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Why The X-Box Network Will Fail

Posted by Hemos on from the battle-of-the-giants dept.

angkor wrote to us an article from The Register that looks at what Microsoft is planning for the X-Box Network. The factual information is educating on it's own - and the analysis of why they think it will fail is interesting as well.

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  1. Potential Reason by briggsb · · Score: 5, Funny
    It could fail if the user base dwindles to 0 because of this accessory.


    Seriously, why are we so fascinated with failure. It's like some gossip rag that's so excited by some movie star getting busted for drugs.

  2. no security? by jglow · · Score: 3, Funny

    Bech said the company was planning a service that he compared to Disneyland for its safe, wholesome environment - in contrast to the 'Coney Island' he said that the open Internet can sometimes become. 'Compare Coney Island to Disneyland,' he said. 'When you're at Disneyland, there's no trash, no violence and you never see security. That's what we have in mind.

    Come on... this is a gaming network, not a theme park.

    Kind of like a Microsoft OS, you never see security...

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  3. "Sony...has more sense and fewer scruples. " by wiredog · · Score: 5, Funny

    Fewer scruples? Than Microsoft? <Bill_And_Ted>Whoa</Bill_And_Ted>

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  4. Re:Big suprise by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Big surpise this article comes from Register who has made it its sole purpose to badmouth MS.

    The purpose of The Register is to badmouth everybody. A good word from The Register is the exception, not the rule.

  5. Re:Apostrophes count by stang · · Score: 3, Funny
    In fact, this possesive [sic] form was correct until the 19th century.

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