General Crespin
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What's the ship-to address on the box?
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I agree..go mac. If apple would make a game console..i can only imagine!!
Consoles are toys. That's why consoles are relatively cheap...because they're toys.
1.) Microsoft uses DHL for their return process.
Just because I have a fucking sweet PC doesn't mean I can't love Microsoft more by having the best console ever
QFT. Only other reason they could possibly have a shortage is if they can't keep up with replacing all the RRODs being returned.
I agree..go mac. If apple would make a game console..i can only imagine!!
Those must be Xbox 360 presents that are being delivered because (as anyone that has returned a 360 knows):
1.) Microsoft uses DHL for their return process.
2.) they send you a "box in a box". That box is blank. As in "plain cardboard"
3.) You'd need X-ray vision to know what is in the box
....so how do you know what is in all these plain brown cardboard boxes that are going down your line again? What is the destination of all those boxes you are seeing? If you are seeing retail boxes coming down your ine, those are Xbox 360's being shipped to someone.
No offense, but I continued to be amazed whenever someone suggests that a company, any company, would engineer a product shortage simply to generate "buzz". Companies would much rather be selling product than explaining to the press, and their shareholders, why they can't because they didn't build enough.
De Beers.
Two words, one name, just rendered your argument moot.
I'm not going to sit here and say MS is engineering their shortage, I really think RROD is what's causing it. Either that, or they shifted inventory from the US to somehwere else, stemming from a misjudgment of demand. Notice how he doesn't say worldwide shortage, just US. Because, doesn't anyone find it funny that Sony outsold MS worldwide last year and during the holiday season, can build/supply more PS3's than MS can with their 360's?
But then again, the 360 is hot in the US, so this whole story may be plausible. I.e., they didn't purposely engineer a shortage, but they have enough stock overseas, they just didnt' allocate enough to the US, their strongest market.
It would only play Safari and iTunes and no games would work on it.
I kid.. I kid
I've gone through 3 systems and I can kindly say it's the biggest piece of shit they have to offer. When it works it's cool but, godamn I've never had to send back a console so many times for the exact same reason...RROD
I'm curious if that's a regional thing or if they recently made that switch. Mine was sent back in May '07 and a UPS call tag was attached to the return box.
So go buy an inferiour peice of hardware.
Please justify to me why I should voluntarily pay hundreds of dollars to purchase a ticking time bomb
I rather stab both my eyes out , then ever own a piece of hardware created by Microsoft
Please justify to me why I should voluntarily pay hundreds of dollars to purchase a ticking time bomb
So you have to send it back once a year for 2 weeks to get repaired. IT'S A FREE REPAIR.
"But L33t Masta, that's 2 weeks that I don't get to use it!"
BAWWWWW
Take a look at all the great games on 360. Why would you not want one? It's a full entertainment center and has the most successful game franchise in console gaming behind it. It plays DVDs, has an HD-DVD attachment, is constantly getting updated with summer and winter updates, it has the most awesome community ever and it even has it's own HD video market place. Go buy some inferiour pile of trash thatwhen it DOES break they will make you pay for it. The only thing that could make the 360 any better is if it ran Windows Vista.
It's only free because they were staring down the barrell of a full fledged class action suit. Even then in one more year when these repaired systems are still breaking, some people won't be getting the free repair service. Then what? I'm sorry, I don't want to pay my hard earned money for a known flawed design.
HD DVD is a lost cause at this point. No reason to include it as a reason to buy an Xbox360. But the PS3 has Blu-ray, and games designed on Blu-ray media. And if 25 or 50GB isn't enough, there's even a user upgradeable hard drive to fall back to in the most basic of systems. Isn't there a multi-platform game being released soon that looks like trash (comparatively) on the 360 because DVD doesn't have enough space to store the massive textures and they aren't allowed to use hard drive space per MS's rules?
My 2001 model PS2 plays DVDs. And rumor has it, my Wii will soon enough as well althogh that may be a hardware revision so I don't know. So DVD playability is nothing special.
And running Vista? That's so fucking hilarious. No hard drive to store the 8gb that OS requires (not including the PF or hibernation file) on the cheapest models. Only 512MB of ram that has to be shared with the GPU won't make for a very user friendly console with the constant stuttering and OOM errors popping up all the time. Oh yeah, and MS is going to port an entire OS over to a processor they haven't developed for since NT4.
You have 3 years of protection. I bought my console a year into the lifespan and those 3 years will bring me to rougly about the time thery release a new console. Cry me a river if you decide to put it in a fucking closed space and expect it to still run after a year. DVD playback only means more media center options. Pictures, movies, music, a rental system that lets you watch HIGH DEFINITION movies for less than what it would cost to go rent one. HD-DVD is still very much in the game and Blu-ray is nothing special. You can get a 120 Gb HDD for the Xbox 360 and you shouldn't need anything bigger because you can stream movies from your PC and the rentals you buy you delete afterwards. And there is no multi-platform game that doesn't look good on the Xbox 360. And the ones that are exclusive look that much better! Like Halo 3. Biggest. Game. Launch. Ever. Not to mention it's one of the most played online games of all time. And I was only saying Running Vista would be awesome. But that would be for those of us with enough cash for the hard drive If you can't afford to play the game, then don't. But it would be better than the Linux trash that you might as well not use on a PS3.
And I'm sorry, HD-DVD [sic] is very much on it's death bed. It's on inventory clearance. Movie studios are jumping to Blu-ray left and right. Hell even Best Buy is recommending Blu-ray over HD DVD now.
Running Vista on that hardware would be anything but awesome. I love Vista, but that's because I have enough RAM to run it.
I can buy 20GB hard drives all day long for around $30, and 120GB drive for around $75. But MS won't let you use those. They want you to pay $100 for 20GB and nearly $200 for 120GB. Talk about highway robbery. The PS3 will let me use whatever drive I want and I don't have to buy it from Sony's supply chain.
Launch unit still running fine, never a single problem. No special treatment, no extra fans, no voodoo magic. Simply wasn't an idiot with it and piled it under a bunch of laundry or something...
De Beers.
Two words, one name, just rendered your argument moot.
I'm not going to sit here and say MS is engineering their shortage, I really think RROD is what's causing it. Either that, or they shifted inventory from the US to somehwere else, stemming from a misjudgment of demand. Notice how he doesn't say worldwide shortage, just US. Because, doesn't anyone find it funny that Sony outsold MS worldwide last year and during the holiday season, can build/supply more PS3's than MS can with their 360's?
But then again, the 360 is hot in the US, so this whole story may be plausible. I.e., they didn't purposely engineer a shortage, but they have enough stock overseas, they just didnt' allocate enough to the US, their strongest market.
HAY GUISE! LETS PUT THIS CONSOLE IN A REALLY TIGHT SPACE WITH NO AIRFLOW AND SEE HOW LONG IT RUNS FOR!
The XBOX 360 is a marvel of technological wonder. Crafted by the finest minds and produced by the finest company, it's got the best games, the best marketplace and the most to offer.
I rather stab both my eyes out , then ever own a piece of hardware created by Microsoft
Microsoft Keyboards and Mice rock.
L33t Masta said:HD-DVD is still very much in the game and Blu-ray is nothing special.
No Wiis so everyone is getting a 360 so now the 360 is having shortage issues.
The Sony guys are crossing their fingers now.
"We're next! We're next!"
You sound like someone who has an experience
People said that one third of the console will break down, now one of my two good friends has got the problem, I guess that the other friend and I are safe for now
At least mine which is a japan launch unit still works with additional fans but then again I didn't play it much since I already have my PS3 and PC. No, I don't plan to get the other console which sounds like something you would do in the toilet and it is not actually a next gen machine either.
Microsoft Keyboards and Mice rock.
The reason I'm still using a 32bit OS with 4GB RAM is that M$ forgot to write a driver for their own KB with fingerprint reader.