Xbox 360: Does the X Stand for Shit?
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| She goes out, buys a Core system and brings it home. Hooks it all up
| and the Dashboard loads fine. Great. Slap in Viva Piñata and we hear
| the following: KA-CHUNK, KA-CHUNK, KA-CHUNK, pwwwwweeeeeuuu?
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| Disc read failure.
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| Fuck you, Microsoft.
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| We return it and bring home another system. The greasy electronics
| nerd tells us, ?This one will work, I got good vibes!?
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| Red Ring of Death.
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| [...]
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| All I can say now is that if you?re going to buy an Xbox 360,
| better buy it in the morning from a well-stocked store with a
| liberal return policy because you may be making a few trips
| back there all day long.
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http://www.gamingoutloud.com/?p=45
Who the heck would want to run a Linux server on that? I might add that
several more sites seem to confirm that firmware hack was demonstrated and
that the XBox 360 may soon be Linux-'compatible'.
Related:
Gamers Say Microsoft Understates Xbox Problems
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| An insider from Electronic Arts, Inc. is saying that the failure rate
| of Microsoft's Xbox 360 gaming console is actually ten times higher than
| what Microsoft spokespeople have admitted.
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| Game Daily BIZ, a gaming industry publication, reported that the
| anonymous source tallied that of the 300 consoles EA has received,
| 30-50 percent of them have failed.
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http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2006/08/xbox_gamers02.html
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