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September, September..... Burn.

It's September. I pretty much have played every game I own so damn much, that I basicly stare at the screen like "This is far more interesting...". It took me 3 hours to decide I didn't wanted to play Oblivion. And at the same time, not willing to play anything else either.

So here I sit with my wallet looking like "I got the money, the hell's the good stuff?". The past weeks have shown me that all hits by gamers, got such a low score that it makes me giggle out of shame. Hell, even Stranglehold got a 7.0...

Should I just sit out for Halo 3? The only game of this year I personally couldn't forcare in the least bit. Cause Mass Effect ain't due until November. Mercs. 2: WIF is pushed back into 2008 too. NFS: ProStreet seems less likely to be bought by the preview 'bout it. The whole game, heck the whole series is getting worse by the release. I miss the ol' NFS days, since Underground... EA's totally lost about it.

Burnout Paradise's also a 2008 release now. Midnight Club Los Angles is also a 2008 release. All the games I care for are sceduled late 2007, early '08. In no order; Mass Effect, Mercenaries 2: World In Flames, Kane & Lynch: Dead Men, Midnght Club LA, Grand Theft Auto IV, C&C's Exp. Pack called Kanes Wrath, FarCry 2, a game I desperatly want is a PC exclusive. Why I don't know, but I sure as hell ****ing hate it.

Stuntman Ignition, that's the only one I see optional. But thing is, I'm a 100% sure it ain't worth 60 dollar. If you ask me, not even 30$.

For the gamer who demands Gameplay over Graphics. Life's a pain. And yes, EA I am looking at you guys.

Wii? Wii don't give a damn.

This is in response of YukoAsho, who did this in response of Enterprise-E. I'm aware of this being a SECOND blog... But, let's say I couldn't give a damn. YukoAsho's post actually made me realise that in my eyes, the Wii never existed. Heck, I forgot that it's even out there.

After my SEGA times, I moved on to the Nintendo games. Super Nintendo, N64'and those Nintendo consoles. Think of the fact that it's been over 9 years since I lastly activated my Nintendo 64 console. And, the SNES that's rotting away in the CityBox downtown. Well, the spiders that live in it are happy.

The Nintendo GameCube was the last thing on my mind at the time. I'm a casual gamer. I do try everything to get things cheap as possible. But, even the sillyness of the GameCube became too childish for me. That, and I was 12 at the time I got my PS2 from my father. I already had aPlaystation1 console, but the long lasting games like Mario 64, Mario Kart, Mario Party, Vigilante 8, etc... They were far more entertaining for me than the PS1 was at the time.

The PS2 came, the games were better. Longer lasting. And far more complicated.

Behind the scenes, Nintendo's advertisements for the GameCube were about as noticing as a ant on the freeway. I've met alot of gamers in my life. And I can easily say, out of 25, only 3 must have had a GameCube. A few weeks ago, I came in touch with one of my first friends when I moved to the United States. He's always been a Nintendo-fan. And last year you couldn't even talk to him without having a single mention of the Wii coming soon.

Now he's just telling me, "Don't get me wrong, it's entertaining. It's just that I don't care for the games that are on the Wii. And the best selling like Zelda and Mario have been uglified to the core."

The only thing I could say was "Wii? *long pause* Oh... Wii."


Anyway, the background doesn't really matter to this subject. The thing that bothers me is that Nintendo is just acting like they couldn't give a damn about the gamer of today. When I played the N64 I was 12. I'm 18 now. Gamers, well... THEY GROW UP! We get older! It's like pokémon... In '98, it was a rage gone loose. Now I look at them TV shows, with the tought on my mind; "I liked this crap? You gotta be kiddin' me."

I'm easily statisfied with games. Heck, give me Viva Piñata, I'll easily pull 20 hours out of before going "Oh hell no". But the Wii games... When I go to a store like BestBuy, and walk by those white cases. I look like "What the hell are these? Oh, right. Wii.", and forget it all, all over again.

This is more of a "in my case", in response to YukoAsho. His Editoral, found here... He's just right. Gamers of today, they couldn't give a ratsass about the games they're selling. Most Wii games are pathetic attempts to fortune. The best scoring is Metriod Prime 3 and Zelda right now... Hell, and they appear to be "just rentals...".

Half of the gamers has forgot about the Wii, others just simply couldn't give a damn for the games. In my case, I never liked the Wii, the games and I totally forgot about it. Waving a remote control's just too cheesy for my likings.

Like YukoAsho said; Since about a ton of active gamers forgot about the Wii's existance... MARKETING! ADVERTISING! The TV's spammed over by X360 commercials. Here and there a PS3 ad. But where the hell is the Wii? At the deep end of the ToysRus. The place where no-one would look at, and if they did... They wouldn't care anyway.

Sure, the Wii, technoligical speaking, it'll never rank up to the X360/PS3. Ofcourse, that's something what Nintendonever intended to do. But from what I have seen of the Wii, they've gone back in time. The whole console gaming thing's been kicked into hell by the crappy statisfaction factor of the Wii. Console gamers like games, but they rather skip the kids' stuff. You know, the kind-of things you let your 4 year old play with.

The only thing I've seen Nintendo advertise was WiiSports. That, and from the smiling faces, it's only intended to have a heroine effect. Short, but a good hit of Joy. It'll turn old, INCREDIBLY fast. Even for the little ones.

So, they've screwed the mature audience andteenagers who're into all sty.les of games. They created a console that's aimed to ages 1-8, 81-98. And their marketing devision should be fired within the next minute.

This makes me wonder, what the hell's gonna happen to the Wii? Is it gonna die out like a newspaper headline? Shall it be forgotten with dislike's in the minds of those who bought it? Will all somewhat "more than just casual" gamers start to think "Should I just let it collect dust?"... I think the Wii's future's pretty much a large doubt.

BioShock'd.

Frame rate issues that virtually renders the game unplayable.

Horrible control issues that cause Jack oftenly just walk, or look when I don't even hold the controller.

Random messages like "Complete Task (...)", which I completed 20 minutes ago.

[spoiler] During the last missions, you're supposed to become a Big Daddy. Thoughout the boss battle against Frank Fontaine, the message "Get all parts of the Big Daddy suit.". Random, huh... I actually completed that mission 3 hours before the battle. [/spoiler]

Luckily, I don't appear to be the only one...

Have you learned your lesson?

Another short story of doom. This time, it doesn't affect me other than having some roadside goodies.

It was on the I87, back from Kingston. I was driving nearby some cars, and one was driving incredibly halfassed... ADodge Stratus was hogging a little Ram Van... 60MPH, and the Stratus was just litterally riding the RamVan's bumper. At last the Ram Van switched lanes, and the Stratus took off. He was going faster and faster 'till he wasn't anything more than just a blip on the horizon.

And then, the blip on the horizon became a grayish cloud. Then the grayish cloud turned into a black dot infested cloud. And when I passed, it looked like the Stratus appeared to have rearended a GMC. I pulled over(seeing as I could help the poor guy in the GMC cause that guy who hit him appeared to have found his drivers licence in a trashcan...). I offered the guy in the GMC help, but he was too busy screaming "Not again". So, then I went to the cocky dude in his Armani suit. Offering him some help instead. He gave me a snobby reply: "No thanks. I already have enough trouble.".

So, I ripped the licence plate of his bashed-in bumper, and stole the Dodge emblem from his hood.

What comes around, goes around.

Have you learned your lesson? Offer help, get dissed. Steal cool little souvenirs... That, and be happy that the guy got helping a hand by Karma. Slapping him on the face kinda help.

Okay, this is God punishing me himself, cause I never take a Yellow Cab.

Story. New York Taxi Cab, on West St. Just hitting the brakes all off the sudden like there's no tomorrow at the West-Cambers intersection. I'm behind that jackass. In a severely injured '95 Dodge Dakota.

Which already had so much beating, that New York City's almost a demo derby in person. Wrong fuel in the car, overheating, no oil pressure history, some beatings to all sides, key scratches everywhere(i'm such an *sshole when it comes to Walmart parking. No soccer-mom cars wins it from the Dakota), rear bumper had some beating from several cars, left side was whiped completely paintless and today I can add another to the list.

The grille's been shattered, left headlight's fglass' been knocked out and the bumper looks like a failed hobby project. It was a little bump at 7MPH actually. The damned Crown Vic that asscrack was driving has nothing more than a little problem with the licence plate. It fell off... While I have no left light, and my grille looks like a 8 year olds' teeth...

It isn't too bad... The grille isn't broken all that bad. It just looks akward. The bumper now hits the wheel, which can't be good. And the lights... I still have two taillights...

Damage forms filled in, hands shaken... Hitting the Brooklyn bridge at 76MPH with my head hitting the steering wheel.

god.png god image by NJ3D
Have mercy, old fart. I'll take a cab next time.

BioShock Impressions. First time I actually wow'd at a game.

Earlier today I got BioShock in my mailbox. Instead of the ugly regular green case I got the shiny metal case. Pretty damn sweet if you ask me, cause it's a replacement copy. First thing I did when I started it up was admire the box. The best boxart I've seen in a while. The simplicity of it... I dunno, but in some way it's incredible.

Well, I tried to the play the demo at first. But it constantly jammed up at 13%. So, I had to wait 'till I actually had the game.

After the plane crash. Which was pretty damn amazing. The feel of it felt so "It's you in there, damnit! LIVE! LIVE GODDAMNIT!". Swimming off to the little lighthouse nearby. Listening to the sound of the plane slowly going down in the water in the meantime. Walked in there, the doors slammed shut right behind me. The feeling of "Oh crap, somethin's gonna attack me.". Then, *lights flashes on*, "NO GODS, NO KINGS. ONLY MAN."

I was looking at him like "Who pissed on your shoes man...". Gone further down, walked in a little capsule that was ready to go. "Ready to decent, to the city of Rapture.". I have to admit, I never said "wow", when playing a game. Closest to it was in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Which was "Holy sh*t... This. is. AWESOME."

When the little capsule thingy went down. I actually went staring at the screen, and I said "Wow...", at loud. I never, ever said that. I never commented that positive about an game before.Unlike games like F.E.A.R, Dead Rising and Resident Evil,thisone is really trying it's best to scare the living out of you.And trust me, you won't feel "Oh jolly, Rapture is so happy. I've had a warm welcome by the Hay-Ho-Hippies." No, you can see clearly that something has gone damn wrong down there. And you're there to escape, rather than going Dr. Spock on everything. Along with the help of a guy called Atlas. You're doing the best you can to make an escape.

Using the DNA-altering plasmids that brought the city down to it's knees in the first place, you're gonna use, or let's just put it at "abuse" Mother Natures powers, and bring those S.O.B's some pain. The game's retro feel, it's so well put. It's somewhere in the early 1960. There's "Happy New Year" signs everywhere, and "Bye Bye 1959" signs here and there too. The city was build by Andew Ryan, or as I like to call the hypocrite who looks like God gave him a good spankin'... "Andy". He's the type of person who didn't like the "Copyright Policy", disgusted Washington. Y'know 'em, Freebee Hippies. Ironically, the valuta of Rapture is "The Dollar".

I've had barely any negative things during my playtime. The only few don't hurt the gameplay at all. Like the Hacking turns old, quickly. Boss battles are quite easy on Medium Difficulty and the Buckshot(Shotgun) doesn't do enough damage upclose.

Overhere, I see we've got some "GameSpot 'The Best of 2007'" Material, dudes.

American Gaming Culture 101.

... Cause the guys from Europe who delightly send me my oh-so-awesome games have some problemo's. They appeared to send me a copy ofBioShock, which I recieved yesterday, without the actual disk... I forgot that I actually preordered it, and now I remember them saying "The game's released on the 24th here, expect it being delivered on the 27th".

Well, when it comes to fast and cheap shipping these guys are flatout terrific. 27th of August, perfect timing. 65 dollar, perfectly the same as the game is priced overhere. Only 7 dollar overseas shipping costs, cause I'm more than just a regular. I've bought all my 360 games, and my hardware through this small company.

I called them earlier today, International Phonecalls, pain in the ass... Anyway, they said that they're sorry for what happened, and they'll send me another one with no costs tied to it. I even get to keep the second box. No idea what exactly is good about that, but hey, I can say "I've got BioShock TWICE for 65$." One in German, the other one has yet to be discovered.

My Xbox 360 is purchased in the Netherlands. Which is PAL region. Which means I have to get games from the PAL region too. Overhere in the NTSC lands it's difficult to fish a PAL out of the river. And if I decide to play a NTSC Xbox 360 game I get the following message: "This video game doe not match the area it's coded from. Please check if your game matches the region it is bought from, contact the Xbox Support for more information."

Pretty obvious, dudes at the Microsoft HQ over in DC don't want us, Americans to play the softcoreanime stuff from Japan. And they most definatly want to avoid us Americans touching the holy sport of kicking a little ball across a 50 yard field. There's no single FIFA or ProSoccer something to find overhere that's coded NTSC supportable. Even tough I DO have the oppertunity to get these kind of games, I couldn't care any less for that sport. I do however, I do care a hell lot for those riots. Interesting how a extremely simple game can turn people so evil, you guys are champs! I'm an ex-European, and goddamn it seems to be alot better to move to the United Kingdom. Cause a good brawl with the Police, HomeDepot is filled with Broomsticks, I've got a whole lot to smash up... I don't really like the st.yle of slamming every store to hell but a good fight with the Riot Cops is a piece of heaven. So much adrenaline flows through your vains, that when your skull gets cracked by one of their batons, you don't even feel it!

Anyway, before I even begin liking the United Kingdom, speaking of Japanese Cultre and their somewhat... Softcore games. There was a guy on thePenny Arcade Convention, he had a discussion with a guy from GameSpot about Americans barely show any interest into the Japanese Culture of gaming.

What catched my eye on that extremely overrated interview... Yes, overrated. Honestly, if I wanted Japanese Gaming Culture 101, I'd move to Tokio. Electronics City of the World. I disgust Anime, couldn't give a damn for any Final Fantasy game nor have I ever liked ANY platformer ASIDE from games starting with "Mario". Cause that guy was ment to Italian, I gave it a shot. But when it's completely Japanese, my eyes roll. I barely, barely ever liked those "Happy" games.

Jezus Christ, don't get me wrong here. But, this isn't 1967. These are dark times. There's two wars going on, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Global Warming causes forest fires everywhere on the globe, the incredibly hot areas like California and such actually have Ice Storms, and huge rain falls cause several areas on the globe to be filled with water. I don't call those times "Happy". And I don't need some kind of weird guy with a squeeky voice, going on somekind of weird adventure. No, I'm better off with a game that's ice cold.

For some reason, I feel better playing a killing game, than playing something that's from Asia. Tell me, compared to the United States. How many actual best sellers have the Japanese made? How many best sellers with a story that's even more chilly than Antartica? Capcom's doing great there. Dead Rising was terriffic, but influenced by the American culture. Willamette, Colorado. Frank West.

The thing that really caught my eye was the following quote:

Kondou did lend interesting insight into why many Western games don't achieve the same magnitude of success in Japan. Referring specifically to Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto series, Kondou noted that these types of games are simply too dark for a Japanese audience. Kondou noted that even in the most violent Japanese games, there is typically always a moment where the two opposite sides stop beating on each other and receive a peaceful resolution. The problem, he said, was the lack of a peaceful resolution or a lightening of the mood. "Someone needs to apologize at the end," he said.GameSpots Tom Magrino

Basicly, he's saying that we have such incredibly dark games that our population pretty much is your basic John McClane.

Okay. Since I don't like to game with the look on my face like "Oh gosh, this weird spikey guy with an unprenouncable name with a heck lotta T's and K's, he makes my day awesome!". Nah, I rather play like I'm watching a Hollywood movie. Guess where the Wii got sold so goddamn much. Yep, Asia. Guess where the Xbox 360 sold so goddamn good. The west.

WE HAVE DIFFERENT CULTURES! There, I said it. Why do we have different cultures? Cause overhere, where reality exists in true human form instead of a guy in an M&M suit. Here we like to play games like they're movies. Usually, rated M. Overthere, you guys play games for pure pure fun, and you guys need entertainment. Cause no laugh, is no good game.

Here we rather say "Holy crap, I shot his ****ing leg off!". Overthere it's "Yes, I've beaten you! 10 perfect strikes in a row! Yay!". Just because we play those M-rated games you disgust so bad sir Kondou, doesn't mean our gaming community is rotten with M-rated's. Heck, we have more Sports games than ESPN has shows. We have Disney games, we have Viva Piñata. We have racing games that aren't on 6-bit-Arcades.

That our games lack an happy ending is because of one thing:

Let's say. You're carrying this huge Shotgun. Cartridge in place. Pumped to shoot. When you have that thing in your hands, and there's the main villain infront of you. You're not supposed to say: "Ah, so you killed my wife. My brother. And ****ed my life over. Who cares? Let's hug!". And when there's a huge firefight going on, it's not supposed to take place in a garden of roses. And you most definatly don't make a character say in the end "Sorry that I killed everyone you knew... I am sorry.", and the worst thing that can happen in response of that one is "Apologies Accepted."

I don't know, but I, and I think I speak for a lot of people, I think we do like realism in a game. Backs the Movie thing up.

We shouldn't learn from you, a vast majority does play different stuff from M-rated games. You guys should learn from us: Shooting games, with gore and vehicles. They can be just as entertaining in the way of fun, just as much as your Konami stuff entertains the Japanese audience. Take Crackdown for example; Biggest virtual playground in a killing game. If you call that "Dark", than the faith in the Asian Gamers just gets drilled in the ground.

Realism doesn't mean it'll take effect on your actual life, damnit. It's dark on a screen, not the whole room. Movie-like-games with alot of freedom have just as much entertainment value as they have value in being incredibly violent.

It's dark when you compare it to reality. And games are supposed to get you OFF reality for a while. If it DOES mix you in with reality, the whole GTA-caused-murders thing pops up.

Sorry sir Kondou, but really: "Cut the crap, I got the gun. And it ain't made for me to make friends.". Happy endings, my ass.

Heading down to Rapture... Cause I'm the lucky S.O.B, alright!

Yeah, I pretty much have the box alright. Now all that remains is getting the thought of spending 65 dollar on a green box, a little piece of art and a instruction booklet out of my head, and finding the disk that goes with it.

Could be difficult, seeing as my instruction booklet appears to be German, or Polish. Means that this imported PAL copy is from the former Soviet union. Hmmm....

Perhaps I should edit the title. Ah what the hell, sounds better like that.

Looking it from the bright side.

Okay, it's been around five days since I've tried my best to fix the annoying problem I'm dealing with. I failed pretty bad, let's put it at that. But, since I'm pretty much getting an Playstation 3 by the end of the year... I will simply keep on playing.

Getting my goals complete. The side which involves full arcade games, and premium DLC will sadly enough be entirely forgotten. As, they've taken the right from me to purchase MS points, I can't afford them. Simply put. It's pretty much going back to the Playstation 2 days... No big charges tied to it. Good thing the PS3 online is free, because at that point, the whole Pay-For-Basics-For-Your-X360 stuff is gone as soon as the PS3 takes a spot.

But in the meantime, as I'm pretty much saving on money, and missing out on some of the best games like BioShock, Mercenaries 2 and Halo 3, I've gotten alot more free time. I've got myself a new job to finance the whole PS3 thing. I work in somekind of warehouse in Brooklyn, a security job mixed with paperwork. I do nightshifts along with three other guys. Fred, Daryll and Johnny. And, well... What the hell do you do at night, from 6PM 'till 3-4AM? I have no idea, heck even when a coffee cup gets knocked over, we'll be laughing about it for half a' hour. Fred sometimes highjacks the forklift and starts to screw around with it... Racing around the warehouse... Watching ESPN on a crappy 9" screen. I usually just boot up an computer and just do the work I am supposed to, and then it's wasting 7 hours of time away by just doing something that's just random to the core.

The frase "Making money by sitting on your ass" is a huge understatement doing this job.

And when things really get boring, I just finish the script I've been working on. Hell, 70.000 lines of dialoge. It's not just a thing I want, it's something I wanna achieve. Yes yes yes... It's the Drive or Die bullcrap again, but looking from the bright side; It's better to work on something I like and hope you'll succeed, rather than attempting something that you know will fail. Which in this case is, trying to fix this error MS set me up with.

Adios amigos.

What the hell is up with you, man!?

This rant, is pretty much about Microsoft. If not, completely about Microsoft. In particular, their Customer Support. I've tried pretty much everything to get in touch with somebody who knows something about the mystery Status Code. I already know that it means "Fraud". And it's activated on my account, cause Microsoft thinks it's stolen and that way prevents the "thief" from using my credit card as Home Shopping funds.

So, seems like a pretty smart move to slam hackers in the face huh? WRONG!

How in the world can I steal my own credit card? N.J Taylor stole the AmericanExpress from N.J Taylor. I am so guilty... Oh god, come and get me IRS, I stole someone's credit card who has the same name, adress, phone number, credit card details and photo as I have. What the hell is up with you, man!? How can you punish an innocent man? I forgive pretty much everything. I've been through four consoles, I have two disks with circular scratches, one is NFS: Carbon the Collectors Ed. 70 dollar down the drain.

After all these problems, I still was loyal enough to keep on paying for Microsofts Services. Why do you guys still trow crap at me? Cause I supplied false information in my e-mail adress? That ain't the problem... If my credit card information was stolen, or false... Then it was a different story, but an unreliable, over-used, useless E-mail service? Is that the blame why you sons of b*tches have to punish me?

If it was just plain free, with no aftermaths tied to it; I would've forgiven everything. But no, look at this:

-Four fried consoles: 70$ Overseas Shipping times Six.
- Broken Memory Unit: 35$
- Broken InfraRed Source: Costs to fix - 135$.
- Two new PAL region NFS: Carbon CE: Overseas Shipping Costs 17.99$ X2, game itself 72.50$ X2.
- Damaged HDMI Port: Replacement costs 90$.
- Two new PAL region Saints Row: Overseas Shipping costs 17.99$ X2, game itself 59.99$ X2.
- Lynxis Router: 450$, I bought it specially for Xbox LIVE.
- 1 Year Gold Subscription: 60$. I can't continue, or discontinue this cause of the error they've set me up with. I'll have to pay the full price for half the use.

SUM UP: 70$ X4 + 35$ + 135$ + 18$ X2 + 72.50$ X2 + 90$ + 18 X2 + 60$ X2 + 450$ + 60$ = 1216$.

1216$ just on repair costs, or those necessary things I had to buy to actually even play Xbox Live. Damn you, Microsoft and your silly requirments. My old router was in perfect shape. I've paid so much for you guys, and still you punish me like it ain't enough already. I expected something usefull from you guys, but instead I cannot extend/cancel my memberships, can't change my name and can't purchase Microsoft Points. That redeem code I've bought from Best Buy is also a useless spendage. Can't redeem either. So, add another 24$ to the list of 1216$.

Even IF somebody stole my account, I would've gotten it back at some point. Still, I'd be set up with the same problems.

How can you bastards convict ME from stealing my OWN ****ING ACCOUNT! Since I'm 18, and have a decent bankroll, I might aswell use all my money to hire a cla.ss attorney, and sue the crap out of you guys. Preventing me from buying points, just because I have stolen my own account? How much of a jackass can a man be? Well, the S.O.B who guides the Customer Service around, proven himself to be the biggest jackass walking on the face of the earth. For that guy, "putting it to rest" should be legalized to human level, and put him down for the disease called "Severe Brain Issues".

This is the reply I've gotten after a day from the Xbox Customer Service. Like I said, I have put all my faith into the E-Mail service, and my last resort is that place.

Dear N.J,

Thanks for contacting the Xbox 360 Customer Support.

Due to privacy reasons, and assurance of personal details, weare permitted tohelp customers with questions about accounts and account changes through telephone service. Please, call the Xbox 360 Customer Service for this problem instead. Your Account Details are ready for our Support Team.

Regards,

Cindy. Xbox 360 Support.Cindy some Microsoft Customer Service person

Okay, in the message I specifiaclly mentioned calling the Xbox Hotline for over 17 times with no reply at all. Instead of this automated message, dear Cindy. How about you just have put a Smith and Wesson in my face and pulled the trigger instead. Are you really asking me to achieve the impossible? Actually getting help from the Xbox Hotline?

The asswhipes over at that place have the unique ability to blame the customer no matter what the problem is. "My Xbox360 has the E74 error..." The reply will be: "Well, sir... If you have that message, you never have taken the responsible care for your console. Have a nice day."

Harsh, huh? Imagine what they'll say to the problem I have. "I seem to be accused of stealing my own credit card details.". I will suspect "What city do you live in, sir? I will have to call the Police.". Refer to "Severe Brain Issues" for the current state of that guy.

Are you morons actually pushing your customers into buying Wii's and Playstation 3's? Just giving the "Talk to the hand" like comments to problems? How do you guys to re-earn the1.15 BILLION dollar, huh? By just increasing the failure rate from 34% to 38%? Mission Success. By asking 140$ for every repair? Mission success. By just ignoring any incoming phone call? Mission success.

All of the consoles features are flawed to the core. HDMI Ports are packed to become damaged easily. The console can heat up to 98°F, that will be hot enough to melt the Mother Board. The console misses the little cushions around the lens, causes disks to become scratched after some use. The console's failure rate is 16 times bigger than the Playstation 3's.

For all I care; The whole console is a piece of crap. It still can get worse, and it still doesn't affect me this much to sell my complete stock of X360 games including the 360 itself. It IS affecting me enough to give the hellhole up, and just play offline and accept most of the gameplay faults and play without patches. It is also affecting me enough to change territories. From Playstation 2, to Xbox 360, to Playstation 3. Ironic huh?