I have the Today Show on this morning, for God only knows what reason. They had a segment on about video games, again, who knows why.
The interesting part of the segment is that their “tech guru” told consumers to stay away from the Xbox 360 because of the massive hardware problems. He let everyone know that Microsoft issued a 3 year warranty extension amounting to $1 billion. The “tech guru” indicated that is is the same as a recall without the legal issues surrounding an actual recall. Microsoft would not confirm to him what is causing the hardware problems, but he advised all consumers to not buy an Xbox 360 until at least the end of the year.
Along with this, he strongly recommended the PS3 and Wii for their very high reliability and technological prowess. Letting everyone know the PS3 is a much stronger machine than the Xbox 360 and it’s recent $100 price drop, the “tech guru” encouraged users to grab one. He also talked up the Wii’s motion controls and innovative games, and also informed consumers of the high demand that’s still around.
It was actually a decent segment, better than I had expected. I wonder how much effect this will have on the Xbox 360? Millions of people watch the Today Show every morning. I’ll try to find a video later today and post it up for you.
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fish0697…you have no idea what your talking about. if you have to actually give instructions to people so the 360 doesnt break is retarded but nice try!!!you paid over 500 dollars,you should be able to have a machine that doesnt break. i own a ps3 and i could toss it around and it still works completely fine!!!! if your going to bash it say something better than that!
i just dont see where microsoft and the 360 shine at ALL.
the ps3 has the better hardware and is soon to have better graphics. just look at ratchet and clank: future and kz2(which won an award for graphics even though it wasnt playable, while that was a requirement).
microsoft, while having good graphics (and games), doesnt have much room to improve in that area. it has hardware problems, a paid live subscription, the core model holding games back, it uses dvd9, it doesnt come with a hi-def player, wireless adapter, or hdmi input(ok, well the elite does but it wasnt out when i got one) the gaming division has only lost a TON of money, and now a bunch of moms just saw a news segment on how the 360 breaks and not to buy them until NEXT YEAR.
just sayin’. if you spend that much money on a video game, you might as well look into the future and get a ps3, since the only thing it has going against it right now is the lack of games, and that will ALWAYS change with time.
@ PS3 is terrible
“that pisses me off that they can blatently state false information and not face repercussions.”
Choose your repercussions, Master Hypocrite.
1.”Xbox 360 has a ton of good games, PS3 has literally NONE…..” You can’t be serious?
2.”PS3 has no online network…..” Even allowing a little journalistic license, this is not even remotely correct.
3. “Microsoft has been doing every thing that they can for their consumers…..” Microsoft is indebted to their shareholders as all major corporations are, don’t delude yourself.
4. “Sony hasn’t even been releasing games”. …. again you can’t be serious!
WOW… take a deep breath and read what you write BEFORE you hit the submit button! Of course I only read 3/4 of your post(s) because my hypocrisy alarm was deafening! I hope you see now, the very thing you are complaining about, you are guilty of. With a little self control and some facts you may be able to further a good discussion about the merits of your console of choice. However until then, you are just peeing into the wind my friend.
Most Sincerely,
DarkKnight
Agree Dark Knight
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Wow, a today show fanboy (Classless)
If the joke of a guru was really looking out for the public interest, he would have given pros and cons on all consoles and also mention that the new MB, heatsink, and chipset was already in shipping units or at least shipping soon.
Sounds like dude needed some extra cash or to validate the fact that he owns a PS3. So sad.
Ok, first of let me say i have had the xbox 360 since launch. I was one of those people who stood in line all night to get one. Since then it has been less than 2 years til the anniversary of the xbox 360 and im going on to my 7th xbox 360 console. I have had the red lights of death on every other xbox 360 console i have had. With that said i have repeatedily stood up for xbox and have bashed sony but now the tables have turned. Just because some of you people have not had this happen to you, does not mean your xbox 360 will not break, trust me i thought mine wouldnt either, but it has( way to many times). And just because the xbox 360 has (achievements) and gamerscore, everyone acts like its the best system ever, well its not. It’s a gimmick people, not to mention if you want a hd-dvd you have to buy that seperately, hmmm, ps3 comes with blu-ray(sounds fair doesn’t it). By far microsoft may be winning the console wars but the only reason is because people dont know The Truth. So take it from me( a gamer with over 100,000 gamerscore) i have stuck by this system since the beginning but now its going right where it should…..right in the f’ing TRASH!
DarkKnight, you can’t say what PS3 Is Terrible said is false…Microsoft stock is doing just fine. PS3s don’t have any GOOD games unless you count ummm… actually, I don’t really think you can count anything Sony has out that is good right now or worth it. Plus, you call him hypocritical, but you never say why… Hmmm now that’s kind of strange eh? You Sir, need to calm down, just because the truth is too hard to bear for you, doesn’t mean you have to start accussing people of hypocrisy for no reason.
BTW: When someone is hypocritical, it means that they are guilty of the very thing they complain about… Facts that you think are false arn’t always hypocritical.
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thats terrible the 360 doesnt fail that much and the 360 has better and more games than the PS3 not to mention sometimes the 360 runs the games betters than the PS3 and the 360 is also cheaper.
The wii is a joke if you are older than 15 . The tech guru should be fired !