In the news (same old news):
Microsoft: 360 Failure Rate Still A Secret
http://www.gwn.com/news/story.php/id/13139/Microsoft_360_Failure_Rate_Still_A_Secret.html
Revenge comes:
XBOX360 Consumer Pwns Microsoft Using Level 34 American Express Powers
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| A Microsoft tech on the phone even said to Richard, ""Is there anything else
| I can help you with... and by the way I am laughing at you."
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| While it's indisputable that he shouldn't have cracked open the case, it
looks like Richard has the last laugh...
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http://consumerist.com/consumer/readers/xbox360-consumer-pwns-microsoft-using-level-34-american-express-powers-270362.php
And another mistake made by Microsoft:
College student gets hundreds of cell phone calls due to HALO 3 viral marketing
campaign
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| The first casualty in the newly named "Iris" marketing campaign for
| Microsoft's HALO 3 is a college student from Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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http://hushedcasket.com/node/2075
To top it all off:
Microsoft's Greatest [XBox] Quotes!
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| "Ya know, things break"
| -Peter Moore on the subject of system failures
|
| [...]
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| "We’re fully committed to HD DVD and have absolutely no plans to support
| other optical formats,”
| -John Rodman and Neil Thompson on the subject of "choices" and blu-ray
|
| [...]
|
| "You dont need HDMI. Our system is fully futureproof"
| - Microsoft
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http://next-generationsystems.blogspot.com/2007/06/microsofts-greatest-quotes.html
Ouch. They ended up laughing at themselves.
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