EA responds to next gen

[SoMiss2000]

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What are you talking about? Who are they trying to blame for not having enough systems made?

He doesn't know. He just loves the Sony guys. I may be wrong but I have not seen MS place the blame on anyone.

[Perceptor]

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EA can blame MS for a lack of consoles, but their sports games for the 360 are a laughing stock...I kept every X-Box '06 game this year because of the sad impressions that other sites gave

[countryboy]

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What are you talking about? Who are they trying to blame for not having enough systems made?

I should have put this in my statement, but here you go

http://microsoft.gamerfeed.com/gf/pr/9755/

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In a recent interview with The Ottawa Citizen, Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer discussed several topics. He was asked questions about competition from companies like Google, Microsoft's stock price, and what Microsoft's plans are for Canada. Most telling for gamers, however, was a statement at the end regarding the supply (or lack thereof) of the Xbox 360 in North America. He blamed the lack of systems on the slow manufacture of new chips and repeated the Microsoft mantra "stores are getting new units each week."
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sounds to me as though they are placing blame somewhere besides themself

[countryboy]

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He doesn't know. He just loves the Sony guys. I may be wrong but I have not seen MS place the blame on anyone.

Yes I do like sony, but I do have an xbox. And you may not believe this but I do know what I am talking about:

http://microsoft.gamerfeed.com/gf/pr/9755/

[jmood88]

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I should have put this in my statement, but here you go

http://microsoft.gamerfeed.com/gf/pr/9755/

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In a recent interview with The Ottawa Citizen, Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer discussed several topics. He was asked questions about competition from companies like Google, Microsoft's stock price, and what Microsoft's plans are for Canada. Most telling for gamers, however, was a statement at the end regarding the supply (or lack thereof) of the Xbox 360 in North America. He blamed the lack of systems on the slow manufacture of new chips and repeated the Microsoft mantra "stores are getting new units each week."
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sounds to me as though they are placing blame somewhere besides themself

I don't see how that is trying to find a scapegoat.

[countryboy]

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"He blamed the lack of systems on the slow manufacture of new chips" as to why there is a short supply of xbox 360's. Microsoft is getting these chips from a different company, they aren't making them.

that to me is trying to find someone else's feet to lay the blame.

The bottom line is Microsoft screwed up... and they weren't ready to launch this console during the holiday season, but did anyways

[jmood88]

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"He blamed the lack of systems on the slow manufacture of new chips" as to why there is a short supply of xbox 360's. Microsoft is getting these chips from a different company, they aren't making them.

that to me is trying to find someone else's feet to lay the blame.

The bottom line is Microsoft screwed up... and they weren't ready to launch this console during the holiday season, but did anyways

So are they supposed to make up a reason? They didn't get the chips made fast enough, that isn't trying to find a scapegoat. They never said that whatever company they are using for the chips screwed up, they said that they aren't being made fast enough. You're really reaching for a reason to complain about microsoft.

[nofearsp2007]

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Maybe they spend too much $$$ on the NFL License. Thats what they get for taking away the competition. NFL2K6 would have looked so good on the Xbox 360.

agreed. i would love to see what it would look like in a generic football game.

[Victor99]

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So are they supposed to make up a reason? They didn't get the chips made fast enough, that isn't trying to find a scapegoat. They never said that whatever company they are using for the chips screwed up, they said that they aren't being made fast enough. You're really reaching for a reason to complain about microsoft.

Hey jmood, I respect your opinion as your certainly entitled to it. But I think there's no denying MS could have gone about this launch a lot better. Getting out of the gate first was important to them, I understand that. They wanted to get a good jump on PS3 and Revolution. No prob with that. To have a massive installed user base before your competition even hits is a great stragety. But between the avaiabiltiy of consoles, as well as defective consoles (like mine) they have fallen short. Not neccesarily totally dropping ball, but overall less than a stellar effort. My 360 is at the repair center in Texas as we speak. I'm sorry, but when I pay hundreds upon hundreds of dollars for a product, I expect quality in return. Getting it shipped out there was a fiasco in itself, God only knows when I'll get it back. I'm just standing up for my rights as consumer, that's all. All the guys and gals that put preorders down in May and June that still haven't gotten a console yet, ridiculous. There's time to make it right though, we shall see if MS gets it's act together. In all, I love the 360 (the short time I had it anyway). I think it has a lot of potential and the legs to make a good run. I just hope MS irons out all it's internal problems so eveyone can enjoy it for years to come. Just my two cents. Peace.

[jmood88]

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Hey jmood, I respect your opinion as your certainly entitled to it. But I think there's no denying MS could have gone about this launch a lot better. Getting out of the gate first was important to them, I understand that. They wanted to get a good jump on PS3 and Revolution. No prob with that. To have a massive installed user base before your competition even hits is a great stragety. But between the avaiabiltiy of consoles, as well as defective consoles (like mine) they have fallen short. Not neccesarily totally dropping ball, but overall less than a stellar effort. My 360 is at the repair center in Texas as we speak. I'm sorry, but when I pay hundreds upon hundreds of dollars for a product, I expect quality in return. Getting it shipped out there was a fiasco in itself, God only knows when I'll get it back. I'm just standing up for my rights as consumer, that's all. All the guys and gals that put preorders down in May and June that still haven't gotten a console yet, ridiculous. There's time to make it right though, we shall see if MS gets it's act together. In all, I love the 360 (the short time I had it anyway). I think it has a lot of potential and the legs to make a good run. I just hope MS irons out all it's internal problems so eveyone can enjoy it for years to come. Just my two cents. Peace.

I understand that and I do think that they really messed up with the launch but all I'm saying is that they aren't looking everywhere for a scapegoat.

[ODogg]

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Hey jmood, I respect your opinion as your certainly entitled to it. But I think there's no denying MS could have gone about this launch a lot better. Getting out of the gate first was important to them, I understand that. They wanted to get a good jump on PS3 and Revolution. No prob with that. To have a massive installed user base before your competition even hits is a great stragety. But between the avaiabiltiy of consoles, as well as defective consoles (like mine) they have fallen short. Not neccesarily totally dropping ball, but overall less than a stellar effort. My 360 is at the repair center in Texas as we speak. I'm sorry, but when I pay hundreds upon hundreds of dollars for a product, I expect quality in return. Getting it shipped out there was a fiasco in itself, God only knows when I'll get it back. I'm just standing up for my rights as consumer, that's all. All the guys and gals that put preorders down in May and June that still haven't gotten a console yet, ridiculous. There's time to make it right though, we shall see if MS gets it's act together. In all, I love the 360 (the short time I had it anyway). I think it has a lot of potential and the legs to make a good run. I just hope MS irons out all it's internal problems so eveyone can enjoy it for years to come. Just my two cents. Peace.

You guys seem as if this is new, weren't you around for the Sony PS2 launch? Same exact thing. Not saying it's right or correct but launches aren't easy. In addition to really wanting to be first out of the gate with the next-gen system, MS basically wanted to make a product in high demand by putting it out during the holidays, unfortunately it worked too well and many people are unhappy about not being able to get one. However the success of them being sold on Ebay also shows that even though alot of people were unhappy, it also created the word of mouth and consumer desire that could very well carry over into good sales in the early part of 2006, assuming of course that they can get their inventory geared up. So it's not necessarily such a horrible thing for MS and in fact they can spin it to actually increase sales, much the way the PS2 sales were thru the roof despite launch day shortages. The demand fueled constant desire for subsequent shipments. Although I don't believe MS did this on purpose I also know they probably studied the PS2 launch as well..

As for your Xbox being bad, that truly does suck, but you and anyone else who buys a new high-technology product like this should know by now that early adopters of cutting edge technology are also usually early adopters of the first wave of it's problems. Again, not saying it's right but if you are looking for smooth sailing on a product without any issues then you should not buy first wave of the technology, you should wait until the issues have been resolved (again see Sony PS2 disc read error fiasco as well).

All in all, for those saying MS is courting disaster and they're finished and etc...just look at Sony and the PS2, there are alot of similiarities and as it turns out the PS2 didn't do too badly in the end..

[Victor99]

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Good points fellas. The PS2 launch was indeed very similar. Like I stated before, I think when all is said and done, the 360 will be very successful. The game lineup for 2006 has me foaming at the mouth. It's just gonna take some time to get all the problems with avaiability and malfunctioning units cleared up.

[sdrotar]

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You guys seem as if this is new, weren't you around for the Sony PS2 launch? Same exact thing. Not saying it's right or correct but launches aren't easy. In addition to really wanting to be first out of the gate with the next-gen system, MS basically wanted to make a product in high demand by putting it out during the holidays, unfortunately it worked too well and many people are unhappy about not being able to get one. However the success of them being sold on Ebay also shows that even though alot of people were unhappy, it also created the word of mouth and consumer desire that could very well carry over into good sales in the early part of 2006, assuming of course that they can get their inventory geared up. So it's not necessarily such a horrible thing for MS and in fact they can spin it to actually increase sales, much the way the PS2 sales were thru the roof despite launch day shortages. The demand fueled constant desire for subsequent shipments. Although I don't believe MS did this on purpose I also know they probably studied the PS2 launch as well..

As for your Xbox being bad, that truly does suck, but you and anyone else who buys a new high-technology product like this should know by now that early adopters of cutting edge technology are also usually early adopters of the first wave of it's problems. Again, not saying it's right but if you are looking for smooth sailing on a product without any issues then you should not buy first wave of the technology, you should wait until the issues have been resolved (again see Sony PS2 disc read error fiasco as well).

All in all, for those saying MS is courting disaster and they're finished and etc...just look at Sony and the PS2, there are alot of similiarities and as it turns out the PS2 didn't do too badly in the end..

Excellent post, ODogg.
Nobody's saying Microsoft did a great job launching the Xbox 360, but all this gloom, doom and vitriol seems premature.

History shows us that every launch has been rough, and I bet it'll happen with the PS3, too.

[HMcCoy]

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History shows us that every launch has been rough, and I bet it'll happen with the PS3, too.

Lets hope so...I talked my wife into letting me pre-order at least 4 PS3's...E-Bay, here I come WOOT!!!

[countryboy]

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So are they supposed to make up a reason? They didn't get the chips made fast enough, that isn't trying to find a scapegoat. They never said that whatever company they are using for the chips screwed up, they said that they aren't being made fast enough. You're really reaching for a reason to complain about microsoft.

I don't have to "reach" for a reason to complain about Microsoft they are providing them for me. What I am saying is that they cared more about the almighty dollar than customer satisfaction. And when pressed for a reason they turn to the manufactuer of the chips. Microsoft then has the guts to say that they didn't think that the 360 would be in high demand. Newsflash to microsoft you had over 1 million pre-orders that started back in April. How in the hell can you justify not thinking that it would be a hot item especially during the holiday season. They wanted to get their console out first and they did, at the expense of overall customer satisfaction. Not only do they not have enough consoles, a portion of the ones they do have are defective.

I agree the ps2 was a bad launch with defective consoles, but the original xbox was pretty smooth. Don't you think that they would have taken the time to make sure that since they were the first out of the gate that they would have enough consoles as well as working ones?