Re: Halo 3 pre-orders set new record...


"SHaKeY STeVe" <shakey.steve@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1186793320.772866.89410@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Aug 10, 5:31 pm, "boodybandit" <allaboutga...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"The alMIGHTY N" <natle...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in messagenews:1186772813.148823.57120@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



> On Aug 10, 9:17 am, "boodybandit" <allaboutga...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> "SHaKeY STeVe" <shakey.st...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

>>news:1186739311.366660.269080@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

>> > On Aug 9, 6:59 pm, RMZ <Jeremy.De...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >>http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,135771-c,games/article.html

>> >> With the holiday lineups already released, this looks to be the >> >> only
>> >> "system seller" title. With the 360's price drop, the extended
>> >> warranty, and the cooler 65nm chips coming soon (probably already
>> >> here), There's a lot of good press to counter the bad.

>> > Check...as long as the 65 nm chips do solve the 'issues'...remains >> > to
>> > be seen

>> >> If you believe it's the games that sell a system, it's very hard to
>> >> argue that the PS3 has a long way to go. If Sony can't place #2 >> >> this
>> >> holiday season with PS3 they are looking at two fumbled holiday
>> >> seasons at the #3 spot in the US. They are looking at the majority >> >> of
>> >> their most compelling games being third-party non-exclusives and >> >> their
>> >> lowest price point is $220 away from the competition.

>> > Check...can't argue with that one...

>> >> It's arrogance that killed the giant in this case. Since there >> >> isn't a
>> >> good logical reason to go with PS3 I've been trying to figure out >> >> the
>> >> mind of a PS3 loyalist and it seems a good number of them are RRoD
>> >> victims who got fed up with Microsoft after XBox number 5 or so. As
>> >> this problem dissolves away into console history as an early >> >> adopters
>> >> issue (which is what it is) I suspect the numbers of the PS3 fan >> >> boys
>> >> will dwindle over the coming months.

>> > Wrong...I have both a 360 and a PS3. Obviously anyone who has had 5 >> > or
>> > more 360s then switches to a PS3 is not a PS3 loyalist by >> > definition.
>> > You also make it sound like those of us who stood in line November
>> > 2005 were asking for trouble and deserve the 3-4-5-more bad 360s, >> > when
>> > all we did was battle the elements for the love gaming. And you are
>> > assuming (again) that this new chipset actually does solve the
>> > overheating issue...time will tell.

>> When is MS going to solve the disc eating DVD drive?
>> They still haven't admitted to that simple fact. *shocking*- Hide >> quoted
>> text -

> Is it safe to tilt the PS3 while the disc is spinning? I've heard of
> what happens with the 360 but I'm not willing to find out first-hand
> LOL.

It has nothing to do with tilting the system. If you have a disc destory
because you moved your system with a disc in the drive you deserve to have
it ruined. The 360 has a drive (unsure if it's model specific or more then
one) that when it goes bad it destroys games. I had 2 go bad on me. My sons
sons 360 just starting going bad a few weeks ago and it ate 2 games on me
already. MS wont repair it without my having to pay for it because it's not
the RROD problem.

This wouldn't bother me as much if MS would discontinue the crappy drives
and use all BenQ drives from here on out. As far as I know I have never
heard that drive causing problems with 360 owners.


If this was a court of law, here's Exhibit A:

http://www.llamma.com/xbox360/news/Xbox-360-Game-Disc-Scratched.htm

'Guilty as charged, your Honour'...


Well, to be fair, the exhibit you provided shows the disc getting scratched when the drive is on and the person positions the console from vertical to horizontal x2. I would think any drive would do that really, and the laws gravity doesn't go away just because the disc is in a spinning motion. Boody's complaint wasn't if the drive was active and one repositioned their console's orientation, rather the drive scratching the disc when the console isn't moved at all.

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