The Weekly Gamage: Microsoft Hates Us

Club Skill has posted the final article in their "Hates Us" series, and this time it is all about Microsoft.

"I'm disgruntled with Sony, I've been annoyed by Nintendo, but Microsoft is the only one of the big three that has truly pissed me off. My experience with my 360 has been more or less akin to that of being a beaten wife in denial. I recently got a new 360 after sending mine away for repair and, instead of being able to enjoy it, I'm freaked that it'll break again. I might as well just break it myself to milk my warrenty."

Read the full story for all of the downsides of buying from Microsoft...

[omansteveo]

He afarid he'll break it again heres a thought DONT!

[Balance]

i thought this was a NEWS site that people could then post their opinion. not an opinion site. so if i complain about my personal interactions with gamestop/ebgames and my bad experiences with those places that is news?

[Lex Luthor]

Spot on... it would be pointless for me to post a 10 page article about how i got screwed over by sony.... I'M ON MY 3RD PS2!!!

[T-Rac]

whys it pointless, why dont you write your 10 page article id bet it would be a good read, I mean theres nothing better than reading the bad points of a company from someone who actually likes the product......

[AIan]

YEA THIS NEEDED TO BE POSTED..... stupid article

[T-Rac]

well I personally thought it was a good read, and considering im kind off an MS fanboy I really don't see a problem with some of the points....

whats more companys like IGN do features like this and they get posted without a bad word said against them?

[Sphinx]

...I have been, semi-rightfully, accused of being a XBOX fanboy, and I like to add a little yin to my yang everyone now and then by reading articles or talking to people who are opposite my views. For instance, I don't believe in evolution, yet I find their rationalizing interesting; DC comics is better than Marvel, but my wife loves Spiderman, etc. I liked this article, who cares if it was opinion? At least they didn't try to pass it off as factual information, or anything other than opinion. Don't read it if you don't want to.

[Boink]

that was pretty funny, not a whole bunch to do with the 360, but still a good read:)

[thetruth]

If you dont like MS that bad, tell someone who really cares. Maybe a therapist...

[kewlkat007]

Its just another Gamer that have had his gripes with a consoles. He is entitled to his opinion about his xbox 360 experience so far. It is what it is.

Out of most consoles I think I've heard the fewest gripes with "NINTENDO" hardware. But thats just me. You can nit-pik many consoles. Nintendo hardware is usually solid.

I don't think any console is perfect cause if it was, we would only have one Console "WiiP360"

Imagine the price of that...ouch

[Sphinx]

Why do so many XBOX fanboys (I'm one of them) seem to be afraid to hear the other side of the story? If you agree with this article or not doesn't matter... read it if you like, or don't. People can have opinions, but don't be afraid of them... or whatever. Do you think you might read something that may shake your commitment to MS? It is like the scientific method... the theory needs to be tested.

[BOOSTIN]

afraid to hear the other side? thats all we've been hearing since the 360 launched. oh it freezes, oh mines broke, ohh mines getting repaired. this dead horse has been beaten to death many times before... end of story

[Sphinx]

Boostin, good point. Then again, the majority on this site is anti-PS3, and pro-360. I meant more on this site.

[FordGTGuy]

"PLAYSTATION 3 LAUNCH:

November 17, 2006."

He was saying that the console is to most likely be delayed again.

[Schmitty07]

That was funny, but still lame

[deathtok]

How about longevity of consoles? It's one thing I really like about Sony and Nintendo (well pre-N64). NES and SNES were around for a long time. Same can be said for PS and PS2.

[Optimus Prime]

lol, that is a funny name, a guy over the computer can get into your head so much that you will make a name up about him. you think that making a name up about the mart, you think he cares. that is just immature

[malachi23]

Don't even need to read the article.....from the title i can tell it's going to be imature crap.

[UNREAL-T]

ooooooooooh! they got mad.

[hydrog]

Sony and Microsoft love people like you.. when it comes down to it, they're both game systems. If your a gamer, you'll own one of them. And that's all that matters, fierce competition is good for the industry.

Mr. Sony and Mr. Microsoft are sitting in a country club banging all the ladies you can't get (and shafting you in the arse).. not to mention laughing all the way to the bank because they've created a virtual world where all of the fat, ugly, mindless dummies can go to make themselves feel accomplished by mashing a few buttons.

Some people like getting shafted in the ass by large corporations, i know i do. I just think Bill Gates, MS and the 360 have a much bigger cawks than Sony. Just remember kids, size does matter... Ride em' cowboys!

[Sphinx]

That is hilarious... unfortunately, not all gamers are geeky dweebs... haven't you seen some of those hot gamer chicks? Yummy!

[kewlkat007]

OK I thought I've seen it all..Thats a NEW Low. Whoever you are you must of gotten PWED, OWNED whatever you call it. To make a mockery of a User name;talk about childish. This surpasses a Fanboy of any kind. You people are getting too serious on here..too much C@#k by either Bill Gates or master Ken. Stop bending over plz..

sheesh..
The biggest fool on this site "TheMARTisalooser."

OK thats the last post I respond to, by this name.

[Gh0stDrag0n]

It looks like the guy who wrote this article dosn't take care of his hardware very well. He seems to break a lot of stuff. Must be a little kid.

[slugg]

IS that working in the retail side of this industry, I can tell you three things: Nintendo's hardware tends to last the longest/have the fewest problems, Sony's hardware tends to have the MOST problems and they have the WORST customer service, and Microsoft has a few problems, but the BEST customer service. For example, I have had people who bought 360's bring them back because something was wrong, but after Microsoft's warranty was up. They didn't purchase our extended one, so I told them that we couldn't do anything for them but that they could give 1-800-4MY-XBOX a shot. They came back in a month later to buy a 360 game, and said that Microsoft sent them a new system. Likewise, people who scratched their game discs moving the 360 from verticle to horizontal with the disc spinning in the drive (or vice-versa), if it was a Microsoft-published title, MS replaced some of these games EVEN THOUGH THE INSTRUCTION MANNUAL WARNS YOU SPECIFICALLY NOT TO DO THIS! I can still remember when the PS2 came out, and could stand either way, the same thing happened and even though the instructions DIDN"T warn against it, Sony refused to do anything. So, yeah, Microsoft isn't perfect, but lets wait to see how Sony and Nintendo handle any problems with their new systems this fall....

[DK209]

is it just me or does anyone notice the playstation dudes dont got anything better to do than pay off a whole bunch of people to start spreading rumors this article is laughable until mass 360s start exploding by the thousands, this article is full of sh*t

[ironwolf]

Our war corespondents report terrorists have begun placing roadside Xbox360s, capable of destroying armored personnel carriers, on the streets of Bagdad's Sunni quarter.

[MySwordIsHeavenly]

Ohkay, i expected there to be people pissed off about this, but holy frick! Guys...somebody's console broke! It happens ALL THE TIME. Yes, he's an idiot for putting this up...and WHY did news4gamers approve this?

I think we should just leave it alone. That, and "themartisaloser" is completely right. The mart...really is a loser. Anyone that lies repeatedly is a loser. Sorry, but i want this site to be fair and balanced..."like abc news"...<that's a joke

[MySwordIsHeavenly]

Listen, I doubt the guy that wrote this is a DEVOTED sony gamer. He's probably just some moron that hasn't realized that ALL systems have problems. the beatles sed it best, "let it be"

[ChickeyCantor]

how come a piece of hardware is taking over these ppl.!
you are all brainwashed! freaking zombies!

[Obnysalt]

As the writer of this article, I feel an obligation to explain a few things.

First, this is the finale of a trilogy of articles which I titled Microsoft/Sony/Nintendo Hates Us respectively. If you go to "The Weekly Gamage" gamepage at Club Skill you will find the others and all the rest of my columns.

Secondly, this is a piece of popcorn journalism where I try and get laughs and blow off steam. Take the jokes at face value and you will laugh, let your fanboy reflex kick in and you will not.

I keep telling people not to take this seriously, it's like the Colbert Report, just laugh, don't read too far into the subject, then move on.