General Microsoft/Xbox Thread - Basic Info on Pg 1

Thats twice now isnt in? In the span of 2 days hearing about Intercooler troubles lol.

Sorry to hear

In a move that's sure to arm Xbox 360 fanboys with enough flaming fuel to raise the temperature of internet forums a few degrees, industry analyst Michael Pachter is pointing the finger of blame for Grand Theft Auto IV's delay directly at Sony's door.

Industry analysts tend not to hold a lot of sway in the industry, given how they contradict each other (and sometimes themselves) with every other sentence, but Michael Pachter is notable for being the first to come forward and lay the blame at Sony's door for the delay.

"We think it is likely that the Rockstar team had difficulty in building an exceptionally complicated game for the PS3 and failed to recognise how far away from completion the game truly was until recently," said Pachter, before forming an evil pyramid with his fingers and furrowing his brow.

"We think it is also likely that Take-Two had a contractual commitment to Sony that it would not favour competitor Microsoft by launching the Xbox 360 version of GTA IV prior to launching the PS3 version, and believe that any delay of the PS3 version necessitated a delay of the Xbox 360 version," he added.

This ties in with one of the lazy conspiracy theories we lazily suggested while lazing around on our lazy backsides. Obviously, what we have here is analyst comment, which isn't official confirmation of the reason for the delay. Even so, it's the kind of comment that makes you want to limply shake your fist in old-man style anger at the PlayStation3, though it does mean gamers without deep pockets can enjoy Grand Theft Auto IV away from the end of year downpour of games...

Source: OXM www.oxm.co.uk/article.php?id=1068

Same person and technically same issue since this just an extension of his previous Intercooler failure.

Welcome to the good life.

Downloaded Stranglehold demo, A hour after, I went out and preordered it. Plus, I got Marble blast ultra, such a addicting game.

I really like stranglehold, but something is keeping my mind from saying it's "just a rental". The story feels a bit linear and I'm afraid I'll only be able to play it so many times.

I kind of felt that way also. I can already see how much the slow-mo is going to be abused to death in multiplayer.

Did you get one with the HDMI port or did you have a Elite and already have it?

He kept his hard drive and switched the console...