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

PostPosted:Tue Mar 05, 2002 4:24 pm
by Zeus
<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>

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

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

PostPosted:Tue Mar 05, 2002 10:18 pm
by Zeus
<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>

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

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

PostPosted:Wed Mar 06, 2002 10:10 am
by Gone to Shakers
<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>

PostPosted:Wed Mar 06, 2002 12:45 pm
by Zeus
<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>

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

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

PostPosted:Thu Mar 07, 2002 2:09 pm
by Eric
<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>

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

PostPosted:Tue Mar 12, 2002 9:44 pm
by SineSwiper
<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>

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