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About this siteFor six years, the Internet Nexus served as my technology blog, but I've since started blogging at the SuperSite Blog instead. If you're looking for the blog, please head there. --Paul Wednesday, April 18, 2007Game Over for Xbox 360?Me, in WinInfo:Roger Ehrenberg, a financial analyst and the president and CEO of Monitor 110, Inc., says that Microsoft may very well have created the ultimate video game machine with its Xbox 360. But that can't hide the fact that the Xbox 360, like its predecessor, has been a financial disaster for the company. And maybe it's time that Microsoft stopped hemorrhaging cash and looked to other markets that would be more rewarding to the company and its shareholders.I love the 360, and think Microsoft's done something special there. On the other hand, it's loud and unreliable. I've had three game discs scratched so bad as to be unplayable. I've had two consoles turn up dead with the "red ring of death," and I know of several friends who have had the same issues. I get together monthly with a group of guys up the street to play Halo 2 and, more recently, some 360 games, and they've almost all had problems with their consoles. We played last night, actually, and while Halo 2 played flawlessly, our attempts to play Call of Duty 3 and Gears of War, both 360 titles, were completely unsuccessful. Everyone was blaming Microsoft, and while that's kind of a simple and easy assessment, you know, it probably is their fault. This is a sad state of affairs. Labels: Video games, Xbox 360 [ Posted at 10:34 AM | Permalink ]
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