360 video service has issues, Gates compares PS3 to brick
November 24, 2006 | 11:30
Companies: #microsoft #sony
Microsoft's high-definition content download service for the Xbox 360 went live this week, but users are reporting a myriad of problems.
Congestion on the Xbox Live network is leading to many paid-for downloads halting arbitrarily and failing to successfully re-download. Unable to get the content, users are phoning Microsoft's support service - and consequently jamming the telephone lines.
MS has acknowledged the problem and says that frustrated users should sit tight - they'll get refunds for the content they haven't received. Users can hit up the Video Marketplace forum or call 1-800-4MYXBOX.
In other news, Bill Gates has said that the big battle between Sony PS3 and the 360 will come next Christmas. Speaking to Cnet, Gates says:
I wouldn't change positions with them [Sony] in a million years. I mean, we know what it's like to be a year late. We feel great about the position that we're in. And, of course, they're going to sell a lot in Japan.
You know, Sony can make 80,000 bricks, and people would buy them. So the real competition--you're going to see the impact of our innovation and all the momentum we have in Christmas 2007. This Christmas, the story is: XBox 360 is going to sell super-well, and they'll sell the rounding error amounts they can make.
Comparing the PS3 to a brick? Ouch, that's fighting talk Billy. Does Microsoft have the power to walk away victorious in 2008? Let us know your thoughts over in the forums.
Congestion on the Xbox Live network is leading to many paid-for downloads halting arbitrarily and failing to successfully re-download. Unable to get the content, users are phoning Microsoft's support service - and consequently jamming the telephone lines.
MS has acknowledged the problem and says that frustrated users should sit tight - they'll get refunds for the content they haven't received. Users can hit up the Video Marketplace forum or call 1-800-4MYXBOX.
In other news, Bill Gates has said that the big battle between Sony PS3 and the 360 will come next Christmas. Speaking to Cnet, Gates says:
I wouldn't change positions with them [Sony] in a million years. I mean, we know what it's like to be a year late. We feel great about the position that we're in. And, of course, they're going to sell a lot in Japan.
You know, Sony can make 80,000 bricks, and people would buy them. So the real competition--you're going to see the impact of our innovation and all the momentum we have in Christmas 2007. This Christmas, the story is: XBox 360 is going to sell super-well, and they'll sell the rounding error amounts they can make.
Comparing the PS3 to a brick? Ouch, that's fighting talk Billy. Does Microsoft have the power to walk away victorious in 2008? Let us know your thoughts over in the forums.
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