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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. new msoft strategy? by macsox · · Score: 0, Troll

    maybe, after years of calling crashes and bugs "features", microsoft is now calling them "games".

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  2. So, um... by Wakko+Warner · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...bets on how much money Microsoft will lose on the XBox? This could be their very own Newton.

    - A.P.

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    "Remember when the U.S. had a drug problem, and then we declared a War On Drugs, and now you can't buy drugs anymore?"
  3. Re:you betcha! by jiheison · · Score: 0, Troll

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

  4. Well I said it before by Felinoid · · Score: 2, Troll

    If the XBox dosen't work we won't buy them
    Only the first few will and they'll report how flaky they are.

    If Microsoft pulls monopolistic moves and pushes the other game consoles off the market will we be compelled to buy X Box?
    No..

    Productivity tools are a need. It dosen't matter if the program crashes or dosen't work 90% of the time.. It's needed.

    But on a game console.. thats a diffrent story.
    Some people have jobs that suck most of the time. They do them anyway. They have to pay rent...

    But nobody has a hobby that sucks most of the time. At least to them anyway.

    If X Box isn't 100% great it's dead....
    If Microsoft monopolises the market and crams the X Box the market dies with the X Box.

    There is only one standard.. It must be fun.. if it's no fun it's dead...

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  5. Re:Bleed them Dry! by tswinzig · · Score: 1, Troll

    So in other words, you want to defraud a company because you don't like them? They have a place for people like you... it's called jail. Say hello to Mr. Dover for me please...

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  6. Slashdot prejudice by foxxo · · Score: 0, Troll

    I wonder how many of you insipid zealots were hanging out in your local electronics stores just WAITING to see a crash so you could run back to your computers and post "M$ SUXX0RZ! M$ SUXX0RZ! I saw the XBox crash and Bill Gates is dumb, yay for Linux!"
    I don't even bother reading any stories about Microsoft here anymore, because I know from the start that it's going to be nothing but largely baseless jabs at a legitimate corporation trying to make money. I got duped into reading this one because it was categorized with "Games."
    The slashdot community is so full of you mindless, unthinking morons it makes me sick. I hate you all.