Is XBox 360 doomed?
The Xbox 360 is this holiday season’s
PS3.
We’re still a few months from holiday shopping
season, but I’m making this prediction now: The Xbox 360 is this
year’s PS3.
Why am I so confident? Well, take the case of this dude named Brian. He’s having trouble getting his 360 to work. Then again, he’s not alone: he’s actually like an estimated 1 in 3 of all 360 owners, costing Microsoft a hit of nearly 2 billion dollars after it extended the 360’s warranty. He’s having so much trouble, nine 360s have collapsed on Brian.
But that’s not even the worst part. This is: Brian Crecente is the editor of Kotaku, currently the world’s most popular gaming blog. This is like a major auto company giving the publisher of Car and Driver magazine a test drive in its latest vehicle, and having the wheels promptly spin off. Nine times.
I like to tease my gamer buds at DU about getting into the fanboy wars; but, this Post at GigaOm + another over at GamePro.com deserve some reflection and comment.
Why am I so confident? Well, take the case of this dude named Brian. He’s having trouble getting his 360 to work. Then again, he’s not alone: he’s actually like an estimated 1 in 3 of all 360 owners, costing Microsoft a hit of nearly 2 billion dollars after it extended the 360’s warranty. He’s having so much trouble, nine 360s have collapsed on Brian.
But that’s not even the worst part. This is: Brian Crecente is the editor of Kotaku, currently the world’s most popular gaming blog. This is like a major auto company giving the publisher of Car and Driver magazine a test drive in its latest vehicle, and having the wheels promptly spin off. Nine times.
I like to tease my gamer buds at DU about getting into the fanboy wars; but, this Post at GigaOm + another over at GamePro.com deserve some reflection and comment.
Posted: Wed - July 25, 2007 at 06:32 AM