NEW SHORT: "A LETTER TO XBOX 360 OWNERS"

[Fathom Zero]

I'd like a Wii, but it's not gonna matter if I can't find the damn things in stores.

I still haven't seen one that was up for sale in any store I've been in. And trust me. I've looked. But there are stacks of PS3s and at least one for sale in a display case in every store I've been in, (leave it to me to open up another can of worms.) That was one of the issues people have had with availability and now it seems, at least to me, that only the Wii suffers from those issues and understandably so. I'm still on the lookout, though.

And the 360's hardware is just fine. I feel really dumb now for having been suckered into Gamestop's insurance package knowing that Microsoft already has a warranty for the thing.

[Dr. Boogie]

Yeah, if by "already has a warranty" you mean "has just extended the warranty to cover a major problem that a lot of people are running into".

[Fathom Zero]

Define "a lot." The 360 had a year warranty if I'm not mistaken, (probably am, but oh well.) With peoples' shit breaking left and right as we hear it, a three year warranty would probably be overkill.

And I forgot to address the games. Both companies, (Nintendo and Sony, that is), have announced an assload of games. Microsoft doesn't need to really announce as many since they're not as pushed to have a ton of them.

[Dr. Boogie]

Originally Posted by Fathom Zero

Define "a lot." The 360 had a year warranty if I'm not mistaken, (probably am, but oh well.) With peoples' shit breaking left and right as we hear it, a three year warranty would probably be overkill.

Well, I would define "a lot" as so many that Microsoft would describe it as "an unacceptable number" and then put themselves in a position to take a billion dollar hit to fix the problem. As for the length of the warranty, my 360 was made in 2005, and it just broke down now, so I don't think three years is that much overkill for such a serious problem.