Comments on: Xbox 3 http://www.bruceongames.com/2008/01/11/xbox-3/ A veteran's view on marketing games Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:32:52 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Redh3lix http://www.bruceongames.com/2008/01/11/xbox-3/comment-page-1/#comment-726 Redh3lix Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:47:03 +0000 http://www.bruceongames.com/2008/01/11/xbox-3/#comment-726 Very well designed from a manufacturing perspective regarding cost and cost reduction as Bruce states, although the failure rate WAS very high. Microsoft of course refuse to publish the exact figures. Many (thousands) experienced the "Red Ring of Death" which basically "bricks" the machine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360_technical_problems Very well designed from a manufacturing perspective regarding cost and cost reduction as Bruce states, although the failure rate WAS very high. Microsoft of course refuse to publish the exact figures. Many (thousands) experienced the “Red Ring of Death” which basically “bricks” the machine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360_technical_problems

]]> By: Bruce http://www.bruceongames.com/2008/01/11/xbox-3/comment-page-1/#comment-725 Bruce Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:15:04 +0000 http://www.bruceongames.com/2008/01/11/xbox-3/#comment-725 I have just found this patent which adds credence to some of my guessing: http://www.unwiredview.com/2007/04/20/microsoft-gaming-system-for-your-zune-xbox-pc-and-pda/ I have just found this patent which adds credence to some of my guessing: http://www.unwiredview.com/2007/04/20/microsoft-gaming-system-for-your-zune-xbox-pc-and-pda/

]]> By: JC Barnett http://www.bruceongames.com/2008/01/11/xbox-3/comment-page-1/#comment-724 JC Barnett Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:11:20 +0000 http://www.bruceongames.com/2008/01/11/xbox-3/#comment-724 "The Microsoft Xbox 360 is very, very well designed. " That's odd. There is another product with EXACTLY the same name which is very shoddily designed and has a very high failure rate. About 95% of the people I know and know of have had it die on them, and my own personal experiences are so bad that I am done with it - no more games save for the ones I still have to finish, and almost definitely no XBox 3, as they have destroyed my consumer confidence. Is this a different machine we're talking about? “The Microsoft Xbox 360 is very, very well designed. ”

That’s odd. There is another product with EXACTLY the same name which is very shoddily designed and has a very high failure rate. About 95% of the people I know and know of have had it die on them, and my own personal experiences are so bad that I am done with it – no more games save for the ones I still have to finish, and almost definitely no XBox 3, as they have destroyed my consumer confidence.

Is this a different machine we’re talking about?

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