You've got a point in what you say, but that was far from the intention of the poster. He could have commented something about it, about being information 1 year old and the fact RROD is still damaging MS reputation. But as he only wanted to troll, he dropped the post and waited for the reactions.

I'm going to make one last try to get some sense into this page of why this is valid news for a site such as VGChartz, and if its ignored again then I give up.

VGChartz - site tracking HW/SW sales of video games and consoles

A grossly incorrect story is run an a crap national newspaper that could very well affect some sales for a videogame console and harm its reputation with the readers of that particular rag

This is therefore newsworthy (although not as proof 360 = crap, MS lossing billions, etc) but for discussion on one of the following two topics:

a) will effect of such a story be minimal or potentially more damaging?

b) why is such rubbish written about videogames and what impact does it have?


I can easily imagine a conversation like the following (imagine Monty Python voices, I did!):

Horrible paper reader 1 : I'm gonna get our little Joe one of them fancy 360 consoles - been on about one for ages he bleedin' has

Horrible paper reader 2 : Nah you don't wanna do that! Didn't you read the paper today? Them things keep failing - costing whoever makes them bleeding millions it is! You should get one of them Wii's - they're the most popular one anyway, ain't they?

Horrible paper reader 1 : Really! Thank the Daily Mirror for saving me wasting me hard earned cash!


Okay its exaggerated but this kind of reporting is important to consider for its impacts.

I mean if it was my console I wouldn't want Mirror readers buying the damn thing but I suspect MS is rather less discerning that I would be and won't be keen to lose their custom if they read and believe articles such as the one reported in the OP.

Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft’s Entertainment & Devices Division, stressed that the majority of Xbox 360 owners were unaffected.

"This problem has caused frustration for some of our customers and for that, we sincerely apologise," he said.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2008/07/07/dlxbox107.xml

Haha this qoute is a year old. Wow this story is going to get hammered.

I never saw first version of OP (I say that as I note it was edited) and if the original wording was using the story to bash 360 incorrectly then you're quite right and I can understand why original readers might have jumped on the attempt to troll rather than the nonetheless valid story about a poorly written but fairly prominent (as in a national newspaper) story about RROD

Must of been an slow newsday...

This article is from a paper that is the equivalent of an american tabloid. They provide 'news' in the same way that Fox News does.

Trolling++

^^LOL. Nice jab at Fox News. Although technically all news that passes through the hands of a human is tainted. Never believe anything 100% unless you see it, because EVERYONE has an agenda, not just conservatives.

 I hope you understand that I can do nothing else but ban you.

So basically putting old news then stating its new news which is about the 360 and makes it look bad isn't trolling esp considering your a PS3 fan? Wow you should be banned troll.

Old news, but hey post what you want.