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AussieGecko said:

NYANKS said:

I think being aware of fatal hardware problems before release and releasing anyway for business gains is a pretty big betrayal of the consumer, but I guess if only business bottom lines are being considered regardless of any moral obligations, then yes, they did the smartest thing. 

Also, while making all these deals shows pretty good foresight, when you have unlimited funds, start a year in advance, and are known to be large underdogs, they better have gotten them done.  It was damn near necessary.

Yeah the RROD should have been thoroughly tested, in fact the RROD... I mean they have a sign for it, it was obviously known to them it clearly was more rampant then their testing was though... which was horrible for them, but with the 2 year extended free warranty for RROD's they basically admitted  they made a mistake imo

Realistically though only a few companies could have jumped in when Ms did, and ms was probably the best opportunity and they still screwed up the first time. Now they have contacts in the business, if they had these contacts at the start when they released the original xbox, the ps2 wouldnt have run away so much imo. I could of course be wrong though. 

Just goes to show how hard getting into this business is.  One of the most powerful company's in the world with so much money, and even they had to cut corners to get an edge somewhere. Tough business.

While I don't feel they've done too much for the games side of things, they have my praise for speeding along the online aspect of gaming.  They definitely made Sony step up their game in that respect.  Cheers.

And thanks for not getting all defensive about my perhaps stern remarks, a lot of people would have flown off the handle, but you were rational.  You win 10 internetz.  :D