Re: Xbox 360 Glitches Reported
- From: "asylum" <asylum!@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 01:17:50 GMT
Yeh thats my plan, early word on any thing is suspect.
People with no problems don't jump out and say so.
"Prince Zordar" <princezordar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 22:30:12 GMT, "asylum"
> <asylum!@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>On the Teamxbox.com site, run by Fox Interactive unit IGN Entertainment, a
>>poll on the forums indicated that between 14 and 16 percent of respondents
>>are having problems with their machines.
>
> The only problem with online surveys is that there is no way to verify
> the data. I don't doubt that there are legit problems with a few of
> the new XBOX 360 units, but when was the last time anything that
> complex came out and didn't have problems? Maybe it's a manufacturing
> issue, maybe it's bad hardware from one of the plants (like MS needs
> another Thompson DVD drive black eye) or maybe there is some sort of
> OS or firmeware issue. Until MS says something official (and we all
> know how long that always takes) we won't know anything except that
> people will continue to speculate and misquote news reports. (The
> smaller, slimmer PS2 units had overheating issues I believe, and no
> one screamed "it's the end of the world as we know it." Well, okay,
> maybe a few did.) But think about it: how many people who DON'T have
> problems are bothering to go surfing web sites looking for polls to
> fill out? How many of those people who filled out the survey actually
> have XBOX 360's? They could be haters like Blig Merk who just wanna
> inflate the numbers to further their cause. I don't know if there is
> any truth to the rumor that Sony employees are contributing to the
> "falling sky" postings, but I wouldn't put it past some of the
> die-hard PlayStation fans. Meh, that's what happens when you treat
> console gaming like a religion.
>
> This is why I figured I'd wait until March to even go looking for one.
> Besides the complete and utter lack of any desire whatsoever to fight
> a bunch of screaming people who had to have one on launch day ("I beat
> up a fat woman so you can have this! Merry Christmas!") I don't want
> to go through that damn version 1.0 problem again. I still have a
> November 2002 XBOX that flat out refuses to play Morrowind and
> randomly locks up on other games, despite the warranty replacements of
> the DVD and hard drives, and I was not about to pay $100 for another
> unit so close to the release of the 360. With the amount of units sold
> over Christmas, Microsoft won't be able to just wish away any problems
> that do arise, whether they are real issues or just morons blocking
> cooling vents by putting the things on their carpets. By March, the
> fixes should be in and all should be well with the world. There will
> be more games available, and so close to the PS3 launch date, the
> prices should drop as well!
>
> That's my theory, anyway.
>
> -Z
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