Comments on: No HD in Core 360s a “mistake”, says Bourne man

By: Rhythm

Rhythm — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:58:00 +0000

Yeah, I know we always view a very skewed section of the market but it’s got to be high nonetheless

By: patlike

patlike — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:49:24 +0000

I do know a huge amount of people it’s happened to, it’s true. I think Kristan’s been through four or five of them. I’ve never had a problem, though.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:45:27 +0000

My brain tells me that it can’t be as high as 30%, but my experience of the last two years of permanent forum residency points out that I know of far, far more people who’ve had at least one broken 360 than people who haven’t had any problems.

By: patlike

patlike — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:42:21 +0000

I don’t reckon it’s that high. That really would be mental. Even 20% would be insane, but it wouldn’t surprise me if it was around there.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:38:08 +0000

I think we can probably guess it ourselves, though. 35-40%ish looks about right to me.

By: patlike

patlike — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:31:44 +0000

We’ll never know the failure rate

By: patlike

patlike — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:30:46 +0000

I think the biggest mistake is that some developers are now forced to not support the Core system, such as Criterion. That’s bad press for no reason, really.

By: Rhythm

Rhythm — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:29:32 +0000

“Yes, I’d like to know that too. But like you say, it’s one of the “hidden stats”, like how many Gold XBL users there are compared to Silver.”

Or the actual failure rate

By: Blerk

Blerk — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:24:24 +0000

Yes, I’d like to know that too. But like you say, it’s one of the “hidden stats”, like how many Gold XBL users there are compared to Silver.

Ultimately I think it was short-sighted. Short-term gain at the expense of long-term flexibility.

By: patlike

patlike — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:18:10 +0000

I’d be very interested to see how many people actual have machines without HDs. That’s not the sort of figure they’re too keen to give out, unfortunately.

By: pleasant_cabbage

pleasant_cabbage — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:13:49 +0000

I agree that (for me) it felt like a mistake, or at least a backwards step. Given the supposed ‘hardcore/spendy’ nature of their expected audience a cheaper version doesn’t really tally up…

By: patlike

patlike — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:05:05 +0000

And they wanted to keep costs down in the early days.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:04:21 +0000

I suspect they fully expected Sony to make theirs optional. As did the rest of us.

By: patlike

patlike — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:57:36 +0000

Me too. I never understood it.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:53:24 +0000

Yes, I agree. Next!