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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => Gaming Discussion => Topic started by: fastson on April 26, 2002, 07:59:32 AM

Title: Oh dear.. You\'ve really done it now MS.
Post by: fastson on April 26, 2002, 07:59:32 AM: http://www.gamers.com/news/1140404

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And there\'s plenty of reason for Microsoft not to like the book. "Any of the insidery stuff they just really didn\'t want to get out," Takahashi told Salon. "The fact that the initial code name was Project Midway -- they don\'t want the Japanese people to know that because it will hurt their feelings." The article explains that the Battle of Midway in 1942 was the turning point of the Pacific War. And this is in direct reference to the fact that before the launch of the Xbox, all of the console game makers--Sony, Nintendo, and Sega--were Japanese companies.

Project Midway.

:laughing:
How stupid can you get?

The Japanese will get pissed. :evil:
Title: Oh dear.. You\'ve really done it now MS.
Post by: seven on April 26, 2002, 08:12:10 AM: Very interesting read. I didn\'t quite get it at first, but then I read the full thing. Woah, this sure is bad timing and really bad news for Microsoft in general. This could not only hurt Xbox, but also Microsoft.
Title: Oh dear.. You\'ve really done it now MS.
Post by: mm on April 26, 2002, 09:22:20 AM: why didnt they just call it project hiroshimo/nagasaki ?
sheesh
Title: Oh dear.. You\'ve really done it now MS.
Post by: ooseven on April 26, 2002, 10:28:43 AM: Quote
Originally posted by mm
why didnt they just call it project hiroshimo/nagasaki ?
sheesh

its only Fair ... i mean After all Didn\'t Ken Kutaragi secretly call the PS2 "Project Pearl Harbour" ;)

:p

j/k
Title: Oh dear.. You\'ve really done it now MS.
Post by: mm on April 26, 2002, 11:02:11 AM: perhaps another beer would help yer spelling, pal

:)
Title: Oh dear.. You\'ve really done it now MS.
Post by: ooseven on April 26, 2002, 11:11:51 AM: Quote
Originally posted by mm
perhaps another beer would help yer spelling, pal

:)

:eek: shhhhh the children wouldn\'t of noticed it ;)

now gather round people and watch uncle ooseven get drunk
Title: Oh dear.. You\'ve really done it now MS.
Post by: QuDDus on April 26, 2002, 11:11:55 AM: bump:yawn:
Title: Oh dear.. You\'ve really done it now MS.
Post by: ooseven on April 26, 2002, 11:14:19 AM: Quote
Originally posted by QuDDus
bump:yawn:

WTF ? ! ? ! ? ! ? :surprised :surprised :surprised

i hope you realise that only Mods and Admins can legally bump a thread

you lowdown dirty spammer you ;)
Title: Oh dear.. You\'ve really done it now MS.
Post by: Chrono on April 26, 2002, 11:52:22 AM: (https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qksrv.net%2Fimage-593649-5046484&hash=5349d626fb3e5a50b0d726e1dadbfa672b3595a7)

Not the japaneese...
Title: Oh dear.. You\'ve really done it now MS.
Post by: mm on April 26, 2002, 11:52:43 AM: lol chrono, too funny
Title: Oh dear.. You\'ve really done it now MS.
Post by: Heretic on April 26, 2002, 01:18:01 PM: If you want more, here\'s a long article about Seamus Blackley from Dean Takahashi\'s book, Opening the Xbox: Captain Xbox (http://redherring.com/insider/2002/0411/2270.html)

In it I found more damning still how the term ‘midway\' originally came into play. It arose in the beginning because the plan called for designing a system ‘midway\' between a console and PC. That it tied into the turning point of WWII for the Japanese was an after thought, the teams own little inside joke and rally cry. In light of the ‘A Games Only System!\' front MS was pushing later on, I really wonder which meaning they would like to see buried the deepest.
Title: Oh dear.. You\'ve really done it now MS.
Post by: Ace on April 26, 2002, 01:43:30 PM: This has to be the most ridiculous thing I\'ve heard yet.

Keep it coming.

Ace
Title: Oh dear.. You\'ve really done it now MS.
Post by: fastson on April 26, 2002, 03:00:47 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Ace
This has to be the most ridiculous thing I\'ve heard yet.

Keep it coming.

Ace

But true :)

MS=not teh smart..
:laughing:
Title: Oh dear.. You\'ve really done it now MS.
Post by: mm on April 26, 2002, 05:38:33 PM: yeah remember the ditty a few years back that if you did a search for the word "monkey" in one of thier apps [encarta it might have been, i dunno] it showed a picture of negro kids playing on a jungle gym

m$ offered a patch to fix it, but the lawsuits were already filing

but i guess its no worse than disgruntled disney animators placing slides of naked chicks in thier artwork

/me shrugs
Title: Oh dear.. You\'ve really done it now MS.
Post by: FatalXception on April 26, 2002, 06:39:43 PM: Quote
Originally posted by mm
why didnt they just call it project hiroshimo/nagasaki ?
sheesh

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Originally posted by mm
perhaps another beer would help yer spelling, pal

:)

Yeah. Perhaps laying off the expressos would help you spell more important words, like Hiroshima!
:D
j/k (really!)
Title: Oh dear.. You\'ve really done it now MS.
Post by: Blade on April 26, 2002, 07:12:17 PM: In other news, Sony has their new online game.. co-named PROJECT 9/11 GROUND ZERO HAHA 5000 PEOPLE DIED ready to go after the launch of their broadband adapter for PS2 in late 2002.

Nintendo is following suit with PEARL HARBOR: WE ENJOYED IT, THANKS in early 2003.
Title: Oh dear.. You\'ve really done it now MS.
Post by: Tom on April 26, 2002, 07:22:19 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Blade
In other news, Sony has their new online game.. co-named PROJECT 9/11 GROUND ZERO HAHA 5000 PEOPLE DIED ready to go after the launch of their broadband adapter for PS2 in late 2002.

Nintendo is following suit with PEARL HARBOR: WE ENJOYED IT, THANKS in early 2003.

^
:laughing:
Title: Oh dear.. You\'ve really done it now MS.
Post by: cloud345 on May 04, 2002, 03:18:03 PM: Microsoft was never smart.....i mean didnt Bill Gates steal Windows form apple or someone? :)
Title: Oh dear.. You\'ve really done it now MS.
Post by: mm on May 04, 2002, 08:05:08 PM: he stole the GUI from steve jobs

he\'ll pay his price someday