Recent content by Sis

I was exaggerating a little. You admit it's not perfect by a long shot and that's all I'm saying. Due to the imprecise nature of the controls and imprecise nature of the mechanical action of hand and arm movement, it makes nuanced play difficult, if not impossible. The game is still silly fun to...

The issue isn't the games, it's the control. Because the controller isn't precise enough, the games must rely less on skill and more on simple mechanics. Though I will say that Paper Mario was good. The Wii-mote was used with good effect there, I thought, which is to say that it supplemented the...

Agreed completely. I haven't been this disappointed in a console in a long, long time. I bought the console mainly for Zelda, but after about 10 hours of play I grew so sick of the gimmicky and oft-unresponsive controls that I just stopped playing. I'm now considering borrowing a friends' GC...

"At this point, the only way I'd consider buying the full version of the Darkness is if it came down to bargain price and they threw in a another, better game. And some cake. And Belgium." That is pure comedy gold.

Unless all you watch are action movies with non-stop explosions and pounding music score, you'll eventually have scenes in a movie where subtle dialog needs to be heard. The fans on the xbox are so loud as to act as a form of white noise in these situations. Mine used to be until the update...

Certainly I can't be the only one that remembers the one billion dollar charge that Microsoft just had to take a couple weeks back?

Condemned for the 3 year extension or condemned for not doing enough? Or just plain "condemended"? I'd love to see some proof of a "cover-up". I'm currently chaulking it up to manufacturing ineptitude. Microsoft's strengths lie in software, not hardware... Can you do the math on this one? I'm...

Huh. And I was expecting $40. $30 feels fair to me.

You guys raise good points in your individual posts. I mainly disagree on the severity of having a product be considered of poor quality. I believe it has a ripple effect and no amount of warranty will be able to overcome that, which was the reason I chose Hyndai as an example. They actually...

In the case here, they legally had to, since the 1 billion dollar charge affects their forecasts. Right? Which in Microsoft's case, it's the current year. I suppose they could split the $500 million over two years (or more, depending on whether they need the extra half), but it seems the notion...

As an example: I would rather spend more money on a Toyota or Honda vehicle that has a reputation for being high quality with low defects--but doesn't come with good manufacturer warranty, than say a Hyandai that comes with a 10 year warranty but without the quality reputation. I think most...

It did go down, about 10 cents--that's roughly the value of 1 billion dollars across all Microsoft shares. So the market noticed it and yawned.

I gotta side with inefficient on that point. You don't buy a warranty with the expectation of using it; you buy it as a precaution. The same holds true for the manufacturer's warranty. It's certainly good news for existing owners. Assuming they fixed the issue, kind of a wash for potential...

They should have raised the price, what with that advanced tech. The market for a $500 dollar console is roughly the same as the market for a $600. And no one has said that the Elite is properly priced.

Ouch. So what is the blessed number then? 100%?