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How many times has the Xbox been criticized as a computer? Many people say that the Xbox is an overrated fraud of a console. The other day my friend started to criticize the Xbox, comparing it to his Playstation 2 saying how much better it was. He plays on my Xbox and sure enough after an hour gaming on Halo he suddenly had some different opinions about the matter. After another hours gaming on Sega GT 2002 and Colin MacCrae Rally 3 he finally decided to renounce his earlier opinions of the Xbox and admit that it was a pretty good computer. Computer? COMPUTER!!! I was enraged. I nearly hit him over the head with his Playstation 2 he brought to "play on". It didn't even get out of his bag.
OK, the Xbox may have been made by Microsoft, who make computers and software by trade but that does not mean people can treat and dismiss the Xbox as a computer. Even now the Playstation 2 is having a desktop software being created for it. It is having keyboards and mouse’s being adapted to work with it. Now if you were to compare that to the Xbox, which ones a computer now.
People also discriminated against the Xbox because of its size. So it’s big, size doesn't always matter. How else was Microsoft going to fit everything inside it to make it as powerful as it is today. Consoles were built for playing games on, not for carrying around. People might want to take their Console to a friend’s house but what’s the point. If you want a friend to play with you, invite them over to your house and play there. This reduces theft and damages to any console anywhere.
The main proof that people use to discriminate against the Xbox is the fact that Bill Gates is a rich git who does not care at all about the Xbox project. So what! Bill gates did not design or come up with the idea of the Xbox. It is not his dream. He really has no part to play in it other than fund its beginning. What people forget are the people who
actually build and manufacture the Xbox. Most don’t even earn as much as 0.00005% of Bill gates fortune. They have to work and make sure the Xbox sells for their own individual profit. That’s where quality control and quality manufacture comes in. Bill owns the Microsoft name, which only means he gets some of the money. If people want any of it they have to work and make sure their division of the Microsoft Empire sells; otherwise they either do not get paid or/and are out of a job.
In conclusion I would like to add that one of the biggest reasons why people do not like the Xbox is because they are jealous, jealous because its better than any of their consoles.
OK, the Xbox may have been made by Microsoft, who make computers and software by trade but that does not mean people can treat and dismiss the Xbox as a computer. Even now the Playstation 2 is having a desktop software being created for it. It is having keyboards and mouse’s being adapted to work with it. Now if you were to compare that to the Xbox, which ones a computer now.
People also discriminated against the Xbox because of its size. So it’s big, size doesn't always matter. How else was Microsoft going to fit everything inside it to make it as powerful as it is today. Consoles were built for playing games on, not for carrying around. People might want to take their Console to a friend’s house but what’s the point. If you want a friend to play with you, invite them over to your house and play there. This reduces theft and damages to any console anywhere.
The main proof that people use to discriminate against the Xbox is the fact that Bill Gates is a rich git who does not care at all about the Xbox project. So what! Bill gates did not design or come up with the idea of the Xbox. It is not his dream. He really has no part to play in it other than fund its beginning. What people forget are the people who
actually build and manufacture the Xbox. Most don’t even earn as much as 0.00005% of Bill gates fortune. They have to work and make sure the Xbox sells for their own individual profit. That’s where quality control and quality manufacture comes in. Bill owns the Microsoft name, which only means he gets some of the money. If people want any of it they have to work and make sure their division of the Microsoft Empire sells; otherwise they either do not get paid or/and are out of a job.
In conclusion I would like to add that one of the biggest reasons why people do not like the Xbox is because they are jealous, jealous because its better than any of their consoles.
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That was a very fanboyish post you just made there...
Could've sworn the GC box has the words IBM on it..... and seeing as the PS2 has a HD and network adaptor coming out, and Nintendo launch their stunning rip off online network March 7th....Nintendo's sad rush to be the first network in the UK officially launched is a laugh - 1 game ?
Listen to this, you have to buy the network adaptor at 34.99, then buy Phantasy Star Online, then pay a monthly fee to play it, and no headset ! Now MS gave us Live! which, for £40 included two demo online games, a headset of great quality, and a years fees paid ! And MS is the rip off company ? Not from where I'm standing it isn't. Incidentally GC + Online adaptor = £165, and when the free game offer ends 20th march the GC looks even crapper value compared to the Xbox.
~~Belldandy~~
Listen to this, you have to buy the network adaptor at 34.99, then buy Phantasy Star Online, then pay a monthly fee to play it, and no headset ! Now MS gave us Live! which, for £40 included two demo online games, a headset of great quality, and a years fees paid ! And MS is the rip off company ? Not from where I'm standing it isn't. Incidentally GC + Online adaptor = £165, and when the free game offer ends 20th march the GC looks even crapper value compared to the Xbox.
~~Belldandy~~
Dreamcast/PS2 are nearer to PCs with their web access...
Xbox is powerful, that makes it like a PC?
If you play too many games on your PC, it will soon slow down and not work as well...
Xbox won't...
Xbox is powerful, that makes it like a PC?
If you play too many games on your PC, it will soon slow down and not work as well...
Xbox won't...
And hows that ? I don't remember using my X-Box as a word processor, surfing the net, e-mailing, etc.
The X-Box is a gaming console - simple.
The X-Box is a gaming console - simple.
Savatt78 wrote:
> And that being the case, the same can be said for the other two
> consoles as well.
Yes, but the X-Box is much more akin to a PC than the PS2 or GC.
> And that being the case, the same can be said for the other two
> consoles as well.
Yes, but the X-Box is much more akin to a PC than the PS2 or GC.
phi11ip wrote:
> I had an Xbox, I dropped it and shattered every bone in my foot...
Well done X-Box - now finish the job. ;-)
> I had an Xbox, I dropped it and shattered every bone in my foot...
Well done X-Box - now finish the job. ;-)
phi11ip wrote:
> I had an Xbox, I dropped it and shattered every bone in my foot...
hahahahahahahha!!!!1111!!!1!!2
> I had an Xbox, I dropped it and shattered every bone in my foot...
hahahahahahahha!!!!1111!!!1!!2
I had an Xbox, I dropped it and shattered every bone in my foot...
And that being the case, the same can be said for the other two consoles as well.
I never said the Xbox is a PC - but it is a computer. A computer intended for personal use?
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