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Recovering From the Xbox 360's Big Mistakes

Posted by Zonk on from the power-supply-that-warms-my-home dept.

Two pieces up in the media right now talking about problems with the Xbox 360. Games.net has an overdramatically title piece, Five Ways to Save the Xbox 360. The article lays out ways in which Microsoft should revamp the console and its games in order to truly dominate the next-gen war. Meanwhile, a 1up editorial asks the question Is the Xbox 360 Hurting the Games Industry? The article looks at the ways in which Microsoft's console was rushed out the door, and the negative consequences that may have on the industry as a whole. From that article: "More important, though less remarked upon, is that the Xbox 360 was also launched before the industry was ready. If you pay attention to companies' end-of-year financial reports, which I'm sad to say my job requires me to do, one thing that stands out in the postholiday reckoning was the statement, again and again, that the Xbox 360 launch had hurt sales across the industry."

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  1. I think the 360 was an improvement by HalAtWork · · Score: 5, Funny

    The XBox was only able to drag its own sales down, but the XBox 360 is dragging down the sales of the entire industry. The power!!!

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    Twinstiq, game news
  2. The Optical Mouse...? by TheoB · · Score: 5, Funny
    FTA:

    It's a big, bold plan, but Microsoft tends to excel at the biggest, boldest plans--see Windows, Internet Explorer, and the optical mouse.

    Early 2000, deep inside Bill Gates' Secret Lab under Lake Washington.

    Bill Gates: Steve, what I'm about to show you may shock you to your very core. It's going to change the face of computing, nay, technology, as we know it. You may want to sit down.

    Steve Ballmer: I would, but you've removed all the chairs from the room.

    Bill Gates: ...yes. Well, just stand then. Stand, and behold, for like Prometheus giving fire to mankind, we are about to unleash upon the world... The Optical Mouse!!!

    Steve Ballmer: Like those old Apple II mice, with the little camera inside?

    Bill Gates: (Rolls eyes) Mice have two buttons Steve.

    Steve Ballmer: Right, sure. Look, Bill. I'm just not sure the world is ready for-

    Bill Gates: I SAY WHEN THE WORLD IS READY!

    etc.