Microsoft marketer mulls misinformation

Damn you revolving door-like Microsoft Marketing Dept.

What does Guns n Roses have to do with this article

Lies... get it? Rumors/lies/truth, etc? All the while I thought I was being clever.

Bless M$'s little hearts (well, biologically they do right?)! That's why I am so easily amused by them. There answers are like a box of chocolates...

Anyways, back to my 360 gaming goodness! =)

you should read the crazy shit on that cover though... i do get the lies thing. and that album featured a song with what could be considered bad taste...

I did like the album and i am a fan of the band but that
song just proved how horrible axl rose realy was.

What job does John Porcaro have with microsoft. Am i stupid but ive never heard of him before or at least i dont remember him. What would he gain from lying?

Wow wanna not quadruple post, it gets kinda annoying. but really, its good to hear this stuff, cept the fact that it may be lies!

Never mind, that was 5 an pentapost! ok well now i double posted *shame on self*

Totally off topic here...but the GNR song you refer to is One in a Million. And that song is one of their best. But you took it completely out of context. Axl is not a homophobe nor racicist.....it's a narraive story you dope. To teach all the biggots a lesson that THEY are one in a million. One love here my brothers don't spread mis-information ...be it it 360 or GNR related.

Hey ben... he's in Marketing, for Microsoft, where he mulls things, like misinformation mainly. ;)

Ironicaly it had the song Patience on it too.

Recall Rumors are 100% False? Depends on how you define "recall". I heard from a surprisingly candid Gamestop Regional Mgr. that it seems their allocation was seriously cut until January. MFST told him that they had problems with a run, and won't be able to meet the regional quota set up before launch. So much for that weekly replenishment theory. He called it an internal recall or "adjustment"....not a recall after the units are out, rather that MFST found a number of quality issues with the Winstron machines and has taken those off the market (or retooled). I am getting this from Gamestop, so if it be off, knock heads there. But waltzing around town, sure seems like John is gonna hafta crack tons of skulls. Get out the baseball bat then.

Just why did Nelson and John SUDDENLY burst out against a "recall", when almost none of the major forums and blogs and gaming sites were even saying that? Glitches, problems, issues, wails, screams, curses -- yes....but recall conspiracy theories I didn't see hardly at all. I had to learn of the recall rumor from Best Buys. Suppress a rumor BEFORE it is a RUMOR, hereby turning it INTO a rumor? Amazing. I wrote it off just as Big Box employees being clueless. Clueless or not, they are all speaking the same script.

Hardware Replacements in as Few as 5-7 Days? So that then explains my friend being told approx. mid-Jan?

Replenishment Units Are On The Ground? Amazing then that none of retail outlets in a major Californian city are seemingly aware of that.

I think something that would be interesting is if somebody who works at the headquarters of EB Games, Best Buy, Circuit City etc...could get us an update on if they have recieved their shipment and when they are sending them out to their stores.

I got the lies thing but I had to think for a sec.

I'm glad to have misinfo cleared up by Microsoft. However, no retailer that I've called has ANY CLUE that Xbox 360s are coming... which makes me a bit leery.

"otally off topic here...but the GNR song you refer to is One in a Million. And that song is one of their best. But you took it completely out of context. Axl is not a homophobe nor racicist.....it's a narraive story you dope."

Oh no, not a homophobe or racist at all. No. Uhuh.

Well, except when he acts like he is -- ie all the time. And given that he wore a Charles Manson T-Shirt when I saw them once, and they covered one of his songs on the Spagetti album, I REALLY think it's quite hard to defend this bozo.

-Pie

Yeah, I agree. The replenishment line from Microsoft is pure bullshit. I just called Sears, where I was 6th in line on launch day for an Xbox. The manager came out and told us their store was only getting 6 unit total, 4 premium, and 2 core. Later he came out and said the store didn't receive any of the units, and that they were held up for some reason. He gave us vouchers for the Xboxes whenever they come in, and we all left. I've called them back a few times to check, and was just told they won't have any until JANUARY. You'd think their buyers and/or Microsoft would be letting every retail store know that more are coming. I don't buy it at all.