[opendtv] Re: Microsoft Ups the Console Ante
- From: Cliff Benham <cbenham@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 01:39:33 -0500
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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