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  • You mean, Microsoft actually ADMITS to a mistake or is it just clever marketing?

  • Because playing them is not enough, we have to bitch about them daily, too. We had a Gameplay forum, but it got replaced by GameFAQs.
Because playing them is not enough, we have to bitch about them daily, too. We had a Gameplay forum, but it got replaced by GameFAQs.
 #27594  by Zeus
 Tue Mar 05, 2002 4:24 pm
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/ne ... >Microsoft wrong?</a>

You mean, Microsoft actually ADMITS to a mistake or is it just clever marketing?</div>

 #27596  by Mr.Person
 Tue Mar 05, 2002 5:52 pm
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>I'd like to see Nintendo admit a mistake.</div>

 #27598  by Blotus
 Tue Mar 05, 2002 6:40 pm
<div style='font: 10pt "arial narrow"; text-align: left; padding: 0% 5% 0% 5%; '>Virtual Boy was the best system EVER.</div>

 #27599  by Zeus
 Tue Mar 05, 2002 10:18 pm
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>They only did twice in my recent memory: 1) they admitted they made an error with the cartidges on the N64 as they were hyping the 'Cube; 2)They actually admitted the Virtual Boy was a mistake</div>

 #27602  by Mr.Person
 Tue Mar 05, 2002 11:02 pm
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Leave it to the fanboy to remember this kind of stuff.</div>

 #27605  by Gone to Shakers
 Wed Mar 06, 2002 10:02 am
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>Your point?</div>

 #27607  by Gone to Shakers
 Wed Mar 06, 2002 10:10 am
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>I'd say it's clever marketing, selling their console with bad controllers, redesign the controllers selling it to people who already had enough controllers to begin with and get more cash, it's a typical microsoft tactic.</div>

 #27611  by Zeus
 Wed Mar 06, 2002 12:45 pm
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>I was also the only one who remembered that the president of Sony saying he'd have to decrease the life cycle of the PS2 thanks to Microshaft entering the market. So you're right, I am a fanboy.....of games</div>

 #27617  by Mr.Person
 Wed Mar 06, 2002 3:28 pm
<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>No point at all.</div>

 #27618  by G-man Joe
 Wed Mar 06, 2002 11:00 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "comic sans MS"; text-align: left; '>That Zeus has bad taste in movies....and maybe games. =8^)</div>

 #27620  by Eric
 Thu Mar 07, 2002 2:09 pm
<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>Not exactly Zeusy, people who buy the new controller are just downloading controller ver.1.01 :P It's basic Microsoft. :)</div>

 #27640  by SineSwiper
 Tue Mar 12, 2002 9:40 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>No shit! $40 for a goddamn controller. Fuck that!</div>

 #27641  by SineSwiper
 Tue Mar 12, 2002 9:44 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light"; text-align: left; '>I don't think either one is going to make it unless they reduce that fucking $300 price tag.</div>

 #27650  by Zeus
 Wed Mar 13, 2002 4:34 pm
<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Doesn't seem to have hurt them so far...</div>