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XboxAT fires shots at PS4 for sale in discount store

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TheDanger

Banned
I'm from Austria and at the moment there is a PS4 sale at a discounter (they mainly sell groceries, it's called Hofer here some might know it as Aldi), they have the 512 GB console without a game for 320€

So XboxAT now posted this tweet:

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Translation:

#XboxOne is not available amidst cold cuts and cheese at the discount store, but you can get one at a specialist for sensational 299,99€

https://twitter.com/xboxat/status/657100317381763072?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

The link they posted is for gamestop.at

Like someone explained they probably did this because of this stereotype, I can confirm that it is also somewhat prevalent in Austria:

oti xero said:
I don't know about Austria but in Germany discounters (especially Aldi) has (or rather used to have) the image of being the grocery store preferred by poor/dumb people.
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oti

Banned
I love the idea of selling consoles at the discounter. Video games should be sold everywhere nowadays, not just the "specialists".

It's also a bit condescending against cheese.
Cheese > video games.
 
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benny_a

extra source of jiggaflops
XboxAT just shot themselves in the foot.

I don't know how much the rest of you know about Austrian culture (I'm an expert), but Brot and Wurst are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in America where you can become successful by selling hot pockets. If you screw someone over in Austria, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.

What this means is the Austrian public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to purchase Xbone One, nor will they purchase any of Microsoft's other products. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but XboxAT has alienated an entire market with this move.

XboxAT, publicly apologize and delete the tweet or you can kiss your business goodbye.
 
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oti

Banned
benny_a said:
XboxAT just shot themselves in the foot.

I don't know how much the rest of you know about Austrian culture (I'm an expert), but Brot and Wurst are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in America where you can become successful by eating hot pockets. If you screw someone over in Austria, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.

What this means is the Austrian public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to purchase Xbone One, nor will they purchase any of Microsoft's other products. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but XboxAT has alienated an entire market with this move.

XboxAT, publicly apologize and delete the tweet or you can kiss your business goodbye.
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zehn/zehn
 
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oti

Banned
JP said:
Not sure if it's just a bad translation but I'm just not seeing this one.
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I don't know about Austria but in Germany discounters (especially Aldi) has (or rather used to have) the image of being the grocery store preferred by poor/dumb people.
 
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Get_craycray

Banned
benny_a said:
XboxAT just shot themselves in the foot.

I don't know how much the rest of you know about Austrian culture (I'm an expert), but Brot and Wurst are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in America where you can become successful by selling hot pockets. If you screw someone over in Austria, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.

What this means is the Austrian public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to purchase Xbone One, nor will they purchase any of Microsoft's other products. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but XboxAT has alienated an entire market with this move.

XboxAT, publicly apologize and delete the tweet or you can kiss your business goodbye.
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B

BokehKing

Banned
How come it feels like Phil has no control of the "message and class" outside the US


Not that it was seriously anything bad


Just......childish?
 
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Vitanimus

Member
Hektor said:
My closest real markt disagrees with that.



Well, you apparently, since you clicked the thread.
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if you're gonna say "shots fired" at least make it something good, not "tier 2 twitter account says don't buy competitor where you buy your cheese"
 
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barit

Member
Wow those shots. Someone call 911 (or whatever number you use in your hill country) PS4 is bleeding like hell. Woop woop
 
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Zemekis11

Banned
It's actually kinda cool to sell food with games...now i'm just hungry and i'm starting to wish the gamestop i'm going to later had a sandwich counter...........
 
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