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The article clearly states, using financial information, that Microsoft is losing money year on year with the Xbox brand, and is merely questioning at which point will it decide to call quits.

I know Americans love their companies and products, but facts are facts, he's just questioning something.

The above post is obviously just a fanboy rant to defend his favourite system. At no point in the article did the author state the Xbox or Xbox 360 were flawed machines.

And to all the xenophobes using 'tentacle rape bestiality simulators' as a defence for their upright Christian values, take a long hard look at all the filth in your own country before casting the first stone. Every country has an ugly side. Yours is no different.

This post is a waste of time. You know you're beyond hope when you get angry over an ad that didn't portray your illustrious hobby correctly.

They were just using what kids nowadays love - videogames - and using it to drive home the message.

Get over it.

After reading all these comments here, I'm 100% convinced I'll never get a 360.

I've never seen a console with such spectacular failure rates (and I've owned almost all since the NES). Plus with most games going multiplatform and me not being in the US (they don't honour warranties with the same professionalism in other parts of the world), I'll probably pick up a PS3 when there are better games for it.

#17

In the world of gaming nerds, there's no such thing as 'live and let live'. Whatever console they prefer is the one and only one. Anyone with a differing opinion is simply a fanboy or a mainstream gamer to them.

That said, the PSP isn't doing so 'bad' as the hardcore nerds out there might make it out to be. A lot of people I know either own or want a PSP. Some haven't even heard of the DS before or just think it's for girls/children.

I'm a DS owner and while I don't intend to buy a PSP in the near future, I don't think others are wrong to buy it. Live and let live people.

#42

I was going to write about that, but #22 already explained it. All the activities you brought up are non-creative, but they are easy to get into. It only requires 2 hours and a couple of bucks to watch a movie. You can listen to music while you do almost anything. And strolling through a museum is similarly easy.

To appreciate a game, you're going to spend at least $40 dollars on a game, and a few hundred on a console. Also, you're going to need to spend at least 10 hours on average (RPGs are more) to complete the game.

Hard as it may be for gamers to comprehend, the majority of people aren't willing to devote so much time and money to enjoy games. This 'hardcore' nature of the hobby lends itself to its nerdiness, similar to D&D and Warhammer RPGs and tabletop games, although considerably less so.

Gaming will be considered a nerd's hobby for a long ways to come. The key factor is this: it is one of the most useless hobbies out there.

You gain almost nothing out of gaming. If you knit, at least you can be creative and make something cool. But as for gaming, you get nothing out of it, even though you spend so much time doing it. Imagine trying to impress a girl with your awesome Guitar Hero skills versus playing her a song with a real guitar.

I won't tell people I play games unless I know they do. The reason? Nobody will know what you're talking about and nobody wants to know.

#19

And people wonder why the world hates America.

Only on a site like Joystiq would there be a need to explain who Brian Eno is.

You don't need a game to learn the guitar. You just need perseverance and commitment.

Games like guitar hero are dumbed down on purpose: making the controller a real guitar would mean bleeding fingers and lots of frustration.

The print should be bigger so girls can see you from further away, making it easier for them to avoid you/run away.