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Crashing Xbox Kiosks

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the thats-pretty-damn-funny dept.

quannump writes "Gaming Age has an article up about some stores, including Toys R Us and Babbages, Xbox kiosk crashing at various places across the country. "Out of five stores that have playable demos within a ten mile area, only two have working units," says one Babbage's employee." It's funny because it's Microsoft. Get it? It's... oh never mind. Is DOA3 still planned as x-box only?

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  1. you betcha! by HongPong · · Score: 4, Redundant
    Is DOA3 still planned as x-box only?

    I say if the X-box is crashing this much it's pretty much DOA already.

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    --hongpong.com
  2. Re:A gamer's point of view... by cowboy+junkie · · Score: 2, Redundant

    It's more like 'oh no - not *this* level again'. This game sure is repetitive...

  3. Re:Heat is the likely culprit by Slak · · Score: 2, Redundant

    But Microsoft's mantra is: "If it's broken, then make them buy another".

    Regards,
    Slak

  4. Re:Not a Microsoft Problem. by supabeast! · · Score: 3, Redundant

    Not really. Every game console ever released has had buggy early softare. Early Playstation games had a horrible reputation for crashing during FMV playback, if the system didn't overheat first (Which it could do in under an hour.) or the laser sliders didn't wear out (It usually happened within the first year on the first two PSX models.). The problems got a huge amount of press, from a gaming press that already trashed Sony for getting into the market to begin with. The Playstation 2 had serious bugs in its hyped up visual and access speed features, which can crash many PSX games (My most recent discovery was that it can crash Final Fantasy VII when exiting a combat.).

    All that adverisity and perception problems, and Sony STILL captured the market. With their first machine. This will not affect Microsoft's XBox launch in any signifigant way.