[News] MS sued over idiots misusing their consoles

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It's Microsoft fucking over its customers for no obvious reason

Would've cost Microsoft 50 cents more per console to add rubber padding so this wouldn't happen. And apparently increased load times. So at least they've got some reason I guess. But hey, that pretty much sums up the 360 console though.

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Say what now? Care to explain what you mean by that.

Issues that could've been corrected before the launch of the console but weren't. Not really complaining though. Maybe not the most reliable hardware but I still play it more than my wii or ps3.


And I agree with shin, it wasn't that bad of a decision on MS' part. Moving what's essentially a computer while it's running a disc is never a good idea. But then again MS should've known people were still going to do it.

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Isn't the entire argument for console platforms over the PC about how simple and idiot-proof they are?

Pretty sure people don't mean it in that context. Rather you don't have to take it apart, upgrade it or fiddle with settings and system requirements. Nothing is ever idiot-proof when it comes to electronics.

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Also, a year has twelve months in it. So it's more like 4 to 5 dollars a month. Which isn't a whole lot of money, you know.

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I don't see what the big deal is. It's really not that much money. It would be nice if it were free, but 50 bucks stretched over 13 months is a small fee comparative to nearly everything else in our lives. 10 bucks a month for an MMO isn't that much either actually if it's something you enjoy.

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Right now you can play certain arcade games online with a silver account. You were (still are?) able to play games like Shadow Run with silver. Nothing substantial like Halo or CoD though.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Actually, PS3's online is getting better and better. They're expanding their service and making it much more smooth. Eventually it'll be caught up to XBL, though until sales start really picking up I doubt MS is all that worried. But still, PSN is quality online. Long ago I would've said the lack of a headset being included with the console itself was a drawback, but fuck, 2/3 of the people in a random online game don't even have theirs plugged in over XBL.

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Care to explain how PSN, being free and all, is going to be picking up sales.

The console itself. Good sales, but still in third and most big online games get bought on the 360.

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Wrong. It's acceptable online some of the time, but it's rarely quality online. Every time they release any sort of big update that a lot of people will be grabbing you can practically see the PSN grind to a halt. True, it is getting better, but it still lacks structure, reliability and the ability to deal with scaling.

That really isn't a big deal anymore from what I've noticed. Until Call of Duty 4 came out the online was generally shit, especially for multiplat games. But since it's above decent. Most games run just as well, in terms of multiplayer, on the PS3 as they do on the 360. Some exceptions, but the multiplat games I've played on both have been quite smooth.

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Wrong again. I'd love to know what corner of Xbox Live you've found where 2/3rds of the people aren't using mics and talking shit or absolute nonsense.

Put in a lot of time into games like the CoD series, Rainbow series, GRAWs, etc etc. The majority of people in a room simply don't talk or don't have their mics plugged in. Either you only notice the loud people or play with your friends or simply don't notice, but that's just the way it is. Only big games that a lot of people talk in are Gears and Halo. Seriously, go into a random game of CoD4/5 with no buddies and in most games no one will talk or just one or two. It makes games like objective games in Rainbow unplayable if you don't have a group with you.

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I don't know what games you guys get into, but for all the days I put into random pickup games in CoD4 most were silent. Maybe it depends on the hour of day or what, but hell, whenever anyone tries to ask a question they get complete silence unless I pipe in. Hardcore gets more talkative people, if I'm in a group people tend to talk more, but otherwise... not a whole lot. Beats hearing people yell and throw insults around though. But even then that's a couple or so out of the 12 people in a room.

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Only way I could explain it is having a canadian isp or playing between 10am-3pm/2am-5am. Can't think of any other reason it would be different.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Of course that doesn't explain it. Neither do. You're just as likely to get an asshole at 1 AM than you are at any other time of the day and I'll still get matched up with people all over america no matter what. But hell, silent players seem to be the norm from what I've heard around other parts of the internet and my experience matches that.

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I don't think it really matters what time you play, you will still likely get some twat shouting at you just because of "LOL UR A FAG LOL!" purposes.

Right, which is what I said. If I play early in the morning I'll just get someone from the England, France or Germany.

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I mean my knowledge of the platform is limited but I'm sure there are options for all your basic CTF/DM/CP sort of thing and maybe Vampiro's just off playing Oddball or god knows what

Regular team death match here. Like I said, for the two last CoD games Hardcore tends to attract assholes. Regular, not as much. But Halo's a completely different story. Idiots seem to be unavoidable.

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You said you get complete silence whenever you play but you also said that "whenever anyone tries to ask a question they get complete silence".

You quoted the post where I said time doesn't explain it. I'm as likely to run into an asshole any time of the day (and have!) but I typically don't.

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