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Posted: Jul 25th 2007 5:57PM (Unverified) said

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Hey, its J Allard.. lead engineer for 360.. has he been hiding since they announced the $1.15 billion for the RRoD fund.

Posted: Jul 25th 2007 6:26PM FrankTheCrank said

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M$ should be concentrating on fixing their mounting problems and less concerned about bets.

Make me an XBOX that doesn't RROD, doesn't scratch DVD's and has HDMI. Till then, I'll stay on the sidelines.
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Posted: Jul 26th 2007 12:33AM (Unverified) said

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thank god for the RROD. PS3 followers wouldn't have had anything to talk about while they're waiting.




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Posted: Jul 26th 2007 9:48AM (Unverified) said

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33% fail rate is no small thing. Only thing keeping me from jumping in.
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Posted: Jul 26th 2007 11:41AM (Unverified) said

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the only place you've heard that 33% rate from is from the keyboards of Sony fanboys. Sony's unpaid guerilla marketing lambs. don't be one of them.
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Posted: Jul 25th 2007 5:59PM (Unverified) said

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Is "Find Allard" the new "Find Waldo"?

Posted: Jul 25th 2007 6:00PM Andrew F said

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MS attack dog? That's a little harsh to describe a guy who blogs about how much he loves his iPhone =P.

Posted: Jul 25th 2007 6:08PM (Unverified) said

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Not to be too conspiratorial and cynical, but having a lot of "info" about a new product that is the hottest thing since the sun, WILL drive a lot of nice traffic to your "blog".

And FUD can be disguised as "nice words" too. It's all about slipping in some doubt, and uncertainty somewhere, to have it nag in the back of people's heads when they stand there making the decision about whether to buy the slick new iPhone or that there "Smart Phone" with the latest Mobile Microsoft OS on.

But who knows. I know however that i put on my tin-foil hat and scrutinize whatever someone related to a company says. They want me to buy their stuff, if they don't, well, they aren't a good company and will go bottoms up.
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Posted: Jul 25th 2007 7:27PM (Unverified) said

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Even in dreds, he still looks cool. The punk.

Steak dinner? Wow, they really bet the farm on that one... I can't wait to see who the winner is... J Allard in drag would have been better.

Posted: Jul 25th 2007 7:30PM Lemmiwinks said

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How are those two arguments mutually exclusive?

Posted: Jul 26th 2007 2:55AM Rasec said

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true
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Posted: Jul 25th 2007 7:34PM Tez said

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Croal sounds like a pokemon name. I can already hear it in my head...

"Crrroal!"

Posted: Jul 25th 2007 8:30PM (Unverified) said

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wait what would have if they're both wrong...and the 80Gb is the only sku and it's at 600 bucks?

Posted: Jul 25th 2007 8:51PM Starcade said

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Actually we haven't heard from Allard since this photo.

Hmmm...

Posted: Jul 26th 2007 2:36AM micheal82 said

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Wasn't it sony that said that multiple SKU's was bad because for consumers because it leads to confusion amoung the consumers and that one SKU was Sony's plan. But if that 40gb PS3 turns out to be true that might push me to add the PS3 to my 360 and Wii and I will have one big happy next gen family.

Posted: Jul 26th 2007 8:25AM (Unverified) said

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Cuz we all know Sony never contradicts itself, and always tells the 100% truth.
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Posted: Jul 26th 2007 2:40AM Rourkey said

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If the MS strategist thinks the PS3 will be $399 by October then you can bet your bottom dollar there will be a $100 360 price cut before then.

Posted: Jul 26th 2007 9:13AM hotpuck6 said

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I still think Allard's the man for stepping up and facing that he lost the bet.
most execs would try to pussy out and go "ohhh, uhhh... i thought we were just shooting the shit"

oh, and this bet is retarded. As much as Sony loves multiple skus, they are only going to stay steady and drop the price, or go up.
Hope Croal is ready for his feel dinner.

Posted: Jul 28th 2007 11:54AM (Unverified) said

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He's making a pretty stupid bet. It's obvious he has no idea WHY the 60 gb model went down in price, and no idea WHY the 80 gb model exists. It's not like there is any hint that Sony got deals on bulk buys of 40 gb drives or anything here.

Posted: Aug 1st 2007 7:33AM (Unverified) said

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We'll see.

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