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Xbox 360 Very Unstable: http://games.slashdot.org/games/05/11/23/138200.shtml?tid=128&tid=211&tid=10
"There have been several postings over at Xbox-scene complaining of crashing Xbox's on new games, with default settings on single player. Crashes on Xbox Live and on startup have been reported too, and Project Gotham Racing 3 crashes before finishing the first lap. Screenshots and Video are available showing the crash."
Microsoft Loses $126 Per Unit on XBox 360:
http://games.slashdot.org/games/05/11/23/1549209.shtml?tid=211
"BusinessWeek has taken a look at the insides of the XBox 360 and with the a little help from market researcher iSuppli determined that Microsoft is continuing its tradition to taking a big loss on the console in hopes of making a profit on games. From the article: "An up-close look at the components and other materials used in the high-end version of the Xbox 360, which contains a hard drive, found that the materials inside the unit cost Microsoft $470 before assembly. The console sells at retail for $399, meaning a loss of $71 per unit -- and that is just the start. Other items packaged with the console -- including the power supply, cables, and controllers -- add another $55 to Microsoft's cost, pushing the loss per unit to $126."
Adding to that of course Microsoft's strategy to purposely understock it on release so they can rave about how quickly it "sold out":
Xbox 360 'Must Sell Out' on Release Day:
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/02/1826249&tid=211&tid=187
"According to a Norwegian retailer (as reported by Gizmodo), Microsoft's making some peculiar demands during the XBox 360 launch. In particular, each retailer is to get 20 XBox 360 consoles (6 core editions, and 14 premium editions). However, to get the full allocation, they have to ensure they will sell out on the day of release (December 2nd over there)! Plus, each console must leave the store with at *least* two games each. Is Microsoft marketing like the beanie babies again - using 'Sold Out!' as a way to hype the popularity of their machine? It may appear to be, since Microsoft recently slowed down production of the XBox 360 as well."
All I can say is don't buy this piece of sh*t. I'm not normally anti-capitalist but this is just ridiculous. And besides, I suggest that you all wait for the PS3 which comes out next year - trust me.
Honestly, rush out a console 12 months early that's f**ked up and pull all this bullsh*t just to get some hype going, and wait 12 months to get the best games (GTA, anybody) :lol: :lol:
Xbox, get f**ked. My PS2 is still going strong and the poor damn bastard of a processor still runs less than 300MHz.
"There have been several postings over at Xbox-scene complaining of crashing Xbox's on new games, with default settings on single player. Crashes on Xbox Live and on startup have been reported too, and Project Gotham Racing 3 crashes before finishing the first lap. Screenshots and Video are available showing the crash."
Microsoft Loses $126 Per Unit on XBox 360:
http://games.slashdot.org/games/05/11/23/1549209.shtml?tid=211
"BusinessWeek has taken a look at the insides of the XBox 360 and with the a little help from market researcher iSuppli determined that Microsoft is continuing its tradition to taking a big loss on the console in hopes of making a profit on games. From the article: "An up-close look at the components and other materials used in the high-end version of the Xbox 360, which contains a hard drive, found that the materials inside the unit cost Microsoft $470 before assembly. The console sells at retail for $399, meaning a loss of $71 per unit -- and that is just the start. Other items packaged with the console -- including the power supply, cables, and controllers -- add another $55 to Microsoft's cost, pushing the loss per unit to $126."
Adding to that of course Microsoft's strategy to purposely understock it on release so they can rave about how quickly it "sold out":
Xbox 360 'Must Sell Out' on Release Day:
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/02/1826249&tid=211&tid=187
"According to a Norwegian retailer (as reported by Gizmodo), Microsoft's making some peculiar demands during the XBox 360 launch. In particular, each retailer is to get 20 XBox 360 consoles (6 core editions, and 14 premium editions). However, to get the full allocation, they have to ensure they will sell out on the day of release (December 2nd over there)! Plus, each console must leave the store with at *least* two games each. Is Microsoft marketing like the beanie babies again - using 'Sold Out!' as a way to hype the popularity of their machine? It may appear to be, since Microsoft recently slowed down production of the XBox 360 as well."
All I can say is don't buy this piece of sh*t. I'm not normally anti-capitalist but this is just ridiculous. And besides, I suggest that you all wait for the PS3 which comes out next year - trust me.
Honestly, rush out a console 12 months early that's f**ked up and pull all this bullsh*t just to get some hype going, and wait 12 months to get the best games (GTA, anybody) :lol: :lol:
Xbox, get f**ked. My PS2 is still going strong and the poor damn bastard of a processor still runs less than 300MHz.