Shitbox 360 problems already

Well the Shitbox 360 has been out for a couple of days now. While there aren’t dedicated hate sites quite yet from what I have been reading they aren’t far off. Apparently, and by apparently I mean I read it on the net so it must be true, Shitboxes are crashing and overheating all over the place. I have no interest in documenting these crashes suffice to say MS is having issues.

Here is what I love. Here we have a company that has been developing software forever. Here we have a company that is so instrumental in the computer industry they influence very heavily how hardware companies actually operate. I realize that in this industry this paradigm is the status quo, but it is still something to marvel at never the less.

Something else I love. The Shitbox 360 is a computer. I’m not the biggest geek in the world but my computer runs perfectly and I built it piece by piece. Yes I am simplifying things a little but I think calling the Shitbox 360 a fancy PC is a fair statement.

So back to my point. Microsoft done f**ked up now. I’m a guy who is (was?) about to buy two of these badboys and now I’m thinking I might just wait for the PS3.  If the biggest software company in the world can’t figure out, between them and their partners, how to build a computer then who knows what else might be messed up that we don’t even know about.

Imagine you are Bill Gates. You’re hanging out in your basement smoking a big fat one playing PS2 when your blackberry running the Palm OS rings and it is your buddy Ballmer (the guy who said they’d crush Google) who says: “Bill, we have a problem”. I would be so pissed. There is so much riding on this system and they don’t need any help when it comes to lack of credibility. I bet Billy is just ripping people to shreds right now. Seriously put yourself in Bill’s shoes and consider how pissed you’d be. We are not talking about a new Shredies box here. We are talking about the chance to take over one of the biggest emerging markets in the world; the gaming industry.

I actually get the chills when I think about how pissed Bill is at this very moment. More updates to follow.