I have a dude that fixes 360s Mine is no longer under waranty. so if my 360 dies I'm either taking it to him or buying an elite.
Why? Because Microsoft will take care of it for free? I know people that were outside of their 3 year warranty and Microsoft still took it and fixed it for free. The dashboard isn't a mess either. I find it really easy to use.
Why you don't try them now ? If your console is missing the Microsoft sticker, you will be banned from XBL. If you don't believe me, check their forums at www.xbox.com And they no longer repair anything for free. I believe their patience with cheaters depleted. Probably they're fed up with all those people doing warranty scams.:lol:
Ah this is so goood. God damn sony for removing linux but having to send your 4th console back to MS for repairs is just all find and dandy. Viva la microsoft. If anybody has problems with using the PS3's XMB. They're stupid.
I dunno, have I mentioned how stupid the argument is that you should buy something else to replace a feature that was removed from the PS3? Isn't the whole point that the PS3 was supposed to be this "entertainment center" or whatever? "You wanna play PS2 games? Just get a PS2!" "You wanna use Linux? Just get a Linux computer!" "You wanna watch Blu-Ray movies? Just get a Blu-Ray player!" "You wanna play games? Just get a 360!"
The thing is all these people made arguments supporting the PS3 back in the day and always brought up, "Oh yeah, it runs Linux, too. That's why the 360 sucks." Even though they never used it. Now it's gone, and everyone is, "oh who cares."
So, is it worth selling my "Other OS" + backwards compatible launch 60GB PS3 and replace it with a PS3 Slim? pub:
Seriously that's a load of crap. If you want to play PS2 games then cough up the $$$ and find a BC ps3. They are not that hard to find. The whole reason this went missing is because people bitched about the cost. I have a launch 20GB that plays ps2 games and I'm happy with that. Linux on PS3 sucked. The only reason to use it is if you were to do cell specific deving and a majority of the people who did that shit are uni students or guys who work on ps3 games and are doing stuff at home. Blu-ray support is just fine. If you're going to act like a twat, i'll gladly show you how stupid you are. If you want to play games, you get the system that has what you want. I'm not a hater of microsoft. I still have a launch Xbox 1 under my tv (I actually waited outside a target at 3am with friends on launch day to get one). My cell runs on WinMo 6.5 & I had a jpn 360 from it's launch. The only reason I sold it and don't have one anymore is I don't want to have to worry about turning the thing on and it being dead. I shouldn't have to put up with that crap. I'll probably get one again in a few years when quality is fine and they are cheap. What people. People pull this shit out of their ass but can't actually point to people. I doubt most of those who used it as a point give a rats ass now. I don't see people on the forums here raving about still using Linux on PS2. How about the people who might have found being able to play Xbox 1 games online still on the 360. Are those people dumping their systems over MS pulling support for that? Considering Halo 1 & 2 got more online play then a sizable chunk of 360 games.
Why would you. That system still plays ps2 games. That's a far more interesting thing to have then linux support.
I haven't touched a PS2 game since getting the PS3 and I have a PS2 in my arcade machine if I ever have the desire to.
I was mostly talking about PS3 supporters in general. I'm not gonna search through the forums for specific people.
And we can pull up crap on 360 supporters. Hell lets drag wii into this. It's a stupid argument point.
What's a stupid point? What was a feature/selling point of the 360 or Wii that has been taken away from the console since launch? Nothing comparable to backwards compatibility and Other OS that's for sure.
For Wii it's not so much taking a feature away. It's people hyping that the Wii will do 1:1 gaming and blah blah crap to only later have nintendo release a periphial to make up for the system's flaws in motion tracking. For 360, I'd say people loosing support for playing Xbox Originals online (like halo or halo 2, which where widely played). BC was a cost cutting issue. If people wanted it so bad, they would fork out the $$$ and buy it. Other OS is a really minor feature that a small fraction actually uses. Your argument over what some random fanboy said on a board to justify the systems cost is a moot one.
There is a difference between release a new iteration of a product without a feature and removing the feature from an existing product. One is perfectly fine, since you could find an older version with the feature if you wanted to. The other is not, since it may have been at least a contributing reason for the product being purchased (and may be illegal/breach of good faith).
Yeah but the wii's been hacked wide WIDE open. Almost to where I think Nintendo's just stopped trying.
I hate to disturb the console fanboy flaming, but apparently the LV2 has been dumped and released. It wont lead to any immediate developments but it does unlock the door to a room with many more doors. Also a RSX driver apparently will be released soon.
Do you have any sort of data to back that up? It seems as though many are justifying this downgrade with the fact that it really doesn't take away from most users. One thing that seems to be overlooked is that many of those who use the OtherOS feature in academic/research settings have many many machines (how many times have you read articles recently about 200-500 PS3 cluster setups?). Although I'd easily and readily believe that OtherOS is used only by a small percentage of users, I feel that there's a good chance that the total percentage of PS3s in which OtherOS is its primary use it much higher. Does anyone know about these sorts of numbers?
