Doesn't the bankruptcy trustee have to approve the sale first? The article sounds like this is already a done deal.. Dang, I need to start reading Groklaw again.
No, I'm not happy that I had to send it back, it meant that there were several weeks that I was without it. And yes, I got it near to launch.
And I agree that they may not necessarily care about you or me, but it seems that they are proud enough of their product that they want it to work well for people and are willing to spend a billion dollars to make it a good product.
And you've never had to return any electronic thing to the store when it didn't work when you got it home???
Microsoft is in a tough spot with this and they did what they had to do to save the X-box brand.
They had two choices, 1) save money and not do anything about the red rings of death and lose the advantage they have over the PS3 (an actual installed base) or 2) put out the billion dollars.
I'm glad they did spend the money, to me it sounds like they do actually care about their product. And yes, I'm a 360 owner, and yes, I've had to had mine shipped back TWICE, both for free.
I don't think there is an official word yet, but I believe I heard the fire started in a storage area for another tenant in the building. It's sad that the place burned, it was a renovated roundhouse next to the railyards here.
Do apes in the jungle comprehend that they're already in a world that's been completely conquered and colonized by us humans?
I think we'll have the same trouble figuring out who's who outside OUR little jungle.
Each of these features has been previously announced or strongly hinted at. Is it any surprise that we're getting evidence of it actually being implemented?
I don't understand what benefit is gained by releasing a game the week after launch day. At that point, is that one week really going to make a difference in game quality? And if it would, why not then wait a month and get the game perfect?
I've stopped at a couple of video rental places looking to rent 360 games. Both places (a Movie Gallery and a mom & pop shop) have told me that they won't stock 360 games because the cost for them is too high. Now granted, I haven't done an exhaustive search and I'm not near a major metropolitan area, but it's not a good sign with the usual 360 $60 price point. I wonder if the PS3 games will be stocked at $70-$80...
To clarify for the 360, Xbox live arcade games downloaded to the hard drive are available to all profiles on that machine. Some games are marked as restricted, such as Gauntlet, where if the game is downloaded to a memory card (which is a valid location to download to), that user must log into Xbox Live each time they play to verify the game. So you can take the game to another Xbox, but you'd need to sign in on each one you played it on.
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Doesn't the bankruptcy trustee have to approve the sale first? The article sounds like this is already a done deal.. Dang, I need to start reading Groklaw again.
They are. Scott Rouse of WotC has already confirmed this in his blog. http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=996519
WotC has already stated they will dedicate the 4th edition core books to Gary. http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=220708
From the wiki page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Xbox_360_games, it shows that 76 games came out from November 5, 2005 to September 30, 2006.
No, I'm not happy that I had to send it back, it meant that there were several weeks that I was without it. And yes, I got it near to launch.
And I agree that they may not necessarily care about you or me, but it seems that they are proud enough of their product that they want it to work well for people and are willing to spend a billion dollars to make it a good product.
And you've never had to return any electronic thing to the store when it didn't work when you got it home???
Microsoft is in a tough spot with this and they did what they had to do to save the X-box brand. They had two choices, 1) save money and not do anything about the red rings of death and lose the advantage they have over the PS3 (an actual installed base) or 2) put out the billion dollars. I'm glad they did spend the money, to me it sounds like they do actually care about their product. And yes, I'm a 360 owner, and yes, I've had to had mine shipped back TWICE, both for free.
I don't think there is an official word yet, but I believe I heard the fire started in a storage area for another tenant in the building. It's sad that the place burned, it was a renovated roundhouse next to the railyards here.
Do apes in the jungle comprehend that they're already in a world that's been completely conquered and colonized by us humans? I think we'll have the same trouble figuring out who's who outside OUR little jungle.
Each of these features has been previously announced or strongly hinted at. Is it any surprise that we're getting evidence of it actually being implemented?
I don't understand what benefit is gained by releasing a game the week after launch day. At that point, is that one week really going to make a difference in game quality? And if it would, why not then wait a month and get the game perfect?
I've stopped at a couple of video rental places looking to rent 360 games. Both places (a Movie Gallery and a mom & pop shop) have told me that they won't stock 360 games because the cost for them is too high. Now granted, I haven't done an exhaustive search and I'm not near a major metropolitan area, but it's not a good sign with the usual 360 $60 price point. I wonder if the PS3 games will be stocked at $70-$80...
I've had mine since mid December and it's run without a hitch.
To clarify for the 360, Xbox live arcade games downloaded to the hard drive are available to all profiles on that machine. Some games are marked as restricted, such as Gauntlet, where if the game is downloaded to a memory card (which is a valid location to download to), that user must log into Xbox Live each time they play to verify the game. So you can take the game to another Xbox, but you'd need to sign in on each one you played it on.