[opendtv] Re: Microsoft Ups the Console Ante

I wrote my piece based on stories I saw on ABC and CNN in 'combative 
response' to the 'promotional' piece
written by another contributor to the list. While I think its fine to 
present information about new items
available to consumers here, I dislike seeing 'glamor' pieces like the 
one for the new XBox 360 obviously written
for and aimed at consumers on a technical list like this one.
Don Munsil wrote:

>I have an XBox 360 that hasn't overheated or crashed. I have friends at work 
>who have XBox 360's that haven't overheated or crashed.
>
>Every time a new game system comes out, the inevitable stories about 
>people's systems overheating or crashing start up. It happened with the 
>Jaguar, the 3DO, the Saturn, the Dreamcast, the Playstation 1, the 
>Playstation 2, the XBox, and the Gamecube. I've owned all of those systems, 
>and have never had them crash or lock up other than because of a scratched 
>disc. When the Playstation 3 comes out, there will be stories of disgruntled 
>owners whose machines locked up on them or crashed. It's like clockwork.
>
>Full disclosure: I work for Microsoft, though not in the XBox group. I have 
>no special information about failure rates for the XBox or any other game 
>system. I just used to work in the videogame business, and have seen 
>innumerable articles (and Usenet postings, forum postings, Compuserve 
>postings, blog postings, etc.) suggesting that there is something 
>extra-specially bad about each particular game system as it was released. 
>It's as inevitable as death and taxes. I just cannot understand how people 
>think they can generalize from a single data point, or from a self-selected 
>group of upset people.
>
>Yes, some percentage of consumer electronic products fail early. Alert the 
>media.
>
>Don
>
>From: "Cliff Benham" <cbenham@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 8:28 AM
>Subject: [opendtv] Re: Microsoft Ups the Console Ante
>
>
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>>REALLY?  Have you been watching TV in the last day or two?
>>Have you somehow missed all the news stories about the "early adoptors"
>>who are complaining about their brand new  X Box 360s crashing on startup,
>>going to black and distorting all the 'wonderful' graphics and
>>apparently overheating?
>>
>>This one appears to be no different from their other previous products.
>>
>>There are several blogs where people are complaining...
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