Ex-Apple exec criticizes Ballmer over Xbox 360 high failure rate – Microsoft becoming irrelevant?
In a surprising move, a former Apple exec heavily criticized Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer over his conduct with Vista and the Xbox 360’s high failure rate issue. The former exec accused Ballmer of letting his “underlings†take the fall while he remains unapologetic.
Former Apple exec, Jean-Louis Gassée wrote a lengthy piece warning shareholders to worry about Ballmer. According to Gassée, Ballmer seems to be mismanaging Microsoft and shifting blame elsewhere.
He states, “Microsoft shareholders ought to worry about Steve Ballmer’s own distortion, and about the self-inflicted effects of such a strong field.†He also adds, “We all remember Vista, it was a godsend for Apple. Did Ballmer acknowledge that there were problems? What about the Xbox 360 reliability nightmare? The apologies were left to underlings.”
Gassée calls Ballmer a salesman who is converting Microsoft from a technology leader to a “sales company.†He criticizes Microsoft’s sense of direction as the company is currently investing in a chain of coffee shops in Taiwan, while becoming irrelevant in the mobile, tablet, search and cloud computing sectors. Google and Apple have been competing fiercely across various innovative technology sectors.
It has been rumored that creative mind, J Allard left the company because Ballmer put the kibosh on the Courier, Microsoft’s prototype tablet. Also, Gassée speculates that Robbie Bach was “let go†because he took the fall for loosing the HP account.
HP was a massive Microsoft partner until the company decided to buy out Palm in order to leverage WebOS instead of the Windows platform. Gassée believes that Ballmer was the one at fault for loosing the account, yet Bach ended up taking the fall.
This all sounds familiar as it was rumored that Peter Moore took the fall for the high failure rate of the Xbox 360 (RRoD debacle) that cost Microsoft over a billion dollars.
Gassée stated that the mistakes Ballmer have made has been beneficial for Apple. He points out that Microsoft’s stock has dropped from $56 to $25.80 spanning 2000 to 2010, while Apple’s stocks have gone from $25 to $256.88. It’s interesting to note that Google’s stocks have also soared into the upper echelon of $485.63 over a ten year span.
Is Microsoft becoming irrelevant over difficulty embracing change? Even Microsoft’s video game competitor Sony is getting into the mix by holding a large presence at Google’s recent I/O conference. Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google told Sir Howard Stringer, CEO of Sony that Google has always looked towards Sony for innovation on the stage. Sony and Google have partnered up on several large cloud-based projects, including the much touted Google TV.
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June 1st, 2010
That pic of Ballmer …… I wonder if he is indicating the size of his bum hole ????
LOL
June 1st, 2010
Hideo Kojima is right.
Portable pocketsize handheld electronic devices like the smartphones & tablets are the modern personal computers of today.
Man, its the War Economy!
The War for Operating System Supremacy will put PC vs Mac, or the Console Wars to shame.
Bill Gates is a genius and Ballmer is a dummy! He ruined my love for PC with Vista crap!
June 1st, 2010
” I always thought that Microsoft had (at least) two great problems. The first was a lack of a strategic plan. They had all that money, but they didn’t know what to do with it all. They seemed to watch what others did, get jealous, and then try to take their market from them.”
Yeah, like being in the business of stealing exclusive games from PlayStation rather than in the business of making their own games. He does not care for video games he just want to steal the market.
Microsoft are no better than pirates on this matter.
The original Xbox used to be a game changer but now the 360 is a game killer thanks to Ballmer.
Ballmer is a traditional politician at best. His gluttony for profit has made him a numbskull.
June 1st, 2010
People talk about apple and their huge profits and shit… Windows vs Apple is still a no brainer.. Every home has Windows
Apples business comes from iPhone, iPod, and now the iPad. People really don’t care as much for the computers.
Face it… a gamer won’t be buying an Apple so he can play some awsome games. Nope… he will probably be looking at an Alienware or something similar or even building his own system (like i did) and of course the OS is going to be Windows.
We should be talking about games here anyway… I feel like this article just used the 360 RRoD angle instead of actually being about it
June 1st, 2010
Microsoft’s days are numbers the end is near for them. The company is going downhill and competitors like Sony, Google and Apple are all laughing all the way to the bank because Microsoft is getting destroy by the entire staff. I hope when they fall Sony buys the Xbox division and Apple buys Zune and Google everything else.
June 1st, 2010
@ Spidey
He’s trying out for the Hungry Jacks Stunner commercial.
June 1st, 2010
Harry
Either that or posing for the nob he polished that day …….
Ivan …. shut up ffs
FahKinSuPah – I wouldn’t be too sure, Steam is now selling games for Mac. I would go Apple if they were more game friendly, which appears to be getting better all the time.
June 1st, 2010
@spideydog
Steam is a game distrubution service and it isn’t the whole game market. They only represent a small piece of it. Just because the Steam service is now available on Mac doesn’t mean that every game developer will now start making Mac games. Direct X and OpenGL are 2 different animals.
Alot of companies are not going to see Mac development as feasable since it is just going to cost extra resources to develop for Mac when they might not even make a profit. Windows outnumbers Macs by far.
There is a saying that I like, because it has become so true…
“Every home has Windows”
June 1st, 2010
Of course Windows machines currently outnumer Macs, but I’ve noticed something interesting. Apple has targeted the college demographic (my demographic) and I think it’s worked (at least where I’m located). I look around my college (roughly 10k students) and Macs outnumber Windows at least 2 to 1.
And then when all these people enter the real world, they will bring their Macs along. I think Macs will rapidly catch up to Windows machines and then we will notice more games coming out on Mac, because suddenly it will be a market you cannot avoid
June 1st, 2010
Of course Windows machines currently outnumer Macs, but I’ve noticed something interesting. Apple has targeted the college demographic (my demographic) and I think it’s worked (at least where I’m located). I look around my college (roughly 10k students) and Macs outnumber Windows at least 2 to 1.
And then when all these people enter the real world, they will bring their Macs along. I think Macs will rapidly catch up to Windows machines and then we will notice more games coming out on Mac, because suddenly it will be a market you cannot avoid.
June 1st, 2010
@arckain
When i was still in highschool Apple was targeting the every school demographic it could, from grade school to college.
It still is.
When it comes to games Mac sucks
When it comes to graphic design and certain development fields Apple has it, which is why its perfect for schools and some businesses.
However normal every day use, and everything else, is where Windows excels.
Apple loves to target yuppies and people who have money and don’t know what to do with it.
Does anyone really need an iPad?
June 1st, 2010
Also I had a friend who went out and bought a Mac last year.
He was acting all stuck up about it.
“I have a Mac!”
My responce was “yeah but you can’t do shit with it”
June 1st, 2010
Well I’m saying that Macs are finally gaining significant ground at least around college campuses which will then carry over to the real world. And with that greater market share, developers won’t be able to ignore the Mac presence. Also what besides gaming can a Mac not do?
I for one won’t own a Mac for various reasons, let alone an iPad (I hate it with a passion).
June 1st, 2010
Mac can run most games nowdays.
Spore, Starcraft, WoW, Sims and games on Steam.
Mac is a bit expensive but when it comes to performace Windows is way behind…..I think Mac has captured the Laptop and Table PC market.
June 1st, 2010
“That pic of Ballmer …… I wonder if he is indicating the size of his bum hole ????”
No, he is indicating the size of CAD and HHs.
June 1st, 2010
^LMAO
I think it has gotten bigger by now
June 1st, 2010
“And then when all these people enter the real world, they will bring their Macs along.”
Wrong! LOL sorry dude but you don’t bring your computer to work. 1. For security reasons. 2. Because 9 times out of 10 companies prefer to standardize hardware for ease of tech support.
Mac OS is shit. I have tried mac os a few times and can’t stand it. It is designed to give the user no control of the hardware or the OS. I kall it “the OS for dummies” People like me prefer to be able to do things like registry hacks.
The Mac OS does get bloated over time just like windows. Only, with windows I have the control to slow that process down.
The Steam service sucks also.
June 1st, 2010
“I think it has gotten bigger by now ”
No doubt. With Ms dick in it.
June 1st, 2010
Interviewer: And then what did you see?
Steve Ballmer: CAD’s ass hole was THIS BIG!
June 1st, 2010
Steve Ballmer: I could fit my shiny head in there!
June 1st, 2010
Interviewer: And did you?
Steve Ballmer: YES!
June 1st, 2010
LOL keep the dialog going. Lets see if we can come up with a funny interview.
June 1st, 2010
FahKinSuPahS said: @:spideydog
“Steam is a game distrubution service and it isn’t the whole game market. They only represent a small piece of it. Just because the Steam service is now available on Mac doesn’t mean that every game developer will now start making Mac games. Direct X and OpenGL are 2 different animals.”
Der, fuck I’m not stupid. The point I was making is that even a HUGE digital game distribution service that Steam is, is now on board with offering Mac games. That is fairly significant in my view. I never said that Mac was or is rivaling PC gaming, there is no need to get over sensitive. Shit, I’m using a PC to write this
June 1st, 2010
“keep the dialog going. Lets see if we can come up with a funny interview”
Christ no.
If all you’ve got is yet more tediously predictable gay sex fixated BS why bother?
June 1st, 2010
Microsoft competitor in bashing Microsoft exercise.
Big whoopey do.
Roca
“I think Mac has captured the Laptop and Table PC market”
Your fanboy day-dreams are no reflection of reality.
Windows has (by far) the bulk of OS everywhere, from desktop to laptop to notepad.
Soon (within the next 5 – 10yrs) to be significant if not dominant in the phone market too, I expect.
June 1st, 2010
HH said: “Soon (within the next 5 – 10yrs) to be significant if not dominant in the phone market too, I expect.”
Sorry m8, I don’t see that. That is optimistic at best. Zune is a failure and was supposed to rival iPod. Windows mobile will be the same. I just don’t see it I’m afraid.
You are a very loyal MS customer though
I will give you that.
June 1st, 2010
I agree Mac isn’t the computer to own if you’re a gamer, but most of the population isn’t one.
My biggest problem with Mac is that everything is proprietary.
June 1st, 2010
“Your fanboy day-dreams are no reflection of reality.”
everything to you is based on fanboyism huh? must be because of personal experience.
anyways…..I have said many times that I prefer Windows over any other OS….but while in college I see that most ppl went for mac for their laptops than PC…..and If you want to be such a dick and be a MS ass kisser mother fucker, then let me make your day by also letting you know that most of those Mac users also had your “precious” Windows OS installed on their Mac Laptop. Business ppl still use Windows mainly because that’s the standard company OS but now days computer savy consumers go for Mac laptops than PC because it performs better, battery last longer, its faster and you can easily run windows on it
Apple dominates the high-end laptop market, You can find (easy google search) market research showing they own 91% of the $1,000+ laptop market (if you want the link let me know dipshit)
Now I understand why Ballmer showed how big you ass whole has gotten from taking it from MS
June 1st, 2010
Spidey – “You are a very loyal MS customer though I will give you that”
he takes every MS-releated comment so personal that it’s not even funny…..gotta admire his wild ‘predictions’ though
June 1st, 2010
“Christ no.
If all you’ve got is yet more tediously predictable gay sex fixated BS why bother?”
LMAO I knew you would object. Guess it hits a little to close to home? LOL
June 1st, 2010
Spideydog
We will see.
Whether or not they end up dominant they are (just as happened with gaming) set to grab a very significant chunk of the business.
I really have no personal interest in Microsoft at all, I just thionk a lot of the comment about them is prejudice and ludicrously ill-informed.
Roca
Swervew it all you like my comment weas all about your claim
“Mac has captured the Laptop and Table PC market”
which is frankly just your usual laughably blind fanboy sh!te.
ncassie
No, not at all.
It’s just your predictable ravings are so boring.
What I reckon is “close to home” is hopw come you, like a handful of others here, invariably resort to that sort of nonsense so quickly.
A little curious/unsure hmmmm?
LMAO
June 1st, 2010
“What I reckon is “close to home†is hopw come you, like a handful of others here, invariably resort to that sort of nonsense so quickly.
A little curious/unsure hmmmm?”
Better than making wild accusations then ignoring everyone that calls you on it.
your fanboy jackassery! LOL
June 1st, 2010
@HH
I see you are still on the “Kissing MS’s ass” mode. your ‘opinions’ dont matter when the numbers show otherwise….91% of all high-end laptops is an impressive numbers.
also your reading comprehension skills are just bad, I said Apple has ‘capture’ the laptop market….never said they were dominiting, but hey you take every single MS-related comment too personal and in a offensive way…way to show your fanboyism dipshit
June 1st, 2010
Nothing “wild” about it, your reflex retort invariably revolve around a$$holes, peni$es and gay sex acts.
…..and if I were gay I certainly wouldn’t be hiding it from the likes of a silly prejudiced twerp like you.
Not so long ago I mentioned the horrible casual use of the term ‘rape’ by certain posters here.
But I guess your immature f*ckwit world just has that down as something “too close to home” too, huh?
Idiot.
June 1st, 2010
Roca
Back-peddle away!
June 1st, 2010
“I see you are still on the “Kissing MS’s ass†mode. your ‘opinions’ dont matter when the numbers show otherwise….91% of all high-end laptops is an impressive numbers.”
Sorry Roca but I need to disagree there. The only reason for this is because High end for Mac is over $1000 and you can get better for under $1000 with PC.
Macs are over priced crap.
June 1st, 2010
Lies, damned lies and statistics.
Wake up.
June 1st, 2010
I prefer laptops that I can change the battery rather than one that lasts longer.
June 1st, 2010
“Back-peddle away!”
another example of HH’s ‘smart’ replies..seriously you’re truly a sucker for anything Microsoft….Spidey couldn’t have said any better
it’s way too clear now
June 1st, 2010
“Nothing “wild†about it, your reflex retort invariably revolve around a$$holes, peni$es and gay sex acts.”
I wasn’t talking about me calling you and cad gay. Nice try though. We don’t need to go back to far to see the crap you post about us changing our views on paid services and a bunch of other shit you post.
June 1st, 2010
oh great….while HH’s is fighting the battle for MS, Apple just passed Microsoft as “World’s Largest Tech Company”
this must be a sad day for HH, as he takes everything MS way too personal…my sincere condolences
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/05/apple-passes-microsoft/
June 1st, 2010
“oh great….while HH’s is fighting the battle for MS, Apple just passed Microsoft as “World’s Largest Tech Companyâ€
bill gates must be LHFAO right now….. ah, balmer, he sure is good for a laugh.
June 1st, 2010
Honestly, anyone who actually likes using Windows should be DAMN happy that Apple is having an increase in its popularity. Why, you may ask? Reasons are simple.
1. Microsoft will have to come out with very new concepts and will have to optimize EVERYTHING they want to release to make sure it becomes a success (they want to regain the market, that’s the point of a business)
2. More users on Macs = More interest in hackers + virus creators to target Mac users.
3. Previous point means less viruses and hackers for Windows.
4. Apple will start sucking, because its monopoly will not (and never will) be able to handle hacks/viruses. My friend actually was able to reset a Mac password in less than 2 minutes by logging onto a console, mounting the disk, removing one simple configuration file, and BAM.
Basically, the market HAS to go around from Apple to Microsoft and so on, that is how things improve. Don’t think I’m a Microsoft lover, because I’m not. I simply think everything they make is much more logic to use than stupid Macs that don’t let you do anything (yes, I am a Mac hater though.)
In the end, smart users will have three operating systems on their computer: Linux (the best), Microsoft (the usable), Mac (the pretty much useless).
Hate as much as you want, everyone/everything have advantages and flaws. Just pick what fits you the most.
PS: The problem with the market is that most people are plain ignorant/stupid (that is a sad fact). Thus, Apple wins in this because everything it makes is for extremely basic stuff and mainly doesn’t let you do anything with it.
As for people saying Mac performance is better, that is only partially true. Learn OS architecture and you will see where Mac fails hardly.
June 1st, 2010
“In the end, smart users will have three operating systems on their computer: Linux (the best), Microsoft (the usable), Mac (the pretty much useless).”
LMAO sure dude. I know plenty about computers and have no use for linux. It is said about the mac “the pretty much useless”
Why not use the more supported OS with plenty of software choices? When you grow up and get into a real job you will see that when you need to support those stupid end users your linux skills are useless.
If you’re so smart why not work on optimizing windows yourself? Or go work at MS and fix it for them?
June 1st, 2010
It is said about the mac
should be
It is as you said about the mac LOL
June 1st, 2010
don’t forget Google is on the rise….and just like apple, Google has a pretty impressive amount of followers.
just because some here ‘prefer’ Windows doesnt mean Mac OS is ‘useless’….so how useless can it be when it is a fact that that Windows 7 was inspired mostly by Mac OS, Here are 2 quotes from MS:
-”One of the things that people say an awful lot about the Apple Mac is that the OS is fantastic, that it’s very graphical and easy to use.”
-”"What we’ve tried to do with Windows 7–whether it’s traditional format or in a touch format–is create a Mac look and feel in terms of graphics.”
so the ‘useless OS’ inspired Windows 7….not so useless after all. now here are 10 features Windows 7 copied from Mac OS:
1- Taksbar makeover: Dock look and feel
2- Jump List: Dock menus
3- Aero Peek: Exposé
4- Files Previews
5- Gadgets: Widgets
6- Sticky Notes: Stickies
7- Saved Searches: Smart folders
8- RRS feeds
9- Windows Disc Image Burner: Disk Utilities
10- Network shares automatically appearing in the left sidebar
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10395980-71.html
h**p://www.infoworld.com/d/mac/top-10-features-microsoft-stole-mac-os-x-971
June 1st, 2010
Roca
“oh great….while HH’s is fighting the battle for MS, Apple just passed Microsoft as “World’s Largest Tech Companyâ€
this must be a sad day for HH, as he takes everything MS way too personal…my sincere condolences”
Pure idiot fanboy projection……and so completely obvious at that.
June 1st, 2010
sad day indeed……
June 1st, 2010
You, all too obviously, wish.
Sorry, I’ll just continue to leave that ludicrous ‘love’ and ‘hate’ for multi-national CE corps BS to you fanboys.
June 1st, 2010
@HH
the only one show love (and taking it personal) it’s you….got all mad and angry, name-calling and insulting others just because Apple passed MS as the biggest tech company in the world. why you are so sensitive when it comes to MS? relax dude is not the end of the world, MS will live
again, my sincere condolences to you
June 1st, 2010
More garbage.
My comments here were
(1) reasonable comment to Spideydog.
(2) saying how dumb ncassie’s cr@p is and
93) about your idiotic claim
“Mac has captured the Laptop and Table PC market”
(which you now try to worm out of).
There was nothing about anything personal to me regarding Microsoft (for the pertinent point that they mean nothing personally to me).
Now you are whining on and on about Apple’s financial performance as if I could give a f*ck.
Pathetic.
(and it’s even funnier to know that you have to try to use Apple like this and not your beloved Sony, because you couldn’t)
But in your fanboy head it all makes sense because that really is how you ‘think’, except you adore Sony and loathe Microsoft.
Emotional feelings about multi-natioanl CE corps.
Like I said, pathetic.
June 1st, 2010
you act/sound like a sad and angry person..now you are bringing Sony (totally unrelated) into this debate…talk about fanboy!
HH, cry me a river…..stop whining for once and dont take CE-related comments so personal.
now keep the insults coming, it only shows how mature you really are kid
June 1st, 2010
“(2) saying how dumb ncassie’s cr@p is and ”
LMAO glad I could hit a nerve.
June 1st, 2010
The only two peeps who have mentioned ‘Sony’ in this thread are Ivan and HH……what are the odds huh?
someone is cleary out of juice
June 1st, 2010
“so the ‘useless OS’ inspired Windows 7….not so useless after all. now here are 10 features Windows 7 copied from Mac OS:”
Like I said Windows 7 sucks. Now I know why.
LOL The first thing I did when I got XP was turn off the gay theme. Windows doesn’t need to be pretty. They need to improve performance and stop trying to cater to the vain.
June 1st, 2010
LOL @Roca
HH is jealous.
June 1st, 2010
2 lame & laughably predictable idiots doing their best to provoke.
How sad.
You guys really need a less soul-destroying job or education course.
June 1st, 2010
HAHA
poor HH, so jealous of our PS3s.
June 1st, 2010
HH needs to get out of his house and see what is the world like….sometimes I feel bad for that kids, specially after knowing that MS did this to him:
http://vista.blorge.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Steve-Ballmer.jpg
June 1st, 2010
LOL
June 1st, 2010
@ncaissie
Lol that isn’t what I meant. Sorry it wasn’t worded as well as it could have been, but I meant when they go and form their own businesses and companies. You really thought I meant they would take their laptops with them into work, haha wtf would that do?
June 1st, 2010
LOL I figured you meant when they started work they would get their employers to buy MACs.
Macs suck for most businesses. They may be ok for video editing but that is nothing any good PC can’t do. No (true)professional would use the OS default editor.
June 1st, 2010
“Mac is a bit expensive but when it comes to performace Windows is way behind…..I think Mac has captured the Laptop and Table PC market.”
Yes but when it comes to affordability all window laptops are a fraction of the cost of Mac when I shopped 2years ago.
June 1st, 2010
Yeah, I agree they suck for most businesses, I just see that changing eventually.
The expense and fact that you have to buy everything from apple themselves pisses me off.
Did you guys hear that Google is phasing out windows machines at their workplaces in favor of linux and apple?
June 1st, 2010
@Arckain
I was just reading it…
“Google ditches Windows on security concerns”
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d2f3f04e-6ccf-11df-91c8-00144feab49a.html
June 1st, 2010
Hope google enjoys being in the ‘leet’ %9
June 1st, 2010
I’m definitely excited about the Chrome OS, but I’m not totally sold on it yet. Has anyone installed it on a virtual machine yet? Reactions?
June 1st, 2010
@ncaissie I was talking about home computers man, of course in businesses no one would EVER put anything more than one OS (although the servers at my school run both Linux and Windows server). My point was that experienced users can enjoy positive parts of every OS. Try to learn how to read between lines mate. I might not have a job yet, but I’m far from dumb.
BTW, I help “those dumb people” every day, and I get payed for it. Trust me, my Linux skills HAVE helped me, even in fixing Windows/Mac problems. Live CDs of Linux are more useful than you think.
PS: Windows is closed source, and I will not go into the junk code they made…Anyways I don’t like programming just for the heck of it…I’m into hardware, I’ll let other people enjoy the long pages of code
June 1st, 2010
I have a feeling Google will soon become a very major OS company. Their Chrome OS has to be excellent though so it can make a big impact on industry. Honestly, I wouldn’t mind having another company in the war. More companies = more competition = better OSes = Better prices!
June 1st, 2010
“I might not have a job yet, but I’m far from dumb.”
Then
“BTW, I help “those dumb people†every day, and I get payed for it. ”
WTF? Dude you contradict yourself in the same post.
Not many people use duel boot pc’s at home either.
June 1st, 2010
Sorry, I admit that wasn’t very clear. I mean it’s not a job…it’s a very simple side-”job”… anyways hard to explain but I don’t consider it a job since it’s all but official.
And as for dual boot PCs, not many people know how to use them…especially when it comes to GRUB. Some people dare to try and simply fail because they get all lost with the different Loaders and such…Else, dual boot is simply awesome…You can boot into Linux when you feel like trying out server stuff or whatever, Windows when you want to play, Mac to do some video/image editing and such.
Obviously, I don’t do all of this. I only have Linux on a live-cd and Windows installed on my disk. The reason for that is my small hard disk…My old big one died a few months ago, the head was defective and data was not recoverable. I’m currently waiting for prices to drop on SSDs and for the capacities to grow bigger.
June 1st, 2010
Virtualization ftw imo.
June 1st, 2010
http://thecreepyblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/99-reasons-to-detest-xbox-360.html
this is true.
June 1st, 2010
LOL @liquid
oh no you didint!
June 1st, 2010
damnit Liquid, you just gave HH 99 reasons to keep whining
June 1st, 2010
You 2 still trolling away.
F*ck you must be bored to death.
June 1st, 2010
@Liquid
what did tell you? lol
June 1st, 2010
How about this: Release a slim Xbox 360 that has a wireless connector, have it be cool running, reduce the failure rate down to near-nilch, and stop with the lame excuses involving disk-scratching (moving the console is NOT the problem).
If a multi-billion dollar technology leader can’t go ahead and do that…
Then they shouldn’t be a multi-billion dollar technology leader.
June 1st, 2010
That picture of ballmer is great. What do you suppose they asked him?
-what’s do xbot’s believe the failure rate of the 360 is and what is their IQ?
June 1st, 2010
“How about this: Release a slim Xbox 360 that has a wireless connector, have it be cool running, reduce the failure rate down to near-nilch, and stop with the lame excuses involving disk-scratching (moving the console is NOT the problem).”
and ding. . .you’ve got yourself a ps3. lol
June 1st, 2010
^ LMFAO
June 2nd, 2010
Steven Ballmer should be be fired. While Microsoft is tumbling his fortune is getting bigger.
June 4th, 2010
” Is Microsoft becoming irrelevant over difficulty embracing change?”
Yup
” Even Microsoft’s video game competitor Sony is getting into the mix by holding a large presence at Google’s recent I/O conference. Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google told Sir Howard Stringer, CEO of Sony that Google has always looked towards Sony for innovation on the stage.”
Cassete player, Walkman, Compact Disk, Discman, Handycam, Playsation etc. Sony has a good track record of innovation amidst changing times.