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    Capcom Objects To Tax Issue

    US Xbox Service Ends A Calendar Day Before Japan's

    The Nintendo DSi's Launch Video

    Times Square Toys"R"Us Gets Redundant Nintendo Store

    Soulcalibur IV, Over 2 Million Copies Sold Worldwide

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    Image of hobob hobob
    10/02/09

    In reply to Capcom Objects To Tax Issue
    So they went from oweing backtaxes to being owed refunds?? That is some fancy lawyering and accounting.
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    Image of A Pimp Named DaveR A Pimp Named DaveR
    10/02/09

    @hobob: Nope. In most cases, you have to pay a tax bill before you can object to it. It is almost always in your best interests to pay the bill if you have the cash to do so -- because if it turns out you're WRONG, and you didn't pay up front, all you've been doing is racking up penalties and interest.
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    Image of nantukoprime nantukoprime
    10/02/09

    In reply to Capcom Objects To Tax Issue
    I want to know what they did to get a refund from the US as well. I can understand a filing discrepency based on overseas income from the Japanese side since they are based there.

    The US, well maybe it had to do with how their branch/subsidiary is structured over here.

    Props to Capcom for winning against both sides. I'm definitely going to look at your next 10-K.
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    10/02/09

    @nantukoprime: You make $100. Japan takes $45 of it, because they think it was all earned in Japan. The US takes $40 of it, because they think it was all earned in the US. You pay both bills.

    In reality, the US/Japan treaty allocates your income such that you actually owe $20 of tax to the US and $25 to Japan. Therefore, you file refund claims in both countries: $20 from Japan and $20 from the US.

    That's how it works. Hope it clears it up for you.
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    Image of Michael Dukakis - Curse you baseball gods! Michael Dukakis - Curse you baseball gods!
    10/02/09

    In reply to Capcom Objects To Tax Issue
    Lucky they have their Ace in the hole.
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    Image of Black-Dog-Howls Black-Dog-Howls
    10/02/09

    In reply to Capcom Objects To Tax Issue
    Wrath of the Elder Taxians:

    - Japan(day time)
    - Quest: Repel the dreaded double tax notice.
    - Main Monsters: American tax Authorities and Osaka Regional Tab Bureau
    - Fail conditions: Be defeated or allow time to run out.
    - Victory conditions: Repel and/or Defeat the ATA and ORTB before time is up.
    - Special Conditions: Acquire sizable tax return.

    Quest Completed!
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    Image of WhiteMage says fix the comments grr WhiteMage says fix the comments grr
    10/02/09

    In reply to Capcom Objects To Tax Issue
    And suddenly I realize I don't know shit about taxes and have no idea what is going on
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    Image of TheExiledLeader TheExiledLeader
    10/02/09


    @WhiteMage:
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    Image of WhiteMage says fix the comments grr WhiteMage says fix the comments grr
    10/02/09

    @TheExiledLeader: OH GOD NO
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    Image of gecko7jlk is enjoying the killzone 2 map pack gecko7jlk is enjoying the killzone 2 map pack
    02/27/09

    In reply to US Xbox Service Ends A Calendar Day Before Japan's
    They will know that Helghan Belongs to the Helghast.


    lol but really on the story side why would anyone have sent a Xbox original in for repairs ever really? Most all people i knew who had an original Xbox had it moded i had an original Xbox but i never moded it. I feelt it was pretty reliable compared to it's older brother though.


    I refuse to buy a 360 though. It's not cause I'm a fanboy. (I own the Wii and PS3 this gen.) I think what Microsoft did to get the Xenon processor in the 360 by taking the Designs from the Cell by paying IBM was really unfair to Sony who had been working closely with IBM and Toshiba on designing a super chip designed for use in super computing in the PlayStation 3 for a long time and planed on launching in December 2005. But Microsoft used unfair business practices and got Sony's designs for the cell and modified them a Little but almost all the work was done and Sony ended up delaying a year till 06.


    What ever thats just my opinion, which i think makes total sense to anyone who read Dave Shippy's book about him designing the Cell at IBM.

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    Image of Weaselfingers Weaselfingers
    02/27/09

    @gecko7jlk: I got an original Xbox and used it about two or three times. A few months after getting it (right after the 90 day warranty, of course), I got the Christmas lights.


    The support line told me that it was entirely my fault, because an Xbox, like a car, ceases to work if you don't use it frequently enough.

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    Image of Paradox me Paradox me
    02/27/09

    @gecko7jlk:


    Where on earth did this theory of MS stealing the Cell's designs come from?

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    Image of nipsen nipsen
    02/28/09

    @gecko7jlk:

    I suppose it was more that Sony made a mistake, and ended up funding the research the competition used in their console. So, just business. ..But various opinions about it all might be valid enough, anyway.
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    Image of Paradox me Paradox me
    02/27/09

    In reply to US Xbox Service Ends A Calendar Day Before Japan's
    The controller almost looks as big as the console in that picture. I miss that beast.


    If that Xbox 360 upgrade is free, that's a pretty sweet deal, though I'm sure it isn't.

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    Image of NoBullet NoBullet
    02/20/09

    In reply to The Nintendo DSi's Launch Video
    Well my old DS touchscreen doesnt work. So I might as well get this version. Especially for the animation app for WiiWare
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    Image of EnigmaNemesis EnigmaNemesis
    02/19/09

    In reply to The Nintendo DSi's Launch Video
    Awe how nice of them ... to keep a 5 almost 6 year old product still well over $100, remove GBA ability, for a camera that everything and it's mother has on it anyhow..
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    Image of Mister Jack started the Save The Lombax Foundation Mister Jack started the Save The Lombax Foundation
    02/19/09

    In reply to The Nintendo DSi's Launch Video
    I had been considering picking one of these up...until I saw this video. That's pretty much the exact opposite of what advertising is supposed to do.
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    Image of MrBionic MrBionic
    02/19/09

    In reply to The Nintendo DSi's Launch Video
    $170 U.S. for two crappy cameras and slightly bigger screens???


    The really sad part is people will snap them right up.

     Reply
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    Image of Altima NEO Altima NEO
    02/19/09

    In reply to The Nintendo DSi's Launch Video
    nothankyou.jpg


    Im happy with my DS, collection of games, and CycloDS

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    Image of Altima NEO Altima NEO
    02/19/09

    @Altima NEO: Also to broke to buy a new DS purely for some gimmicky features.
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    Image of FP_slomo788 FP_slomo788
    02/19/09

    In reply to The Nintendo DSi's Launch Video
    Not buying, already own a Lite.


    But can you really play your own music while playing games? That's something that should have been in the PSP as well. Hope Sony will put it in their next SKU.

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    Image of N●Gage Croal N●Gage Croal
    02/19/09

    In reply to The Nintendo DSi's Launch Video
    Anyone else notice Rhythm Tengoku Gold as one of the sound files listed? :P
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    Image of Derek Rumpler Derek Rumpler
    02/19/09

    @BPMΣ: I did. Is Nintendo encouraging piracy of its own intellectual property? ;)
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    Image of N●Gage Croal N●Gage Croal
    02/19/09

    @Derek Rumpler:

    Well, it's a sound file, and not a game ROM... so... no?
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    Image of Derek Rumpler Derek Rumpler
    02/19/09

    @BPMΣ: You can pirate music.
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    Image of N●Gage Croal N●Gage Croal
    02/19/09

    @Derek Rumpler:

    Yeah, but you think, maybe... Oh, I don't know... they can acquire legal copies of their own music?
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    Image of Samson Li Samson Li
    02/19/09

    In reply to The Nintendo DSi's Launch Video
    Im buyin. It's Nintendo
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    Image of Derek Rumpler Derek Rumpler
    02/19/09

    @Samson Li: *blinks*
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    Image of Real Serious Assassin Real Serious Assassin
    02/19/09

    @Derek Rumpler:


    Need eyedrops?

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    Image of Derek Rumpler Derek Rumpler
    02/19/09

    @Real Serious Assassin: Perhaps I do.


    Its just . . . its just . . . wow.

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    Image of phinehas phinehas
    02/19/09

    @Derek Rumpler: Surely there are games/products from a company that you have a vested interest in as well?
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