Bill Gates: Microsoft Xbox 360 will be the most reliable console out there
Filed under: Gaming, News, Xbox 360 | By: Mark
Posted on: January 11, 2008 | 18 Comments
Bill Gates had an interview with the BBC talking about the Microsoft Xbox 360; Bill Gates who is now retired had some really interesting thing to say about the Xbox 360. Many people know that there are problems with the 360 and that they are getting addressed to fix the problems.
Gates went on to admit that the Xbox 360 console has had its fair share of problems, Gates said and quote “We certainly had to apologize to our users about a number of boxes that had to be replaced,” referring to the costly warranty extension that was enacted in July of 2007. He further notes that Microsoft has received positive feedback about the Xbox service in the wake of its problems. He carried on to say, “we’ve got incredible reliability on the new work that we’ve done, and so our commitment is that it will be the most reliable video game box out there.”
My personal views as a gamer – For starters another blogger from the Joystiq network recently got the Red Ring of Death on a replacement 360 and that was even after one week after having received it, I do love the Xbox 360 as I do the PS3, so do not come here and banter and slag each console off, these are the facts of which I must say, why not build a gaming console from the start that works like the Sony PS3. Hopefully the Xbox 360 sorts itself out because gaming on it is good, especially online gaming. Oh and everyone knows that the Xbox 360 will break after a while, if you say it will not happen to you then I guess you live in a town with 2 people.
Source – Bill Gates Interview
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Microsoft should have made the 360 reliable in the first place, 33 percent failure rate is not acceptable. Why does it seem that everything that microsft churns out these days are all crap compared to other products of similarity. The IPOd VS ZUNE, APPLE VS WINDOWS VISTA, PS3 VS 360, Microsoft maps vs Google Maps, Microsoft search engine vs Google search, windows explorer vs fire fox. We all know which product is better, the question is when will the people at Microsft who creates all of the low grade stuff take their heads out of their asses and come out with something good and reliable instead of churning out shit products just to make a quick buck.
Yeah i remember the problems with PS1 and PS2. i also remember complaining about them. that said the failure rate was never 360 bad. also they are hardly the most reliable machines thease days either.
The PS3 is the most reliable game console available. They stress tested it in conditions human beings can barely survive. it is solid.
while i agree the 360 will become more reliable it wont be more reliable than the PS3.
also you cant say the 360 is more reliabe because the other two suck. i disagree and would put 360 last but even if the PS3 was pure shite it would still be more reliable than the 360. the arguments that say the 360 will become more reliable are the worst i have ever heard
Its funny that everyone knows that the 360 has had issues but the newer models now have far less.
Even 360 owner can admit the problems.
PS3 is not without problems just ask some of your PS3 love buddy’s on the PS3 site it seems they have as many problems as the 360, or you can ask my neighbor he had to send his PS3 back after 4 months.
So for all the Sony fanboys your system is breaking down in a few months time as well and you have no games worth playing!
Hey! I don’t know where do you live, cause im in Barranquilla, Colombia in the EQUATOR and 98% humidity, have an Elite and it doesn`t has the 3shitty that u say. I don’t have air conditioner and im not kinda lucky…
I aslo forgot to say that it’s almost in a cage. It’s inside a wooden type of furniture and very little ventilation…
Yeah. We all remember the hardware problems of the PS1 and PS2. PS2’s broke like glass, and the PS1 was a piece of shit to begin with. Sony finally got things right with the PS3. And even the PSP is well built!
Now onto the 360. I believe Microsoft contracted the wrong companies to build the 360. For one thing, they are using a cheap disc drive that causes games to be scratched whenever the system is bumped; the casing design does not allow for sufficient ventilation of the hardware inside it; and all the overheating causes the system to crash (overheating causes the “Red Ring of Death”).
“PS3 is not without problems just ask some of your PS3 love buddy’s on the PS3 site it seems they have as many problems as the 360″
Come on. even Bill Gates wouldnt say that. there are rare cases of PS3s breaking but not nearly as many as the 360. you will be hard pressed to find many people who agree the PS3 has as many hardware problems as the 360.
XBOX 360 IS A BTTER GAME THAN PS3 HOW I WILL TELL U WHEN XBOX 1 WAS LAUNCHED IT HAD EVERY THING WHICH PS2 DIDNT HAD BUT WHY PS2 WAS SOLD MORE BECAUSE IT HAD GAMES IN IT AND PEOPLE LIKE GAMES NOT BLUETOOTH OR ALPHA [CRAP] RAY OR WHAT EVER PS3 IS A BIG **** AND 360 WILL RULE THE WORLD TILL MS MAKES XBOX3