05-04-2003, 04:30 PM
>>I hate to break it to you, but I was talking from personal experience.<<
So was I.
>>My friend has an X-Box and it has frozen on me. A lot. Tony Hawk 2, NFL Fever, some NBA game, and I watched Hitman freeze on him.<<
The failure rate on the XBox hovers around 1%, the exact same as every other console. Your friend had roughly the same odds of buying a defective PS2 or GCN. Yes, it sucks to buy something that's broken. Does your friend's experience means the XBox sucks? No.
>>And Halo 2 is exactly a reason to hate the X-Box. Halo was designed for the PC, then Microsoft bought the company and said "Make it for X-Box, or else."<<
So, Microsoft did everything possible to make their new console a success. Yes, I can see why that is a reason to hate. Next thing you know Microsoft will be buying development houses (after threatening to kill their families if they don't sell, no doubt) and then having them make good games for the XBox (at the point of a gun, surely). The horror! No other company would ever do such a wicked thing. Attempting to make their new business venture succeed! The monsters!
You can have the last word. It's impossible to argue with zealots, but sometimes I try anyway.
JS
So was I.
>>My friend has an X-Box and it has frozen on me. A lot. Tony Hawk 2, NFL Fever, some NBA game, and I watched Hitman freeze on him.<<
The failure rate on the XBox hovers around 1%, the exact same as every other console. Your friend had roughly the same odds of buying a defective PS2 or GCN. Yes, it sucks to buy something that's broken. Does your friend's experience means the XBox sucks? No.
>>And Halo 2 is exactly a reason to hate the X-Box. Halo was designed for the PC, then Microsoft bought the company and said "Make it for X-Box, or else."<<
So, Microsoft did everything possible to make their new console a success. Yes, I can see why that is a reason to hate. Next thing you know Microsoft will be buying development houses (after threatening to kill their families if they don't sell, no doubt) and then having them make good games for the XBox (at the point of a gun, surely). The horror! No other company would ever do such a wicked thing. Attempting to make their new business venture succeed! The monsters!
You can have the last word. It's impossible to argue with zealots, but sometimes I try anyway.
JS