Today Show Warns Consumers To Stay Away From Xbox 360

[DoesWhatNintenDont]

Is anyone really surprised about this?

I'm glad that MS is no longer getting a free pass about this. People love the 360 so much they tend to forget is it officially the worst piece of hardware to hit the console market ever in regards to quality.

I think the problem with MS is two fold here:

1- That MS tried to sweep these problems ( amongst others ) under the rug. Big surprise there right? Well too bad the rug only made the heat issues worse...

2- That the generally savvy and fugal gaming community was willing to spend asinine amounts of money on a piece of hardware with a far worse track record than PS2 (!?!?!)

I've been saying for awhile that the faulty hardware on 360 is going to be their coupe de grace.

MS had a real good chance at getting the one up on PS3 due to Sony's multiple fumblings, but I think long term this will help PS3. I don't think we will see any major impact till this Christmas in sales for PS3 and beyond when price drops hit.

Christmas will be big for everyone, but I think we will see stronger sales for Sony than anticipated, which I figure this will play a solid factor in. Short term this will only make the Wii stronger as its closest cost competitor has serious hardware issues.

We will be seeing more of these type of reports the closer Santa comes. Even if the claims are disputed, we will see more news coverage, thus more parents will learn about the problems.

It's really dumbfounding to me that so many gamers are willing to ride in an equivalent of a nice shiny lemon car just because it has a warranty. One day while your knee deep in fun, or heavily involved with something important, and that car will die on you causing many headaches and problems. But metaphorically speaking, don't worry when your walking to gas station for help, as it's all paid for.  /sarcasm

What difference does it make how many good games there are for a system when that system has a huge rate of failure and dies? My 1985 NES has a fantastic library of games that I can STILL play to this day.