No wonder MS fails in japan, just look at how they promote gears of war

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#1 sexy_luigi
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http://www.siliconera.com/index.php/2007/03/28/watch-how-microsoft-promotes-gears-of-war-in-japan/

atleast the girl is hot :D

 

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#2 shishkabob_6
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:lol: lmao that was pretty bad
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#3 PaintballinDude
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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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#4 geist117
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And M$ wonders why they can't get a foothold in Japan. :lol:
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#5 ArisShadows
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So damn random I jumped.
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#6 zaman48
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wow... just wow...

 the first one didnt make any sense cuz it was all dialouge in Japanese

 i LOL'ed at the second one tho...

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#7 wmc540
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WTF
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#8 CelineDion
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Someone in the MS marketing department is thinking too hard.

 

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#10 AvinashTyagi
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Almost as bad as those Sony This is living ads
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#11 aliasfreak
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So damn random I jumped.ArisShadows

As did I. 

Someone really needs to be fired though.

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#12 JErmaine_XxX
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most of the Japanese people are weird so the commercial fits just right with their style/culture. :D
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#13 cabjnico
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atleast the girl is hot :Dsexy_luigi
nah
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#14 aliasfreak
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atleast the girl is hot :D

sexy_luigi

I'm with you there!  At least that is a step in the right direction.

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#15 tonyleo01
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well, if you buy the game seeing these ads, you're in for a surprise.
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#16 killab2oo5
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Thats so cheap,but theyre funny:D.The first one scared me at the end...I was expecting a scream or something,but I still jumped.I have on headphones:P.The second was just funny.
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#17 DA_B0MB
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That was horrible... :lol:
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#18 MrPinktc
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Someone in the MS marketing department is thinking too hard.

 

CelineDion
The real problem is that there not thinking.
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#19 Japanese_Monk
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That was stupid. Theres no green monster in Gears anyway. Looks like theyu just went to a holloween store.
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#20 LINKloco
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wtf
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#21 beldugo
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http://www.siliconera.com/index.php/2007/03/28/watch-how-microsoft-promotes-gears-of-war-in-japan/

atleast the girl is hot :D

sexy_luigi
holy crap dude the 1st one made me jump.
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#22 KillaHalo2o9
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Kool I think :P Image Hosted by ImageShack.us
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#23 Hir0_N
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wtf? how could we know it was ab0out gears of war in the first vid?
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#24 Hyper-Chicken
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What is it? can some one describe it?...im scared
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#25 beldugo
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What is it? can some one describe it?...im scaredHyper-Chicken
just watch it :P.
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#26 -RPGamer-
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They're pretty good ads. Not being sarcastic. :)

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#28 deactivated-5e836a855beb2
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Seems like advertising for Monsters, Inc. to be honest.
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#29 carl2tan
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that commercial is pure phailurism
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#30 ocdog45
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what the hell was that. how is that a commercial, its like some girl uploaded it on you tube

http://www.siliconera.com/index.php/2007/03/28/watch-how-microsoft-promotes-gears-of-war-in-japan/

atleast the girl is hot :D

 

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#31 Binski
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When this is one of your most famous pop groups..I can see why they went in this direction

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcdwauRn394&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fgigglesugar%2Ecom%2F188964

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#32 aliasfreak
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[QUOTE="beldugo"][QUOTE="Hyper-Chicken"]What is it? can some one describe it?...im scaredduncanvk
just watch it :P.

It's raunchy penguin on locust sex.

That is one mental picture I did not need :P

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#33 AvinashTyagi
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So Gears is about cute japanese girls being attacked by monsters,  the screenshots are very misleading then :P
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#34 Hyper-Chicken
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[QUOTE="beldugo"][QUOTE="Hyper-Chicken"]What is it? can some one describe it?...im scaredduncanvk
just watch it :P.

It's raunchy penguin on locust sex.

:shock:...........WHAT?!!??!??!??!???
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#35 ringuzi
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why do they do this stuff?do they want to fail...
with commercials like this the japanese must think of ms the way we think of sonywith their stupid commercials that make you dislike the product
hopefully theyll get their act together and fire everyone in their japanese marketing department...
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#36 juanfraino
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I'd hit that tho.
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#38 -RPGamer-
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So Gears is about cute japanese girls being attacked by monsters,  the screenshots are very misleading then :PAvinashTyagi

Advertising does not need to tell you about the product so much as catch your attention.

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#39 tonyleo01
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holy crap, and they're all dudes!!!!!!
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#40 berzerk0912
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:roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll::roll:
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#41 deactivated-5e836a855beb2
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[QUOTE="AvinashTyagi"]So Gears is about cute japanese girls being attacked by monsters, the screenshots are very misleading then :P-RPGamer-

Advertising does not need to tell you about the product so much as catch your attention.

Yes, but, I'm not sure that relays the information well enough. Though, I don't speak Japanese, sooo..... :P.
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#42 TrueReligion_
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That was retarded.
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#43 m_machine024
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:lol:Wow, horrible.
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#44 alcarazo9
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the only good thing about that is that it has a japanese girl in it, why didnt they just show that cool trailer with mad world playing in the background
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#45 kankthetank
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Doesn't it ever occur to them that the best way to advertise a game is to simply show the gameplay ??? Especially for a game as impressive looking as Gears, I'd think that would've been the best option.
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#46 Hir0_N
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When this is one of your most famous pop groups..I can see why they went in this direction

Binski
:| ... :lol: :lol: :lol: wtf?? :lol: crazy japanese :lol:
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#47 princeofshapeir
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Bad, but not as bad as Sony ads. :lol:
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#49 Goku004
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Hahahah...lmao..M$ are idiots.
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#50 GsSanAndreas
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Holy cripes, i didnt see that coming, the dam hand came outa nower and grabbed her, and they didnt even mention Gears

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