I come to slashdot after a long time ignoring the crap flinging here and lo and behold I see Microsoft attempting to act responsibly and try to give something back to the users they acknowledge they did not serve properly, and people still waste their time writing trash.
1. microsoft is apparently doing something about it on their own EVEN THOUGH SOME DOUCHE is trying to get free money from them because their game didn't work for a couple days. Waah waah waah.
2. you accept an agreement that says if the service doesn't work all the time, you give up responsibility.
3. Xbox live is one of the few services that actually has a customer service line. IN THE US. Your dell, dude, doesn't even have that.
4. go outside and play.
5. They don't have to do a DAMN thing about it and most people would still accept it.
6. Lemme guess, if Google had a game console, it would always work perfectly.
7. Did you notice that nintendo shipped thousands of wiis with faulty video cards? I have one, it sucks, i'm sending it back, but thems the breaks. Are you telling me that you have never bought a new complex electronic item and had it not work properly and had to replace it? is that unique to microsoft?
8. I think that it's obvious that they realize that they need to serve their customers to keep them, and that xbox and live are a big part of that. if it wasn't they wouldn't even bother.
Didn't this guy go to work for valve and make thier distributed downloader for Steam? I had steam for 4 months before I could actually use it and it took an ISP change to make it work. For all his smacktalking maybe he could go back and make THAT thing more than vaporware.
Don't hate on the Microsoft people for having the resources to run simulations. They are trying to make sure their stuff works before they ship (hasn't that what you have been asking for?).
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I come to slashdot after a long time ignoring the crap flinging here and lo and behold I see Microsoft attempting to act responsibly and try to give something back to the users they acknowledge they did not serve properly, and people still waste their time writing trash.
1. microsoft is apparently doing something about it on their own EVEN THOUGH SOME DOUCHE is trying to get free money from them because their game didn't work for a couple days. Waah waah waah.
2. you accept an agreement that says if the service doesn't work all the time, you give up responsibility.
3. Xbox live is one of the few services that actually has a customer service line. IN THE US. Your dell, dude, doesn't even have that.
4. go outside and play.
5. They don't have to do a DAMN thing about it and most people would still accept it.
6. Lemme guess, if Google had a game console, it would always work perfectly.
7. Did you notice that nintendo shipped thousands of wiis with faulty video cards? I have one, it sucks, i'm sending it back, but thems the breaks. Are you telling me that you have never bought a new complex electronic item and had it not work properly and had to replace it? is that unique to microsoft?
8. I think that it's obvious that they realize that they need to serve their customers to keep them, and that xbox and live are a big part of that. if it wasn't they wouldn't even bother.
I read my kids "Brother's Grimm" stories and tell them that Disney is for pussies.
Didn't this guy go to work for valve and make thier distributed downloader for Steam? I had steam for 4 months before I could actually use it and it took an ISP change to make it work. For all his smacktalking maybe he could go back and make THAT thing more than vaporware. Don't hate on the Microsoft people for having the resources to run simulations. They are trying to make sure their stuff works before they ship (hasn't that what you have been asking for?).
People posting some pictures of the nasty critters that crawled out of their walls and into their computers for warmth.