I wish I had known this was a big deal. We've had these in our back room at GameStop for over a week now. I should have sent in the pic and been all famous for a hard drive upgrade.
I work at gamestop and I can't even begin to tell you the number of people who don't ship their systems in to Microsoft. They say, "man, I don't want to go without a 360 for 4 to 6 weeks even though it's under warranty. I'll just buy a new one, and not bother with the broken one." The fact of the matter is that ps3's don't break as much, and when they do they get fixed. The same one gets fixed. For a 360, being able to detach your HD and plug it into a new, cheap arcade is way less hassle than shipping anything. I can think of three or four customers alone off the top of my head who buy new ones just so they don't have to deal with the outsourced customer service reps. I'm not saying that 360 hasn't earned outselling the ps3 in the past, I'm just saying the numbers are starting to get botched to the point that with ps3 sales going up as they have been, we might see the tides change. Especially with gems like Uncharted 2 on the market.
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Oct 17th 2009 2:42AM (Engadget)They say, "man, I don't want to go without a 360 for 4 to 6 weeks even though it's under warranty. I'll just buy a new one, and not bother with the broken one." The fact of the matter is that ps3's don't break as much, and when they do they get fixed. The same one gets fixed. For a 360, being able to detach your HD and plug it into a new, cheap arcade is way less hassle than shipping anything. I can think of three or four customers alone off the top of my head who buy new ones just so they don't have to deal with the outsourced customer service reps. I'm not saying that 360 hasn't earned outselling the ps3 in the past, I'm just saying the numbers are starting to get botched to the point that with ps3 sales going up as they have been, we might see the tides change. Especially with gems like Uncharted 2 on the market.
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