| despair, a repair, and a Wii in the middle |
[16 Dec 2006|10:21am] |
You know how it is? Right? You buy a new console, you expect a new cosole feeling; you know, great working, nice graphics, smoother interface. You know what I'm talking about right?
Well it seems I never get that relief, that small bit of joy so many others get. Hell my second generation PS2 was a faulty piece of shit.
Sony is an acrynoum for Shit Offering Nothing Yet
So in July I got a 360, and was pleased it ran fine, it played well. And then it started giving me disc read errors. Luckily it wasn't the console or disc. It was the save file. But whoops, in August I got a new game, DOA4. And guess what, odd frame skipping. So I call it in, and I send M$ my 360.
Whoopy I got a whole new one. Lets see sony do that now.
So low and behold great gaming goodness arrived the day before my birthday. And it worked!!!!!! Until now.
You see, now my screen freezes every time I play. First an almost innocent Viva Pinata crash, Isolated enough, so I was not suspicious. Two weeks later, Gears of War crashes, and then Viva, and then The Outfit, and then DOA4, then Dead Rising.
So what does this tell me. It tells me the console is doing it, I did my own trouble shooting. Even cosulted possible failures with my dad, who is an electronics technician. He supposes it is the mother board, me? Well I think customer support may be able to tell me what is up.
So I call, and am greeted by a very cheerful robot. He seems morbidly cheerfull that I call about my faulty console. So I get through that as quickly as possible. And I talk to a man. He tells me the date may be what is causing it. Don't know why, and when I ask him why, well, a half-assed answer is what I get. But I do it anyways, it may be a fixer.
But nope, not for me, no such luck. I felt like Charlie Brown trying to kick the football, I feel like about to get there, but Lucy pulls it away and "aaaaaaauuuuuuuughhh" I go. Gears froze in 20 minutes. Giving me he illusion of hope, and then smashing it with the Hammer of Dawn and a can of pre-cooked rape. I say rape now becuase Microsoft is asking me 140 dollars for a repair I'm not sure will fix the problem. As this is my second console.
I was a fool, I trusted the 3% failures, and said the loudest was a minority complaining. But even if they are a minority, I'm part of them. I trusted M$, but apparently my trust was misplaced.
I love Microsoft I really do, I want to love them still. But not as sure our marriage is working out. I divorced Sony based on similar problems, and then eloped with the Xbox, who got plastic surgery and turned into a 360. I'm not going to crawl back to Sony, on it's pedastal, it's 599 U.S. dollars console.
But all the while I'm eyeing that Wii giving me the eye over at the bar. Sure, she may not be the prettiest, but from a brief conversation I hear she is sensational in the living room, or if you so please the bed room. For a price I would absolutely love the 360 to be at. But am I ready to commit?
Am I? Really? I still have the tatters of a beautiful union to see if I can fix. $140 for marriage counseling? Is a 360 worth $500 to me? (praise 10% discounts at Wal-Mart) Is it even worth $400? I can always come back to her though, she's patient and waiting, willing to seperate till her kinks are fixed and ready to be at least room mates again. The Wii already seems ready, no one nay-saying her, no one to call her a skank for ditching them, for failing on them. She's more hands on too, I love her motion, and she's nice and petite.
It's hard to decide a choice like this. As in any major choice or change. Like Honda to Hundia. Ugo to Pinto. McDonalds to Burger King. A 360 will always be waiting for me, getting more refined and lady like, quieting down a bit, getting rid of her temper, and all the while becoming a cheaper date.
Although the vision of the 360 is tainted a little, I still love her. But right now I'm willing to seperate till she gets her life in ordr a bit.
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