Fan:
Just wanted to point you to this article recent article:
http://money.cnn.com/services/ticke...55848.07953.htm
How can Xbox be deemed a failure if Microsoft's profits actually rose since it was released? Obviously folks are buying games, otherwise they'd have seen monumental losses. Apparently that expensive hard drive you mention has paid for itself. And, if you'd ever actually spent any extended periods of time with an Xbox, you'd realized that it's uses go far beyond services to save games.
Also, much of that Adrenalin Vault article is conjecture. MS is beating GameCube by a hair's breadth on the worldwide scale, though the recent increase in sales for the GC thanks to Mario Sunshine are making it look like the GC is the hotter console. And how can they say what sales will be like at the end of the year? Trust me, wait a week -- Xbox sales will be way up thanks to their new bundle and Xbox Live... which you don't even mention. Oh, and Xbox sales are about 10 million worldwide, compared to about 25 million for the PS2. That's not a bad deficit considering how poorly the Xbox is doing in Japan, and the fact that the PS2 had a year's head start.
Anyhow, your article is obviously based on opinion, which is fine, but I'd encourage you to also get your facts straight in future pieces.
-tim xxxxxxx
Response:
Your letter is so grossly inaccurate I don't quite know how to respond. The PS2 has sold over 40 million units worldwide. That is a fact.
Microsoft is a huge company... in case you didn't know, they existed before the Xbox. The losses incurred by the Xbox didn't make Microsoft as a whole lose money.
Anyhow, your article is obviously based on opinion, which is
fine, but I'd encourage you to also get your facts straight in future pieces
Wow. Get your facts straight before emailing me please. You have no clue what you're talking about.
-Keith "Mortin" Whitsitt
www.Icrontic.com
Fan:
Can you please point me to a story saying that the PS2 has sold 40 million units world-wide? To my knowledge Sony has never said how many units it has sold, only how many units it has shipped.
Response:
http://news.com.com/2100-1040-958600.html
-Keith "Mortin" Whitsitt
www.Icrontic.com
Fan:
Read the title:
"Sony has shipped 40 million PlayStation 2 game consoles worldwide, after passing the 30 million mark on May 5. "
It says SHIPPED. Sony has never commented on how many consoles have been sold. If you walk to your local retailer you'll see 5 or 10 PS2's sitting on the shelf. All those are included in that 40 million figure.
Yet again, please get your facts straight.
-tim
Response:
God you are such a moron
-Keith "Mortin" Whitsitt
www.Icrontic.com
New TXB Fan email to him:
I just read your article and some of your responses you gave to a recent e-mail you received.
You can check what they posted here:
http://forums.teamxbox.com/showthread.php?
&threadid=142293&pagenumber=2
I don't know if he's posting all the facts correctly, but if he is, then I suggest you and your team start meeting on how to handle e-mail responses. You are a website that many people visit. A website that is entitled to opinions from your readers. I ask you, what kind of website are you running when someone asks a question, and you respond by calling them a moron? Doyou consider that professional? There are some great, informative gaming websites out there...many of which I'm sure you and your team have looked atin hopes of becoming one day. Do you think they became the sites they are today by treating their readers with such immaturity? So, he disagrees with your article, and asks that you clarify some things...so what? Does that give you the right to jump down his throat? Maybe so, but you and your staff will NEVER get the respect you want through actions like that.
Response:
Constructive criticism is always welcome at Icrontic however, being a
tard and a half is not. We will lay the smack down if you troll.
-Keith "Mortin" Whitsitt
www.Icrontic.com
Fan:
Hmmm....well, I just looked at what he posted, and, unless there were some things he didn't include, I don't see where the guy was acting like, as you say "a tard and a half". From what I saw, you called him a moron after he pointed out the number of PS2 units shipped, not sold. How is that being a troll? I'm not asking out of defensiveness, I'm just wondering. Oh, and that's the kind of stuff I'm talking about. You want credibility in the industry? Don't blindly use words like "tard" to people that you don't even
know. It's definitely not a respectable way to talk to people.
Response:
Boo hoo. Cry me a river.
-Keith "Mortin" Whitsitt
www.Icrontic.com
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