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Microsoft's April Fools gags...

Those canny devils at Microsoft like a good laugh!

TrevorPhillips6621d ago

god damn u microsoft tryna fool us

TrevorPhillips6621d ago

microsoft wont fool us next time

longduckdong6620d ago

and expected to read how they fixed the RROD

wow4u6620d ago

They fixed the heat-issues in mid-2007.

Why havent you been paying attention? Here's a good look at the fixes:
http://www.llamma.com/xbox3...

Pay attention son, you're FUD is getting old and stinky.

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wow4u6620d ago (Edited 6620d ago )

@2.2

No. The "elite" didnt fix the issue, the motherboard redesign did. Pay attention.

You're talking out your anus.

MicroDeath SoftStar6620d ago

Stop shooting crap n4user1 i got a arcade with 3 red lights sitting next to my mac that says your comment is BS

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nix6620d ago (Edited 6620d ago )

i always thought that they've been making fool of consumers with their RROD all this time. q:

wow4u6620d ago

Actually, Microsoft fixed the heat issues in mid-2007, and gave everyone an extended, free fix.

Being an owner of 3 failed PS2s, and 2 perfectly good, never failed Xbox 360s (one upstairs, one down); Microsoft made Sony look like a fool by showing them how to properly treat their customers.

NO_PUDding6620d ago

n4user...

I assume that a 16% failure rate (absolute minimum and my friends don't reflects that statistic accurately) is how you want to be treated?

I am not even going to argue failure rates of other consoles, but to think that is good customer satisfaction is perverse. And it's part of the reason I don't undertsnad what rabid followers it has.

GiantEnemyCrab6620d ago

I know this might be really hard for you to reach your biased mind around but just perhaps there are users out there that have fully working systems with no problems? I mean the 360 does sell a lot of games and if everyone had broken systems do you think the games would continue to sell like they do? Its like you think that if you own a 360 you should automatically be mad about it. I am another happy 360 owner with no problems and same with the 80 people on my friends list who are happy.

wow4u6620d ago

"I assume that a 16% failure rate (absolute minimum and my friends don't reflects that statistic accurately) is how you want to be treated?
"

No. Acutally, you cant even repeat your FUD correctly.

That "16%" rate came from SquareTrade. There fcuking press release said "just over half" were general hardware failure. The rest of the 16% were _contacts_.

So, if you phoned them for _any reason_ you were included in that 16% number.

Get your shiat straight.

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lodossrage30d ago

I don't agree with that. I WISH I could agree with that. But buying habits and customer opinions prove otherwise

We've seen developers in the AAA space try new things and ideas. More often than not, the customers aren't willing to give things a chance, or not enough people buy into the project for it to grow.

Creativity works better in the indie space because the budgets, pressures, and expectations aren't the same.

Scissorman29d ago

it's a nice idea and it worked during the PS2/PS3-era when AAA didn't cost hundreds of millions of dollars. smaller budgets and shorter development time left room for more creativity and more risk. a game didn't need to sell 4 million+ copies to break even. things are different now.

__y2jb29d ago

This is the guy who bragged about crunching his staff and having them work through the night. Crunch culture has lost more talent and done more damage to the industry than any other factor. Screw him.