X-Box: The Pizza!

[A Black Falcon]

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/sports/ampe...87306.html

Must be seen to be believed...

Japan Xbox comes with extra cheese

Microsoft spices up marketing of Xbox in Japan in new pizza-themed promotion.

TOKYO--In Japan, pizzas packaged in boxes that resemble Xbox consoles will be delivered to the doorsteps of customers, courtesy of a new joint marketing campaign from Microsoft and Aoki's Pizza.


For a limited time, Aoki's will offer a menu called the 'Xbox campaign set' which comes with a special pizza and assortment of beverages. The pizza will be split into four parts from the middle to mark an “X” on the pie. Customers can chose different preset topping combinations on each of the four separated pieces (including the interesting-sounding but very common egg and tuna or chicken teriyaki and mayonnaise combos; relatively normal toppings on pizzas in Japan).

In addition to having four different toppings, what differentiates the pizza from others in the company's normal menu is its packaging. Instead of the usual cardboard, the pizza will be delivered in a box that is colored and shaped like an Xbox.

In addition to the cardboard box, each purchase of the 'Xbox campaign set' comes with a sweepstakes card which can be mailed in for a chance to win a free Xbox console and a copy of Amped 2. The campaign is only available in areas where Aoki's is present, primarily the eastern coast of Japan. The campaign has already begun and will run until February 27.

[alien space marine]

If they gave free pizzas with every xbox that might help them sell.

[EdenMaster]

If they gave free pizzas with every xbox that might help them sell.

I don't care if an XBox came with every pizza I ordered. I still wouldn't want one.

I wonder if they serve Fanta Shokata with those pizzas. Chicken teriyaki and mayonnaise? Those wacky Japanese!

[Geno]

I'll never look at pizza the same way again. :barf:

[A Black Falcon]

Isn't it pretty bizarre? :)

Just what you'd expect from Japan...

[Geno]

Yes, the Japanese are strange, but creative. This, however, is sickening.

[Dark Jaguar]

Well, commercials generally are, and most of these little schemes. Ever overheard a conversation between two people over seeing some commercial they thought was hilarious? I just feel like grabbing one of them and beating the other one with that first person.

Fanta Shokata is Indian isn't it?

Come on EM, if they were free I'm SURE you'd get one! It's got some great games. You can't be THAT much of a blindboy.

[A Black Falcon]

How is this sickening? I'd call it a funny marketing move...

[Geno]

Because it's pizza with XBox. Pizza is good. XBox is not.

Though it is kind of funny, I'll admit.

[OB1]

Geez, 3300 yen for a large pizza?

[Great Rumbler]

Woah! That's an expensive pizza!

[OB1]

I know, it's like $33.

[Great Rumbler]

Yeah, I know.

[OB1]

Or 3300 yen.

[Great Rumbler]

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[OB1]

Which is like $33.

[OB1]

US.

[Great Rumbler]

You like hearing yourself talk don't you?

[OB1]

No, but I do like reading what I write. :p

[A Black Falcon]

Look at the picture. It includes several sodas too... still three sodas should cost like $5 (soda seems to be far more expensive in the rest of the first world...) so including toppings it should be like $15 or $20, not $33... that is an expensive pizza.

[OB1]

Yeah we covered that already. :p

[A Black Falcon]

Not numbers. :)

[EdenMaster]

Come on EM, if they were free I'm SURE you'd get one! It's got some great games. You can't be THAT much of a blindboy.

Okay, I'll admit I wouldn't turn down a free X-Box, but I don't forsee myself buying one. Unless some killer app comes out before the next gen consoles are unveiled, I think my entertainment center will be X-free.

[Geno]

I wouldn't even touch an XBox for fear of getting Bill Gates's Germans-- I mean germs!

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Bill Gates: Seig hail! *Nazi salute to his brainwashed army of drones*

[Fittisize]

Look at the picture. It includes several sodas too... still three sodas should cost like $5 (soda seems to be far more expensive in the rest of the first world...) so including toppings it should be like $15 or $20, not $33... that is an expensive pizza.

It's called POP. Jesus. People who call 'pop' 'soda' are so retarted.

[A Black Falcon]

Funny, I think that about people who call soda "pop"...

[Weltall]

It's Soda to the civilized world (read: East Coast). People who call soda "pop" are worthy of ridicule if caught doing so here.

[A Black Falcon]

Yes. :)

[geoboy]

In Japan, $33 for a pizza is not considered expensive. But that's because almost everything is overpriced in Japan. I saw a special on the Travel Channel. :D

And I think it's fucking retarded to argue over whether it's called "soda" or "pop". 8-year-olds have the same exact God damn dispute and it's because they can't understand or appreciate the fact that people from different regions of the world may do or say things differently than they do.

[Weltall]

... HE STARTED IT :(

[A Black Falcon]

And I think it's fucking retarded to argue over whether it's called "soda" or "pop". 8-year-olds have the same exact God damn dispute and it's because they can't understand or appreciate the fact that people from different regions of the world may do or say things differently than they do.

Well duh. I do think it's strange, but I know that everyone thinks that the way they are used to things is normal...

In Japan, $33 for a pizza is not considered expensive. But that's because almost everything is overpriced in Japan. I saw a special on the Travel Channel.

And to think we complain when that same stuff would be like $16 or something...

[alien space marine]

That Pizza looks like it had corn on it? Thats a pretty disgusting topping.
The Japanese like strange things on their food.

[Geno]

That Pizza looks like it had corn on it? Thats a pretty disgusting topping.
The Japanese like strange things on their food.

Just as we've already discussed with the whole soda/pop thing, different people from different regions of the world do things differently. The same is true with what the Japanese like to put on their food.

I went to that restaurant Shogun once (and that place IS overpriced, but is quite an experience) and they do put some odd stuff in their food... we got to watch the chef make our rice (pretty neat) and he added all sorts of ingredients, including Coca Cola. (Which he claimed made you sexy.) The majority of the meal was rice, but the food wasn't bad (very oriental, of course) and the experience was nice. Still, they didn't even offer free refills there...

[alien space marine]

I heard that Squid was their most popular topping.

[A Black Falcon]

Geno, the real question is why you took our comments seriously. I mean, huh? Sure I think its odd to call soda pop but as I said I know it's just a regional thing... you acted like you thought I thought he was actually stupid or something...

Oh, and I prefer pizza without toppings. Just cheese and tomato sauce... well and preferably some spices (garlic powder, oregano, etc...)..

[Geno]

Geno, the real question is why you took our comments seriously. I mean, huh? Sure I think its odd to call soda pop but as I said I know it's just a regional thing... you acted like you thought I thought he was actually stupid or something...

I was talking to ASM, not you. I knew you were kidding though.

As for my pizza, I prefer it pretty much the same way as ABF, but for some reason I always order it with pepperoni, which I usually just pick off and eat seperately. I like the cheese, sauce, and crust by themselves.

[A Black Falcon]

A bunch of spices are good on pizza actually... garlic powder, basil, red pepper flakes, oregano... and maybe some shredded parmesan...

[Dark Jaguar]

Some people call it "soda pop" :D.

I just call it whatever comes into my mind first. Either or, and that's the way of it.

It's not EXACTLY $33 I think now the conversion is roughly 160 yen per dollar, so it's more like $20.60. That's not that bad considering it comes with drinks.

[A Black Falcon]

But prices don't change with the exchange rate, DJ, unless they're imports... so its not exactly a precise science. Just converting the numbers with today's prices really doesn't tell the story. Unless its an import from your country. :)

And "soda pop", I'd say, is just a long version of "pop". But somewhat less weird. :)

[OB1]

I don't know where you get your exchange rates from, DJ, but at the current rate 33,000 yen is exactly $31.2960 USD. It's roughly 105 yen per dollar.

[Great Rumbler]

Some people call it "soda pop"

I just call it "coke".

[OB1]

My friend Kelsey calls it "bubbles". Isn't that just the most adorable thing you've ever heard?

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It's cute when she says it, alright? Geez...

[Great Rumbler]

:shake:

[A Black Falcon]

Some people do call all soda "coke"... which is REALLY odd. Pepsi isn't Coke!

And OB1, I agree with GR here. :)

[alien space marine]

I call it pop my grand mother calls it soda, I think it doesnt matter what way you say it as it is all short for "soda pop".

I call it bubely somtimes.

[A Black Falcon]

It is not all short for soda pop, it's a regional (or local, in some areas, I bet) thing -- "coke", "soda", "soda pop", "pop"... all in different areas, I think.

[Great Rumbler]

I usually say coke when referring to Coca-Cola [or similar off-brands] and all the others I just call by name: Dr. Pepper, Pepsi, Mountain Dew, ect.

[OB1]

Pfft, you'd see how cute it is if you heard her say it.

[EdenMaster]

Then we need a WAV file to settle it!

[OB1]

Alright! I need a mic...