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theprof00 on 26 November 2013
selnor1983 said:
theprof00 said:

So you're saying when it comes to gaming, you have low standards.

Isee what you did there. :)

What I meant was after RROD, even 20% failiure rate would please Xbox fans. ROFL.

:D I couldn't help myself.



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Wyrdness on 26 November 2013
Ivankov said:
Wyrdness said:
Well the's a solution to the disc drive problems at least, how ever comical people may find it.


Why comical ?

Isn't it the most popular way for people to attempt to fix things ? Give it a few whack and hope for the best.

Not sure i'd try it on a brand new 500$ console tho.


The notion of hitting a piece of hardware and hoping for the best has always been comical due to the VCR days which the X1 ironically looks like, it's a comical reference to retro style out of date hardware which needs a good old style whack to get going because of primitive mechanisms being used which was often compared to donkeys because the latter was sometimes be too stubborn to work so would need a good smack to start pulling its weight, that's the running joke when ever you see people doing it in films and TV shows.



theprof00 on 26 November 2013
Wyrdness said:
Ivankov said:
Wyrdness said:
Well the's a solution to the disc drive problems at least, how ever comical people may find it.


Why comical ?

Isn't it the most popular way for people to attempt to fix things ? Give it a few whack and hope for the best.

Not sure i'd try it on a brand new 500$ console tho.


The notion of hitting a piece of hardware and hoping for the best has always been comical due to the VCR days which the X1 ironically looks like, it's a comical reference to retro style out of date hardware which needs a good old style whack to get going because of primitive mechanisms being used which was often compared to donkeys because the latter was sometimes be too stubborn to work so would need a good smack to start pulling its weight, that's the running joke when ever you see people doing it in films and TV shows.

Yeah for me it reminds me of the movie armageddon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIh78GiTqrE



Runa216 on 26 November 2013
UltimateUnknown said:
This is for all those people who doubted the Xbox's power of cloud.

You literally have smoke cloud packed into the console from launch.

This is the difference I've noticed between Sony Problems, and Microsoft problems. 

Sony's console fucks up a bit, and you've got Xbox people frothing at the mouth to discredit it and tear it down and stuff. 

Miicrosoft's console fucks up just as much (if not, more), and people make jokes about smoke clouds and grilling burgers. 

And this is why I prefer my kind of condescension to the more aggressive Xbox style. 



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STRYKIE on 26 November 2013

So it turns into...

A George Foreman grill?

Seriously, I keep trying to convince myself MS couldn't be this inept, but it's almost as if they WANT to imitate the image of the PS3 launch by now.

Also, what's up with these fruity new faulty hardware names? Is the PS5 gonna suffer from the Chartreuse Light of Odour?



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UltimateUnknown on 26 November 2013
Runa216 said:
UltimateUnknown said:
This is for all those people who doubted the Xbox's power of cloud.

You literally have smoke cloud packed into the console from launch.

This is the difference I've noticed between Sony Problems, and Microsoft problems. 

Sony's console fucks up a bit, and you've got Xbox people frothing at the mouth to discredit it and tear it down and stuff. 

Miicrosoft's console fucks up just as much (if not, more), and people make jokes about smoke clouds and grilling burgers. 

And this is why I prefer my kind of condescension to the more aggressive Xbox style. 

It's all in good fun. Some people take it too seriously though.



 

Runa216 on 26 November 2013
UltimateUnknown said:
Runa216 said:
UltimateUnknown said:
This is for all those people who doubted the Xbox's power of cloud.

You literally have smoke cloud packed into the console from launch.

This is the difference I've noticed between Sony Problems, and Microsoft problems. 

Sony's console fucks up a bit, and you've got Xbox people frothing at the mouth to discredit it and tear it down and stuff. 

Miicrosoft's console fucks up just as much (if not, more), and people make jokes about smoke clouds and grilling burgers. 

And this is why I prefer my kind of condescension to the more aggressive Xbox style. 

It's all in good fun. Some people take it too seriously though.

That's my point, we're having fun and joking now that Xbox messed up, but when Sony messed up, it was doomsayers and ill-wishers and pseudo victory laps.  I've never found Sony fans to be nearly as aggressive as Xbox fans.  



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d21lewis on 26 November 2013
UltimateUnknown said:
This is for all those people who doubted the Xbox's power of cloud.

You literally have smoke cloud packed into the console from launch.


Lol'd so hard at this!



adriane23 on 26 November 2013
DonFerrari said:

http://n4g.com/news/1401258/xbox-one-consoles-smoking

 

Don't ever say "Xbox you are smoking hot" to Kinect

Nor leave it download by itself.

 

Now those reports of XBone roasting cats and dogs don't seem that oustrageous anymore.


My friend's roommate had a 360 that started smoking when we were playing NBA 2K8. I wonder if this is the same issue.



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