Interesting article about Xbox 360 defects (RROD) by Dean Takahashi

[bullbert]

Originally posted by: mugs
Any employee (or contractor) of any company should expect to be fired for leaking proprietary information to the public.

Even if it contradicts the information that Microsoft was subpoenaed to release back in 2007?

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: bullbert

Originally posted by: mugs
Any employee (or contractor) of any company should expect to be fired for leaking proprietary information to the public.

Even if it contradicts the information that Microsoft was subpoenaed to release back in 2007?

Yes, even then. He was not summoned to appear before a court. That would be the only time he could give up that kind of information without putting his job in jeopardy. That's standard for most companies.

What amazes me most about this story is not the information this guy offered up (most of it was known or assumed to some degree for a while now) but that he offered up his name as well instead of going as 'anonymous insider' like most do.

 

[blurredvision]

Originally posted by: hans030390

Originally posted by: mugs
Fanboys didn't keep Sony on top after their absurdly lopsided domination last generation. And I don't think the horrible reliability of the PS2 chased customers away either.

Err, what? The only PS2's that had problems were the early models (3000, 3001), which was usually the disc read error (which seemed to be fixed with revisions soon after). After that, I've yet to meet someone who's had a broken PS2.

The majority of the PS2s sales came way after that issue. The prices had dropped, and there was another big sale boom with the slim model.

This, plus the loud voice of gamers wasn't anywhere near as big in 2000/2001 as it is now. The internet was a fraction of the size back then, there was nowhere to voice complaints. Hell, I never knew anything about massive PS2 disc read errors until years later.

Besides, the PS3 hasn't sold well in America because of price and price alone. But, by putting the blu-ray in the PS3, it may have hinder PS3 sales initially and put them behind in sales and profits, but it might have been the smartest move for them in the long run.

Originally posted by: bullbert

Originally posted by: mugs
Old news to anyone who read the thread, blurredvision already posted that a few days ago.

Opps. Read the thread, but skipped his untitled link.

We'll allow it. 😛

 

[blurredvision]

Originally posted by: Queasy
What amazes me most about this story is not the information this guy offered up (most of it was known or assumed to some degree for a while now) but that he offered up his name as well instead of going as 'anonymous insider' like most do.

Unfortunately for him, I think he thought he'd be the toast of the gaming community, and Microsoft (or his contracting company) wouldn't fire him because if they did, the community would burn Microsoft at the stake for it. He's an idiot, plan backfired.

I almost want to blame this Dean Takahashi character for posting his name and picture in the article even though he was given permission to do so.