op zondag 11 december 2005 14:37 schreef Fillipe het volgende:
Wat Chocobo zegt! Werkte bij mij ook inderdaad, gewoon elke keer op je pc wat instellingen in je router wijzigen en na elke wijziging even je netwerk testen in je 360 dashboard. Bij mij stond de NAT op Strict voordat ik alles opengooide en nu staat die op Open en alles werkt nu dus prima.

Succes.

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Op zondag 11 december 2005 16:10 schreef Dromer het volgende:

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na invoeren van de twee forwardingrules is mijn nat-status van moderate naar open gegaan

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Op zondag 11 december 2005 16:14 schreef Retuobak het volgende:
En goed zjin boeit imho absoluut niet . Ik zuig, maar ik heb wel ongelofelijk veel lol online .

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Op zondag 11 december 2005 16:12 schreef Ceased2Be het volgende:

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Same here, en in m'n eerste rondje Nurburgring ben ik erachter gekomen dat ik harder zuig dan een hoer met een kruimeldief