On Apr 18, 1:41 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Sony may launch PS3 with larger hard disk capacity
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> | "For users who vigorously store (games and other entertainment content)
> | in the PS3, 20-giga is probably going to be too small, and even 60-giga
> | may not be big enough eventually," Sony Computer Entertainment
> | spokesman Satoshi Fukuoka said.
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> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070417/tc_nm/sony_playstation_dc
>
> More disk space for PS3 Linux. Microsoft was recently accused of grossly
> overchanging for XBox360 hard-drives. Also in the news:
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> RedOctane admits to problems with GH2 patch
>
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> | While the patch was supposed to solve the problem of whammy
> | bar responsiveness on GH2 controllers, it also seemed to have
> | the unfortunate side-effect of bricking and freezing consoles,
> | if the Xbox 360 forums are any indication.
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> http://www.qj.net/RedOctane-admits-to-problems-with-GH2-patch/pg/49/a...
>
> Broken by design.
>
> Related:
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> Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against MS For Bricked 360s
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> | According to Gamespot, the suit seeks a minimum of $10 million in
> | damages, depending on how MS decides to defend itself.
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> http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/law/class-action-lawsuit-filed-against-m...
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> Numerous Reports, November 30 Xbox 360 Update Is Bricking Consoles
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> | Some consoles are being bricked by Thursday's dashboard update.
> | Issues range from freezing, red ring of death and VGA adapterm
> | alfunction. Microsoft isn't acknowledging the issue and billing
> | $140 for repairs.
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> http://digg.com/gaming_news/Numerous_Reports_November_30_Xbox_360_Upd...
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> Update brick your 360? Speak up
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> | Since yesterday's update, there are numerous reports about 360s
> | being bricked. Some people suspect that this is being done by
> | Microsoft intentionally to stop modders and hackers. Xbox Scene
> | thinks it has more to do with certain combinations of hardware
> | and firmware.
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> http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2006/11/01/update-brick-your-360-speak-up/
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> Autoupdate killed my 360!
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> | I was fine yesterday gaming with the VGA cable but after getting
> | the autoupdate today, I get a black screen. Does Microsoft test
> | these things? My connection to the TV didn't change yet its
> | screwed. Thanks for nothing Microsoft.
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> http://forum.teamxbox.com/showthread.php?t=489979
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> Loot: Redmond, We Have a Problem, Or, What's Wrong With the Xbox 360
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> | At this point, Former becomes impassioned. That's not fair, he says;
> | we always saw this as a long-term venture. To which we reply that we
> | were talking about the original Xbox, and while other divisions of
> | the company throw off more profits in a single quarter than the
> | entire $5 billion or so lost in the home and entertainment division
> | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> | to date, the fact remains that, as we take-our-word-for-it predicted,
> | the Xbox group has been spectacularly unprofitable for Microsoft.
> | Hence, our heretofore unpublished Vietnam analogy. The rest of the
> | night is a blur, but we digress.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | The worst case scenario for Microsoft, then, is one in which the Xbox
> | 360's bid for the mass market is blocked by the Wii for the next two to
> | three years, at which point the aging and underpowered Wii gives way
> | to a cheaper-than-it-is-now PS3 with a selection of AAA titles that's
> | far wider than what the PS3 has at the moment; new installments of
> | Playstation's own popular and casual-leaning games; and a slew of
> | new franchises from Sony's much-larger studio operation.
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> http://ncroal.talk.newsweek.com/default.asp?item=533168
All this and no one is buying a PS3, and new games are being made for
the PS2. Why is PS3 news being posted in the first place?
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