Spreuken over Succes

We acknowledge that achieving success in Japan will not come easily or quickly for Xbox. But we are confident that because Xbox 360 is the most powerful video game and entertainment system, delivering the best content for Japanese gamers, enabled by the online capability of Xbox Live, we will earn more of their business moving forward. I am excited and honored to take on this role.

Even with our success, we had our flaws, and we're not ashamed to admit it. My conclusion is that Oct. 31 helped get us here. It was an imperfect but necessary catalyst to get us to this point.

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This was a tremendous success on every dimension. It definitely energizes supporters. The vice president coming here is a sign the White House would like to see some change here.

I do believe it is a success story. There was such aggressive enforcement. Public awareness was a big factor.