| Rock_on_2008 said: XBox 360 = huge mistake. RROD issue + lack of internal HD DVD drive + lack of install game option onto HD ^360 without those mistakes would of had much higher sales by now, I assume around 35 million consoles sold LTD. |
I disagree ...
I think the RROD was a major issue, and made noticeably worse because of how expensive the console was, and if Microsoft had prevented that from becomming such a large problem it would have benefitted the XBox 360. Adding a HD-DVD drive would have (probably) added $100 to $200 onto the retail price of the XBox 360 and would have made the system about as popular as a rash.
Where I think Microsoft dropped the ball is that they gimped the affordable XBox 360 ... It lacked the (desireable) wireless controller, and required a $50 "investment" in a sub par memory card to save your game; the combination of the two factors made the XBox 360 core model very undesirerable. Had microsoft built a 512k or 1GB flash memory card onto the motherboard of every XBox 360 (for save games), and made the wireless controller standard they would have been much more successful in selling the core model as a viable alternative.
