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The 2006 Taipei Game Show

Posted by Zonk on Tue Feb 21, 2006 09:04 PM
from the like-a-lame-e3 dept.
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Ryan Joseph Hudson wrote to mention his impressions of the 2006 Taipei Game Show. The article on his LJ is full of photos of the event, and some fairly cynical commentary on what was offered by the exhibitors. From the article: "I don't know what I had in mind, walking in there. I thought I'd see some new games, I guess. And I did. Unfortunately, they were all in Chinese. Sony and Microsoft tried to make a showing. That didn't work. Local companies, Chinese companies, Korean companies, and this guy all stole their thunder. I should hasten to add that there was also a World of Warcraft display. This included a giant World of Warcraft Tour Bus and a giant inflatable orc. The orc was anatomically correct. Still all of these foreign companies made a weak showing. They weren't on their home turf and it showed."
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  • Mmm, booth babes. I've gots the yellow fever.
  • I don't know what I had in mind, walking in there. I thought I'd see some new games, I guess. And I did. Unfortunately, they were all in Chinese. Sony and Microsoft tried to make a showing. That didn't work. Local companies, Chinese companies, Korean companies, and this guy [photobucket.com] all stole their thunder.

    Why?

    And he got kicked out, and just walked back in. Funny stuff.
    • I don't know what I had in mind, walking in there. I thought I'd see some new games, I guess. And I did. Unfortunately, they were all in Chinese.

      Gee wiz. I wonder why the games would be in Chinese at the Taipei Game Show??

      This guy is the reason why the rest of the world hates us.
    • The guy who stole their thunder is selling an "Internet Passport" program that does full screen translation between several languages, and also converts between Traditional and Simplified Chinese. It also claims to be the first that will speak out the translated text or something. I don't understand why the article says the guy stole all their thunder, but language translation software are incredibly popular in Taiwan.
  • The orc was anatomically correct.

    An orc has genitals shaped like a Chinese male's head? Cool....(see photo)

    • "How sad."

      reading the synopsis alone it appears he got the point across.
    • I'm sorry but any article that has this:

      The sales representatives were hitting me up for speed. Two of the girls, the two from Japan, I think, were huffing rubber cement behind one of the kiosks. One guy I tried talking to, who seemed a bit disoriented and was prone to talking really fast, started laughing so hard that his nose began to bleed when I asked him if he thought the Xbox360 would be successful in Taiwan.

      Is definitely worth a read.

      Doing whip-its with microsoft marketing?

      This is the funniest shit I
  • And isnt the Chinese govt horribly repressive against video games and foreign influences? so is it really a suprise that there wasnt much there?
    • It depends on who you ask.

      The government of China will tell that it is, the government of Taiwan will tell you that it is in Taiwan. The People's Republic of China has absolutely no control over any of Taiwan, so its generally accepted that Taiwan is a seperate country.
        • Oh that's not 100% correct. What about Sen. John McCain's trip to "Taiwan" in the summer of 1999? He called it Taiwan? George W. Bush calls it Taiwan and reaffirmed out dedication to protecting other democracies when meeting with the former Chinese 'president' (indirectly meaning Taiwan).

          Taiwan is a democracy, far more democratic than even the US. They have direct elections and everthing -- no lame electoral collage there.

          I lived in Taiwan for two years, and in my time there I learned that the Taiwanese p

  • I like how the gist of the article is that he got high with the Microsoft rep. and thrown out.
  • ...where is the foot :It's funny... laugh" icon on the top. This is like a Hunter S. Thompson report, but without the good writing of Thompson. I mean this thing is just about a guy who doesn't know the language walking around drinking and doing drugs in Taiwan. Where is anything about the games at the show at all? Why was he disappointed about Nintendo when he didn't seem to give a shit about anything happening at the show?
  • Couldn't help being reminded of the movie, with the booze, drugs and madness :)

    Yay for Gonzo journalism!
    • Yeah I think every computer convention, gaming related or not sould be covered in this way too. Since no-one else has volunteered, I am open to sponsorship proposals. So much more interesting than the usual reports of such events, and pictures of what most gamers actually want to see; Chicks in latex.

      Pity the Microsoft guy is probably being called into work right this moment to be sacked if anyone at MS has got wind of this, and this being Slashdot they probably have. If onlt the article didn't use the guys
  • I'm a big fan of my Playstation 2 and have been holding off on a "next gen" purchase until more concrete details of the PS3 start coming to light. I was hoping this would be the show that does it, given the large area of floorspace Sony gobbled up. I must say it's rather disappointing to hear nothing -- again.

    At this point I'm tempted to get a 360 instead, simply because it's out and I can see what games are like for it. I'd hoped the PS3 would be a bit more, you know, THERE by now, but if we have to wai
  • This guy writes like he saw Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and now Hunter S Thompson is his writing hero. Unfortunatley, he doesn't have the talent needed for that style of writing. Basically, he got high and went to a trade show.

    D
  • It's not surprising at all that Sony and Microsoft didn't have much of a showing. From my experience in Taiwan no one really cares much for consoles. For the most part they don't have the disposable income that Japanese do, and those that do generally aren't into gaming. If they're going to spend money on something, they're going to invest in a machine that does more than just play games. They're also more technically inclined than the Japanese are. A Japanese person normally wants to plug something in and

  • I don't know what I had in mind, walking in there. I thought I'd see some new games, I guess. And I did. Unfortunately, they were all in Chinese.

    Of course they were all in Chinese, what did the author expect? French? Like 95% of Taiwan speaks Mandarin Chinese... the other 5% speak Taiwanese or Hakka.

    When I was working in Taiwan, I hung around with a few of the guys from Microsoft and we used to joke that the only reason M$ was even in Taiwan was to get cheaper booth babes for US events because of all

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