| tombi123 said: Well for Microsoft to avoid RRoD it would of had to delay the launch of the 360 by a year. This means the 360 wouldn't of had a years head start to get a bigger games library. In Europe Microsoft has a really bad name anyway, even if you ignore the failure rate of the 360. I don't think it would have made much difference in Europe to be honest. Actually I don't think it would have made much difference full stop. |
We recently found out why the Rrod occurred. The console wouldn't have had to be delayed to avoid it, they just needed to consult a GPU specialist during the consoles development (failing to do so was an enormous oversight).
In Europe, there was a massive furour over Xbox 360 failure rates. And all over these forums, there were people declaring they couldn't buy a console that had such high failure rates (PS3 fans were at the head of that line). Of course, if the console HAD have been delayed by a year then having no Rrod wouldn't have made a difference. But if Microsoft had successfully launched at the same time with no Rrod, they would be a couple of million console ahead of where they are now, and the PS3 would be in serious trouble (dont you remember how the Xbox 360 positively crawled along in the first 7 months of last year?).
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