Toy - that stigma was dropped long ago and most people now recognize the video game industy is larger than the motion picture industy.
The 360 cost $400+ when you start adding extra controllers and games.
The average game player is 30 years old and has been playing games for 9.5 years.
If I turned my DVD player on its side while it was playing a disc I WOUDLN'T be suprised if something unnatural happened to that disc or the player.
DVD players can stack thanks to their shape and feet but read the manuals and you'll find spacific instuctions not to place them on carpet or an area that would cause the vents to be covered.
gloom and doom STORIES/RUMORS are exactly what they are. As we see more facts coming in and not just a bunch of Internet chicken-littles we are now hearing a more realistic 3% are having issues (and this still doesn't take into account how many returns and reports there have been based on user error).
You can't idiot proof something no matter how many years you put into its design.
http://hardware.teamxbox.com/movies/2738/Xbox-360- Scratches-a-Disc/
Looks like another law suite in the works....damn defective consoles.
oh..wait...didn't read the instructions
"IMPORTANT:
To avoid jamming the DVD drive and damaging discs or the Xbox 360 console:
-Remove discs before moving the console or tilting it between the horizontal and vertical positions.
-Never use cracked discs. They can shatter inside the console and jam or break internal parts.
-When the console is vertical, do not use discs that are smaller than standard DVDs and CDs."
Guess they should have included something about not placing your 3.2 GHZ CPU and 500 W PSU in the same unventelated drawer under you TV or burried in 3" shag carpet under a pile of cords.
Yeah, you ship 1/2 million of any product and there will be some defective ones. To amplify the defective issues is also the fact the MS sold all 1/2 million units on the exact same day - hell, same morning. None of that is indicative of a flaw in the design and has more to do with the manufacturing process - and you don't need a 6Sigma black belt to tell you that.
I am really just in awe of how easily the media, and more so/.ers, put their all trusting faith into forum posters and polls - none of which are not crediable news sources last time I checked.
MS hating, like so many of you love to do, is one thing but at least have some validity and not just stupidity behind your hatered.
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Toy - that stigma was dropped long ago and most people now recognize the video game industy is larger than the motion picture industy. The 360 cost $400+ when you start adding extra controllers and games. The average game player is 30 years old and has been playing games for 9.5 years. If I turned my DVD player on its side while it was playing a disc I WOUDLN'T be suprised if something unnatural happened to that disc or the player. DVD players can stack thanks to their shape and feet but read the manuals and you'll find spacific instuctions not to place them on carpet or an area that would cause the vents to be covered. gloom and doom STORIES/RUMORS are exactly what they are. As we see more facts coming in and not just a bunch of Internet chicken-littles we are now hearing a more realistic 3% are having issues (and this still doesn't take into account how many returns and reports there have been based on user error). You can't idiot proof something no matter how many years you put into its design.
http://hardware.teamxbox.com/movies/2738/Xbox-360- Scratches-a-Disc/
Looks like another law suite in the works....damn defective consoles.
oh..wait...didn't read the instructions
"IMPORTANT:
To avoid jamming the DVD drive and damaging discs or the Xbox 360 console:
-Remove discs before moving the console or tilting it between the horizontal and vertical positions.
-Never use cracked discs. They can shatter inside the console and jam or break internal parts.
-When the console is vertical, do not use discs that are smaller than standard DVDs and CDs."
Guess they should have included something about not placing your 3.2 GHZ CPU and 500 W PSU in the same unventelated drawer under you TV or burried in 3" shag carpet under a pile of cords.
Yeah, you ship 1/2 million of any product and there will be some defective ones. To amplify the defective issues is also the fact the MS sold all 1/2 million units on the exact same day - hell, same morning. None of that is indicative of a flaw in the design and has more to do with the manufacturing process - and you don't need a 6Sigma black belt to tell you that.
I am really just in awe of how easily the media, and more so /.ers, put their all trusting faith into forum posters and polls - none of which are not crediable news sources last time I checked.
MS hating, like so many of you love to do, is one thing but at least have some validity and not just stupidity behind your hatered.