Microsoft 'Hut' Opens Outside Seattle Apple Store 262
theodp writes "On October 20th, Microsoft will open its 14th store in Seattle's popular University Village shopping center, where it will go head-to-head against an existing Apple Store. To help build buzz for next week's grand opening, Microsoft set up a temporary Kinect-equipped hut within spitting distance of the Apple store, a guerrilla marketing effort designed to catch the attention of the throngs flocking to the Apple Store for the new iPhone 4S. Microsoft will up the marketing ante for next weekend's grand opening, transforming the parking lot between the two stores into a concert venue for performances by The Black Keys and OneRepublic. Any bets on whether the concerts will drum up more business for the Zune Market Place or the iTunes Store?"
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Nevermind that... (Score:5, Funny)
On October 20th, Microsoft will open its 14th store in Seattle's popular University Village shopping center...
Why do they need 14 stores in one shopping center?
pestilence (Score:2, Funny)
Microsoft can have a store at every corner of every street in the world and I'd still avoid them like the plague.
I lost respect for them completely in 1997 (cratered by their previous blunders), so it'd be on par with walking into Walmart.
In fact, both have the same feel.
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"Microsoft Hut" (Score:4, Funny)
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Re:What exactly does Microsoft hope to accomplish? (Score:3, Funny)
Absolutely. Clearly the serious gamers have given up on Modern Warfare 3 and Gears of War and have moved to Angry Birds.
It's revolutionary!!
Seriously, is it really impossible for an Apple fan to admit that there's one thing that Apple does not do better than Microsoft. So much so that they won't even recognize that playing a game on an XBox360 and high definition TV and surround sound system is maybe a slightly better experience than playing the same game on an iPhone? Or even admit that you cannot play Gears of War or Modern Warfare 3 on the iPhone?
I can hear it already..."Yeah? Yeah? Well, Apple sold more iPhones than Microsoft sold XBox360s so clearly that means Apple is superior in every way. And you can't make a call with your XBox, so that means iPhone is a superior gaming platform."
Hey, I'm getting good at this...