CNBC business news reporter Jane Wells reports - Nov. 29, 2007:
"For months (her son has) been telling (her) there have been problems with the Xbox 360... the 'red rings of doom,' which signal the Xbox is 'fried.'
Well, I should have been paying attention. There are three people on our block who have Xbox 360s, and in the span of a month, all three consoles went on the fritz... The problem to begin with, is that any of the boxes have to be replaced at all. And the even bigger problem may be that the problem is getting worse (that's a lot of problems). Why worse? ...
I started asking around to determine how many people were having problems. Turns out..."
Please also check out the poll at CNBC.com on "have you had trouble with your Xbox 360?"
CWA members are staking their claim for a better, fairer video game industry.
'They're playing games. It's just that their attention and needs are changing,' says Astrid Entertainment CEO Sharon Tal Yguado.
It’s not that Gen Z isn’t interested in AAA or story driven games, a lot of them simply don’t have the financial freedom to explore. When you’re budgeting, you stick to games that give the most value for the least cost, which is why ecosystems like Fortnite, Roblox, and Minecraft dominate. What looks like a preference is often just economic constraint.
US age ratings body has no plans to change it system, as video game regulation looms
This really doesn't mean anything, when you can pirate PC games with a mature or AO rating. 😂 You can pirate without any age restriction bullshit.
wtf are you talking about? they are talking about raising the age in EU for games that have loot boxes etc. in them. This is for online games mostly you absolute maroon.
Controversial take but maybe parents could start parenting and be more attentive and involved in their kids life? Then maybe other adults can buy whatever they'd like without worrying about "the children" that aren't in the slightest a concern to em, cause…they're not their children? Also we don't need to stop letting out of touch boomers in government from deciding what is and what isn't "good" for people in the US. There is a surprising amount of things that are banned in this country that in multiple other countries are more of a net positive, yet for some reason they aren't allowed here.
this doesn't look all that bad maybe you should read it first. daily login, battle passes, loot boxes etc. will affect the rating although this only affects games that are going to be released from june onward, for now at least. they are looking at addictive design which are not good and online games are filled with them. though im not sure this will do much anyways so you're fine.
Check out the poll on the site.
The mainstream media has finally started to report on the problem. First Wired. Then CNET. Then Fox (not on red ring but the abusive behavior of Xbox users.) Now CNBC. All within a span of just a week. Seems to me this is the beginning of the end for Microsoft and Xbox...
I'll wait till Ninja Gaiden 2 to buy a 360 unless the problems still exists with those new chips.
The 360 "use to" suffer a problem with hardware failure? Who knew? Good thing this story brings some new info to the table. Thanks CNBC. And thank you Sony fanboys for letting us know what fools we are for buying such a silly console with tons of games and a hardware issue that's been fixed.
that the media is starting to present outdated news as breaking info.
*sniffle* brings a tear to my eye
next thing you know they will start doing reports on old people playing the wii (for the 40th time) or the ps3 sales being dissapointing.