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Salon Goes Inside the X-Box

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the after-the-fact dept.

Romancer writes "According to this article, Recent X-box "Sales have been disappointing, and the co-creator of Microsoft's game console just quit his job -- a day before a book portraying him as a hero hit the bookstores." " The article itself is allright, but it has a lot of good links.

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  1. Like an American car... by PhilJackson · · Score: 2, Funny

    The xbox is like an American car, its big, its fast, it just doesn't turn corners! :)

  2. In other news... by ilyag · · Score: 2, Funny

    Windows YP will include X-BOX as a mandatory part of the operating system. Bill Gates says:

    "Not inclusion of X-BOX in Windows put the development of Windows 10 years back. Now, we can move in the bright future with Windows YP! Toaster included, too!"

  3. Re:It was born dead already by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Its just a computer inside a pretty box that connects to your TV so you can play games

    Yeah, those have never succeeded.

  4. Re:Cheap Server? by linzeal · · Score: 4, Funny

    give it to the netbsd geeks they could get netbsd to run on a left-handed and broken abacus.

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  5. Re:It was born dead already by clontzman · · Score: 5, Funny
    Its just a computer inside a pretty box that connects to your TV so you can play games.

    Er... isn't that the definition of a video game console? What do you think is inside the GameCube -- Keebler Elves?

  6. the REAL reason the X-Box is failing. by SkOink · · Score: 2, Funny

    "And now, the 5 best games for X-Box this year!"

    "In first place........Halo!"
    "In second place........Halo!"
    "In third place........Halo!"
    ...
    ...

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  7. Re:Salon Goes Inside the X-Box? by br0ken+by+design · · Score: 2, Funny

    Judging by the volume of the box, I'd say they have enough for several weeks...

    :wq

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  8. Re:business plan? I don't think so... by connorbd · · Score: 3, Funny

    You know, I'm typing this on an iMac, and I've just realized that my model didn't come with a cup holder. Should I sue ;-)

    Now that you mention it, though, it does seem a bit odd that the bitness thing has gone by the wayside; it might have made a fun marketing strategy, say, five years ago. It really comes down to the realization that if it's really a numbers game, it's not the big ones on the spec sheet that count. Yes, geeks have known this for years. But it would seem that people outside the geek world are starting to figure this out.

    That said... well, yes, mister, that is where they keep all the gigabytes. See, they come out of here by this long ribbon when they're needed, feed around here into this circuit board, and see this big grey metal box where the power cord goes into? Once you have 1.21 gigabytes and the DVD is spinning at 88 mph...

    /Brian