“So, the Xbox 360’s been available for, what, 15 minutes, and already the crash reports are streaming in. According to postings on Xbox-Scene and other fan sites, some early adopters are discovering that waiting on line in the cold for two years to snag a box was the least of their problems: the game consoles are allegedly crashing during a variety of games and reporting a range of error messages,” Marc Perton reports for Engadget.
Full article a screenshot of a crashed Microsoft Xbox 360 units here. [Thanks to “macnut222” for the heads up.]
“A quick look on our forums (more, more and more) seems to indicate he’s not the only one. Several of our members seems to get crashing 360s. It doesn’t seem to be related to a specific game, as we get reports of the Xbox 360 crashing with several games. And it’s not all the same Error-number either (E79, E74, E64, real crashes, …). I quickly checked over at TeamXbox and they also have a large thread and poll about defective Xbox 360s,” XanTium reports for Xbox-Scene.com.
Full article here.
Various crashed Xbox screenshots via Flickr here.
In somewhat related news, The Register reports that a UK woman was “was pulled unconscious from her house by two strangers after succumbing to smoke generated by a faulty Xbox… Anglesey fire and rescue spokesman Dave Evans confirmed the fire was caused by a ‘fault in an Xbox game machine’ left on standby. Back in February, Microsoft recalled 14.1m Xbox power cables shipped into Europe before 13 January, 2004 and in other territories before 23 October, 2003, as we previously reported. MS admitted to ’30 or so reports from users suffering minor burns, singed upholstery or scorched carpets as a result of power lead malfunctions.'”
Full article here.
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Microsoft, nothing if not consistent.
You’re ALL a bunch of wankers! Left Wing right handed wankers and Right Wing left handed wankers! The whole lot of ya!! Get this:
VIDEO GAME CONSOLES HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH RELIGION, POLITICS OR SEX! Sheesh, get a grip. Stupid gits.
Who give a red rats ass if a bunch of stupid early adopters got buggy machines?! So what? That’s just what those fcukin’ “Gotta Have It First- Mommas Basement Dwellers” deserve! Let ’em find all the bugs so the rest of us can make a reasonable purchase later.
Haha, look at the comment on the picture titled “DSC00301”!
MDN Magic Word: sense, as in Microsoft doesn’t have common sense
Heh, it’s funny cause it’s true!
HAHAHAHAHA SUCKERS!!!
I’ll get you little Mac snobs too one day, right through OfficeMac or VPC.
You’ll see.
M$: Always evil all the time.
To Max:
My mentioning of the market share was in response to the MDN take and stupid “MS sucks/Apple rocks” posts inspired by it.
I must have been pretty obvious! If you just like to say a sort of a “Final word” and do not care about the validity of your arguments add a respective note to your post so that we can skip it.
PS
if u feel comfortable with the Apple’s one digit percent share be silent about it. I do not like that miserable figure and would like it to go up. Size does matter:)
The irony is that Microsoft will lose money on every Xbox sold, the parts alone cost something like $374 assuming bulk discounts. The plan is to make money on software, of course — Microsoft’s (cough) forte.
Microsoft can afford it, so I’d advise every Xbox buyer to take the product back and ask for a refund, saying it is completely unstable. Then come back six months later and buy Xbox XP [for extra protection]. And don’t forget to get Xbox Defender when it comes out [not the game].
11:52:36
A dialog box opens saying a patch is available for your Xbox. The upgrade is highly recommended for stability.
11:53:10
You click OK.
12:15:08
Still downloading.
13:00:03
Still downloading.
15:00:08
A dialog box tells you your hard drive is full. (You’re out shopping.)
16:25:10
Your central heating trips off.
16:28:57
Your pet canary dies.
16:30:00
Your neighbor alerts the Fire Dept. about a burning smell coming from your house.
17:45:28
You return from shopping to find your street blocked by Fire Dept. tape and a Detour sign.
Less is More
there is no irony here; in this market everyone sells the game box with a loss but earns on games.
True, Evgeny, but the irony I imagined would come from having to take the boxes back.
if they take it back they will have a loss in reverse; not sure I would be a profit but it is definitely not a loss:)
Sorry for being an idyll breaker here I just very much want Cells by Apple and am annoyed that they have not released it yet while MS (with all its flaws) has been having Excel for ages. Plus I am having problems with syncing my KeyChain with .Mac [for several months]
Comment: From: Evgeny
“Nov 23, 05 – 04:54 pm
MacTech84
Do u just cut and paste that “get out of this site” mantra each time u see a post u disagree with?
It is obvious that that WOW guy just wanted to draw your attention to the fact celebrating someone’s failure is a not a good character trait.
I would even add to that that that type of behavior is typical to someone who is not confident in his/er own power. I assume that the Apple’s market share worries u subconsciously. I would agree that until it remains as tiny as it is there is good a fair reason for any Mac fan to be worried but that does not justify celebrations of other’s failures (at least in the area where Apple is not competing with Microsoft); I hate to say that but u seem to have lost the sense of reality here – if MS is that bad why Apple still can not beat it?”
Here is a cut and paste for ya, I just said if you dont’ like it don’t read it. Everything in here makes you just look like an ass, if you are a PeeCee user what are you doing in a mac forum? And I am not worried about the Mac market share, I think you might be worried that Macs might take over. In either case I don’t care about you or your points cause there are none. WOW MDN didn’t draw me out, I just made one small remark that apparantly you took to a whole new level. Is it just me or does every PC diehard think Mac Users are not confident in themselves? Well I said it before, and I will say it again. Have fun with your virus scans, spyware blockers, and general blue screens, while I work with a machine that produces results, and doesn’t create headaches 3 – 4 times a day. But probably more!!!
to MacTech
I am on a Mac:) Thee mere fact that I do not follow the MDN’s stupid takes “A rocks/M sucks” means nothing; not all Mac users are that stupid.
I worry about the Mac share for obvious reasons – the larger it is the better off are Mac users; my problem with your and the similar posts is that they hurt Apple 1) distract potential switches [when the see that u write BS against MS they will never believe the true stuff about Apple and Mac posted here…) and 2) make the entire community to struggle with a perception that if u are on a Mac u are a blind and arrogant idiot:)
BTW I also do not work for Music Labels:)
I am just a Mac user quite different from u:
Well if the name didn’t give it away I am a technician. I prefer Macs for obvious reasons. Once I set one up I am done. I have a few clients that have PC’s and I continuosuly get calls saying please come fix my machine. I am not blind nor arrogant. However I am apparantly starting to piss you off. I have made my mind up about Macintosh and I know it is the superior platform regardless what anyone can tell me. And if anyone has a right mind they would not look at the forum to see the (oh here is another cut and paste) “the entire community to struggle” they would realize the true (here is another cut and paste) “BS” comes out when users like yourself and WOW MDN decide to post (and final cut and paste) “BS” in these forums. Oh and I glad I am quite different from you! Have a nice day =)
BTW:
I am starting to have fun with this… HA!
Evgeny, it is a little more comforting for your admission that you are a Mac person. It is disconcerning in the fact that we, as Mac users, have to DEFEND our decision against PC bigiots who do nothing more than spew propaganda and lies; hence, THEY are the ones that are “drinking the kool-aid”.
When I was attending ITT Tech, I was bombarded with hatred. I even participated in a debate for my English 2 class. Of course, he kept spewing lies that were coutnered with the facts that I presented earlier, but the time limit was expired before I could rebut.
Point is, we have such reactions becuase we have to. We must battle back for our respect in an arena where respect is only given to those who are perceived to be worthy. Ego, arrogance, and just plain stupidity are the biggest factors of this perception. Am I labeling you with these, no, not anymore. You have proven yourself to be elavated above the crowd of lemmings.
Hey technician could u help Apple to fix .Mac sync for Keychain?:)
That is the reason I am so aggressive here. I does not work for several months and there is nothing on the support site:)
(Buried in this thread is someone apparently taking a dig at me by using my posting name. Odd. Especially since I haven’t even posted in this thread yet. I guess I should feel honored…)
a decent soft like MS Office and a good [I do not know the write term} network integration? [ smth which would allow Mac users to use there macs in the offices] would do much more then posting “MS sucks” for increasing the Apple’s share; I am expecting a job offer now and I am slightly upset that if a get it I will have to use PC in the office:(
Anyway sorry again for being over aggressive.
Ok really, this is funny, your grammar does suck, but you have figured out how to use smileys. HAHAHAHA…. I am done now….. HEHEHE… I have had my fill for the night… Thanks Evgeny… hehehe
I understand your aggression, but it needs to be channeled in another direction. We are not the only ones.
Unlike MacTech84, I can forgive grammar mistakes on boards when things are comprensible. And when things don’t turn into verbal shouting matches.
Hence, when we all realize that we are on the same side, potential switchers will see that the Mac comunity is strong, faithfull, and alive.
Evgeny, thank you for a lively discussion.
Oh, and let us not forget about the burn victims!
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Great! Thanks to you and others [for tolerating that xBox unrelated discussion]:)
With all the problems facing MS these days, you would think they could get at least 1 product right. Duh!
But then again, this is MShit and up to par. I guess all the salesmen aren’t in the boardrooms, some must have lost their way and wound up in engineering and manufacturing
Wahh… Happens all the time on all forums at some point… this time it just happened to you!!!
Maybe even before movies, Apple will start allowing vidoe game downloads via iTunes. Not just games for the mac, but games you could download for any of the game systems…..it’s coming.
jarrett
This is what happens when you ship by date, not by product completiong, Jobs has made several statements about shipping a product when it’s ready, not when people are tired of waiting for it. And the only product that I think was an early launch was OS X, and that was only early if you bought a copy, because it was all dual boot to begin with.