"At 2 or 3 of the main theatre events 3-4% of the line wasn't able to make it," said Khoo
I don't know what Khoo is smoking. From my perspective, the main theater events worked like this: get in line an hour before the scheduled time, with only about two hundred people ahead of you in line. At scheduled time, a hundred people in line enter the room that surely seats a couple thousand. 30 minutes later, waiting in silence, the rest of the line realizes the room was full all along due to squatters from the last event, loses all hope, and dissipates.
I saw that process happen twice. I stopped wasting my time trying to attend any of the events. 3 to 4% my ass. More like 30 to 40%.
I am ALSO currently without my Xbox which failed with the RRoD problem last week. I think I might call them, on principle. 800 pts is nowhere near worth the amount of my time it would waste, though.
Except by iTunes content, you mean only "unprotected iTunes content" -- so as far as movie rentals you're still stuck with whatever XBL Marketplace can provide. Gotta love DRM -- it's only good for one thing, vendor lock-in.
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Sep 2nd 2008 2:27PM (Joystiq)I don't know what Khoo is smoking. From my perspective, the main theater events worked like this: get in line an hour before the scheduled time, with only about two hundred people ahead of you in line. At scheduled time, a hundred people in line enter the room that surely seats a couple thousand. 30 minutes later, waiting in silence, the rest of the line realizes the room was full all along due to squatters from the last event, loses all hope, and dissipates.
I saw that process happen twice. I stopped wasting my time trying to attend any of the events. 3 to 4% my ass. More like 30 to 40%.
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