Xbox 360/Playstation 3/Revolution Thread (Part 2)

[Asher]

I'm really hyped that backwards-compatible games will be in high definition (720p) with 4x FSAA.

[Asher]

The Zero Hour event in the California desert looked pretty cool. Took place in a 200,000 sq foot hanger:

http://news.com.com/2300-1043-5964804.html

Thousands of game fans sat on "marshmallow" bean bags waiting to get inside the Zero Hour aircraft hangar for their first look at the Xbox 360.


At precisely 7 p.m. Sunday night, the hangar at the Zero Hour launch event opened up, allowing thousands of gamers inside for their first look at the Xbox 360.


The floor inside the hangar at Zero Hour was said to have at least 500 Xbox 360s available to attendees.


Several geodesic domes served as game venues at Microsoft's Zero Hour launch event for the Xbox 360.


Playing "Need for Speed: Most Wanted" at Zero Hour.


Inside the hangar at the Zero Hour launch event for Xbox 360, participants circle a table and play "Quake 4."


Three hundred sixty gamers won all-expense-paid trips to Zero Hour by participating in the Hex 168 competition. This tree included photographs players submitted to the game.


At precisely 9 p.m. on Nov. 21, three trucks arrived at Zero Hour loaded with Xbox 360s.


A Best Buy employee cheers as the first truck full of Xbox 360s is opened at the Zero Hour event.

[flash9286]

Anybody got a 360 yet, I have been hearing reports that its unstable and its crashing alot.

[DinoDoc]

I dunno about that but this does strike me as a crappy way to launch a product.

[lord of the mark]

the pics remind me of what I can remember of the US pavillion at the '67 Montreal worlds fair, Bucky Ball and all.

I agree it sounds pretty cheesy though.

[Japher]

my borther in law waited in line over night in front of a target to get his

I laughed at my sister

[Sandman]

I question the coolness of fat men in hoodies sitting on beanbags.

[Sava]

wow, I don't believe all the hysteria that is going on with the launch

the local papers here are reporting long lines and even fights breaking out between SOCCER MOMS

in the Naperville Sun, there is a section for Police Reports and in today's paper there are four incidents involving people waiting in line for Xbox360s... apparantly people are saving spots in line and other people are getting pissed off and fights have ensued

2 of these incidents occurred at a Walmart

in another paper, ON THE FRONT PAGE, there is an article about a guy's "quest" to find an Xbox360... he has not been successful... it is like a diary, and it goes by time

9:02 I am waiting in line

9:33 no Xbox yet

etc...

[Asher]

Originally posted by flash9286
Anybody got a 360 yet, I have been hearing reports that its unstable and its crashing alot.

I've heard them too, but only on the PS3 IGN boards.

All of the real reports I've heard report no problems.

The most comedic aspect is, of course, the Slashdot article on the front page called "Xbox 360 Very Unstable", referencing about 3 or 4 people who have complained on forums with vague descriptions of it crashing.

[Asher]

For those of you who are not aware, here is the "bathtub curve" regarding electronic device failures:


When the PS1 launched, it was widely reported to have overheated and crash. Anyone else remember the "place a book under a front corner" workaround?

When the PS2 launched, it was widely reported to have lots of drive errors and many that simply didn't boot at all, and some scratched discs.

When the Xbox launched, it was widely reported to have lots of overheating and harddrive failures.

This is par for the course. It's partly due to the bathtub curve, and partly due to fanboys who take a reported incidence rate across the internet that numbers at about a dozen, max, and suddenly this means they're failing left and right.

[flash9286]

Originally posted by Asher

I've heard them too, but only on the PS3 IGN boards.

All of the real reports I've heard report no problems.

The most comedic aspect is, of course, the Slashdot article on the front page called "Xbox 360 Very Unstable", referencing about 3 or 4 people who have complained on forums with vague descriptions of it crashing.

I was referring to first hand accounts from friends , one even had to take his back.

[Sava]

One of my friends is gonna get an Xbox360. I'll see if he has any problems.

I doubt there will be major hardware issues. As with anything like this, the people who have problems usually complain, the people who don't have issues, don't complain. Thus, the problems become overhyped and are usually blown out of proportion.

That's just my feeling on it.

[Imran Siddiqui]

HAHA... silly nerds. I'm just going to wait a few months. Either preorder or wait. Waiting in line is just loser-ific.

[Asher]

Originally posted by flash9286
I was referring to first hand accounts from friends , one even had to take his back.

I've seen your opinions of Xbox on this board before, so I'm going to take what you say with a grain of salt...

The (one) person I know who secured one has had no problems with it. I should have mine shortly as well.

I was at Superstore today (kind of like a Canadian Walmart, but more Grocery oriented). Anyway, I was looking for the 360 version of Call of Duty 2 (which they were sold out of), but the lady infront of me was looking for an Xbox 360 and the electronics woman told her that she probably wouldn't see any units actually in the store until after New Years (due to preorders they have yet to fill).

[BustaMike]

My friends played one for like 24 hours straight starting yesterday. They have had zero crashing issues.