scott

I was just going to post, MS are going to get slated for this, they admit there we higher than expected issues, and offer a refund and people will still find fault.
I'm happy i got xbox36o in 2005, and pissed i have to wait to 2007 for the marginally improved PS3, hats of to MS for bringing us nextgen technology when we all wanted it, and for admitting that they struggled to do it at first.

12.01 = launch date of the Wii december 1st

ofcourse software can trigger a hardware fault.

If for example the graphics chip is prone to overheating games that offload a lot work to GPU are likely to cause the chip to overheat

Sony are SOOOO obsessed with owning home media that they have literally thrown all thier eggs into the PS3 basket, I honestly beleive if the PS3 fails sony are done for. no wonder they're panicking to get it right. People complain that the X360 didn't have HDDVD support from the get go, yet Sony and it's hollywood bedfellows didn't even agree the DRM strategy for bluray till last month, think about it a technology platform which sony has committed as its media for the next 5 years didn't get consumer support till just a couple of weeks ago, Sony are taking big big risks right now

Advertising in video games as being going on across all platforms for at least the last 5 years, just take a look at FIFA by EA