The Things you hate most about Microsoft [Archive]

chicnstu

06-18-2009, 11:16 AM

You might regret making this topic, there are a lot of 360 fans here.

I don't hate any of the 3 companies, but they sure have done some things that have added up to made me think I hate them.

Microsoft:

The games are great but I don't like the 360 console.

-It has one of the worst names of any system ever made (I would probably put TurboGrafx as the worst) and I honestly think it's very ugly. Though neither of those points change how the games play.
-Poorly made, you buy it, play games on it for a year, then suddenly it whips out it's RRoD and smacks you in the face.
-The controller feels very durable but the A/B/X/Y/RB/LB/Guide buttons and D-Pad feel like something from a cheap phone, they don't feel suitable for games.

Sony:

-I used to hate the quality of their products, breaking down within a year. Looks like they've fixed that.

Nintendo:

-I want compilation games like Capcom and Sega does, I don't want to buy each classic game individually for $30 (or $5-$10 on VC). But, I'm sure if Capcom and Sega had a console they would do the same thing.

TheDomesticInstitution

06-18-2009, 11:18 AM

"OH NOEZ IT ONLEE WERKS OWN EXPEE.

Wow, they must have some pretty poor spellers that program those error messages.

DigitalSpace

06-18-2009, 11:31 AM

The one thing that annoys me the most about Microsoft's gaming division is the reliability of the 360. After that, it's the 360's lack of full backwards compatibility with the original Xbox.

Porksta

06-18-2009, 11:33 AM

If you want to play Xbox games, get an Xbox. All BC does is limit the technology on the current system.

shopkins

06-18-2009, 11:52 AM

The one thing I hate? The factor I've tried downloading Pac Man World 2 and it keeps going "OH NOEZ IT ONLEE WERKS OWN EXPEE", and the factor that there's no option to set original Xbox games to widescreen on a 360.

I don't even understand the first one, but I'm not sure the second one is right. Doom III works in Widescreen for me.

I don't have any reason to hate them. There are some things I wish they'd do different, like making all original XBox games BC, providing built-in Wi Fi and making their systems less prone to breakdowns, but otherwise their stuff has provided me with some very nice gaming experiences.

I guess the most annoying thing about Microsoft is that for some reason it causes so many fanboys to seethe with inexplicable, irrational rage. That gets old.

Oobgarm

06-18-2009, 11:55 AM

I hate how they make people want to post stupid topics like this one.

jcalder8

06-18-2009, 12:42 PM

I hate how they make people want to post stupid topics like this one.
I hate that you stole my idea for a post.

MegaDrive20XX

06-18-2009, 01:01 PM

If you want to play Xbox games, get an Xbox. All BC does is limit the technology on the current system.

That's what I did. Best $40 I ever spent!

super nes

06-18-2009, 01:08 PM

you know what i hate having to stand up and walk my lazy ass all the way to my snes just to turn it on hopefully one day in the future they will add a button to the controller that turns systems on by themselves.

skaar

06-18-2009, 01:10 PM

I hate how they make people start multiple threads about the same damn problem.

scooterb23

06-18-2009, 01:27 PM

You know what I hate most about Microsoft? I hate that whole URNOTE campaign. What the hell was that all about? And the iPod? Come on. Screw you Microsoft.

The Shawn

06-18-2009, 03:02 PM

I hate the green beans they give you in microwave frozen dinners. No matter how long you cook them their alway's still crunchy...

Microsoft my ass.

Berserker

06-18-2009, 04:04 PM

I hate pretty much everything Microsoft does in the computer world, but in the video game world it's a very different story. Overall, I think they did a pretty good job. People like to hate them because of the failure rates, but they extended the warranty for three years, for free. I think that perhaps the gravity of such a move is mostly lost on people now that we're so acclimated to it, but I try not to forget the gesture.

All things considered, they could have been much more evil about it, like trying to tack on some sort of "Extended Warranty Buy-in Fee" or something, but they didn't. They did exactly what a company with billions of dollars on-hand should have done in that particular situation, in terms of what was best for the customer rather than their wallet, and it makes me want to continue supporting them, at least on the video game side of things.

alexkidd2000

06-18-2009, 04:37 PM

Hate: RROD, Giant Power Brick, Shitty Dpad, too noisy.

Love: Affordable, Online experience, Easy to hack :)

Chadt74

06-18-2009, 05:48 PM

Recent 360 owner, and I don't know what there is to hate about MSoft?!?

Your machine breaks (if it is within 3 years) they pay to send it back to them and fix it. New 1 yr warranty. Also the website is very robust for tracking the your machine and customer service is very friendly (my experience).

Yes they make/made a flawed product, but they did not cover it up and they are trying to do the right thing. At this point I think we all know what we are getting when we buy a non-Jasper 360 (kinda like cigs but without the warning!).

I am not a fan boy and have probably 100 more PS games than MS games, but few companies have responded so well to a major defect/issue, so I give them their due.

CosmicMonkey

06-18-2009, 06:30 PM

Hate? Nah, I have much better things to do with my time. At the end of the day, Bill Gates and the M$ Board of Directors are businessmen. They're there to make money by running a successful profitable company.

I really, really dislike Windows therefore I just don't use the damn thing; I only use it when I really have to. I prefer Apple's stunning hardware designs and OS, and the way everything just works how it should. I do have Win7 x64 installed on the Mac Pro though and everything seems fine for running Visual C#.

The Xbox 360 hardware is just shocking and a very costly embarrassment to the company. Yeah, it may have the games but everyone in the world knows that 360s RRoD.

I use M$ Office 2008 Mac on a daily basis to organise my entire life. It syncs perfectly with my iPhone and does everything I need it to do all in one application. There are some slight annoyances with Mac Office, but overall I really like it; I've been using it since the '04 version.

I also have to give the company huge credit for the entire XNA Game Studio programme. What Sony started with PlayStation Yaroze has evolved into so much more through XNA on the 360 and I think it's a really good thing.

The 1 2 P

06-18-2009, 07:30 PM

I hate how Microsoft didn't add a "2" or "Super" to the title of their second console. How dare them add a "3" in "360" when this isn't even their third system:confused:

Icarus Moonsight

06-19-2009, 09:08 AM

You know what I hate most about Microsoft? I hate that whole URNOTE campaign. What the hell was that all about? And the iPod? Come on. Screw you Microsoft.

You forgot the Virtual Boy! For shame. LOL

ButtonMasher123

06-19-2009, 10:57 AM

scooterb23

06-19-2009, 01:24 PM

You forgot the Virtual Boy! For shame. LOL

I actually liked the Virtual Boy. But Microsoft does suck for making Mario 3D, and then brainwashing everyone into thinking it was a good game.

kupomogli

06-19-2009, 02:26 PM

I hate Microsoft since, according to Chad Warden, the 360 isn't ballin'. It's like a circle, and we're not doing geometry, we're trying to play some games.

graciano1337

06-19-2009, 03:06 PM

I guess the most annoying thing about Microsoft is that for some reason it causes so many fanboys to seethe with inexplicable, irrational rage. That gets old.

i believe you just defined a fanboy. ROFL

Richter Belmount

06-19-2009, 03:11 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIxfk3hS0uU
the thing I hate most about microsoft is the bing commercials.

I didnt know tim and eric worked for microsoft.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAHobySO-Bw

Vkmies

06-19-2009, 05:04 PM

The consoles are so crappy! buy them only for solid contollers and halo, but i had both the orignal XboX and the 360, both had something wrong with them and died less than 5 years... Just stopped reading games.

tom

06-19-2009, 05:08 PM

Microsoft http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c173/thomasholzer/Microsoft_Bob.jpg

djbeatmongrel

06-19-2009, 05:16 PM

My mom made me mad tonight
I asked for Cinnamon Toast Crunch, but she got French. Not the same thing!

BydoEmpire

06-19-2009, 05:17 PM

I hate that NXE defaults to "what's new with Xbox." I don't care. Just take me to my damn games. It's not really that big of a deal, but it's annoying.

kupomogli

06-19-2009, 05:49 PM

Oh yeah. The new 360 dashboard. They had a perfectly fine dashboard previously which I actually liked more than the XMB. Why screw up something that didn't need fixing to try and copy Nintendo and add all this lame bullshit we don't want to see?

Battlehork

06-19-2009, 05:51 PM

I hate how they make me add microsoft points in predetermined amounts instead being able to pay for the exact amount I want. I have to buy points in 500 point increments when the games are priced at 400, 800, and 1200 points? Brilliant Job Microsoft!

I'll take that one step further and complain about how we have to buy Itchy and Scratchy money at all instead of just paying for the games denominated with real currency.

Enigmus

06-19-2009, 08:03 PM

I also hate how they've gone through 3 revisions, yet the 360 STILL craps out after 2 or 3 years. It must be an intentional thing Gates uses to make more money or something. :rockets:

Therealqtip

06-19-2009, 08:04 PM

how corrupted they are.

Enigmus

06-19-2009, 08:07 PM

how corrupted they are.

I agree. Let's go complain in a flash mob outside Gates' house! LOL

Sudo

06-19-2009, 08:52 PM

Shitty controller and NXE. That's about it.

Richter Belmount

06-19-2009, 08:53 PM

My mom made me mad tonight
I asked for Cinnamon Toast Crunch, but she got French. Not the same thing!

Throws meat in your mashed potatoes.

Solertia

06-19-2009, 09:47 PM

ITT: QQ moar

Tron 2.0

06-19-2009, 10:50 PM

Hate: RROD, Giant Power Brick, Shitty Dpad, too noisy.

Love: Affordable, Online experience, Easy to hack :)
You just listed the pros and cons to the console you either love it or hate it ;) Still for what you listed as for the hate on it is the reason why i avoid it.Unless,towards the end ms comes out with a model that realy works.

Enigmus

06-19-2009, 11:25 PM

Also, the factor they might repackage the 360 as a new system with a crappy controllerless motion sensing system. Utter waste of development money they could use with Xbox 3 or 720 or whatever it'll be called.

scooterb23

06-19-2009, 11:45 PM

I blame Microsoft for the last 20 years of Eddie Murphy's movie career

kupomogli

06-19-2009, 11:53 PM

I blame Microsoft for the last 20 years of Eddie Murphy's movie career

10. He had some good 1990 movies roles up to 1999.

scooterb23

06-20-2009, 12:06 AM

10. He had some good 1990 movies roles up to 1999.

Seriously? I can't really give him credit for anything past Coming to America in 1988. Anything past that is questionable at best...and just plain bad in most places.

Icarus Moonsight

06-20-2009, 03:16 AM

Pluto Nash single-handedly eradicates any value his career had at all.

adam_devry

06-20-2009, 04:04 AM

1. The red ring then they fix it and now the error 43 or whatever that hurts the system more.
2. Having to pay for live.
3. That outta all the game 80% is FPS.
4. Buying arcade games then when i took it to my friends without internet the full game i paid for now say trials.
5. charging 1200 points for crappy games.

Sniderman

06-20-2009, 01:04 PM

What do I hate about Microsoft? The fact that people CONTINUE to buy and support the Xbox 360 and Windows based computers, then CONTINUE to bitch about how crappy and how expensive they are.

Here's my suggestion: Throw out your 360. Throw out your Windows-based PC. Don't give Microsoft and Bill Gates another dime if you're truly that dissatisfied. Otherwise, STFU.

Enigmus

06-20-2009, 03:07 PM

Pluto Nash single-handedly eradicates any value his career had at all.

Well, Imagine That happening, huh?

CDiablo

06-20-2009, 04:28 PM

Seriously? I can't really give him credit for anything past Coming to America in 1988. Anything past that is questionable at best...and just plain bad in most places.

Someone clearly hasen't seen Vampire in Brooklyn.....

OT:Hate that all of their proprietary overpriced stuff, wireless adapter, HDD and the like. Hate NXE(save for the HDD install). Hate paying for live (even though its like $2.50 a month).

Enigmus

06-20-2009, 05:19 PM

Someone clearly hasen't seen Vampire in Brooklyn.....

What, no SNL?

kupomogli

06-20-2009, 06:41 PM

Seriously? I can't really give him credit for anything past Coming to America in 1988. Anything past that is questionable at best...and just plain bad in most places.

Bowfinger, Life, Metro, and Vampire in Brooklyn were all good in my opinion.

There is one that's sortof good sortof ehh. Beverly Hills Cop 3. I'm pretty sure everyone has seen Beverly Hills Cop 1 and 2, and then you watch the third one. It sucks balls compared to the other two. Now if it wasn't a sequel and you couldn't judge the movie from the first two, then it wouldn't be too bad of a movie, and it's about a decent movie for the 1990's(nothing really good, about your average 1990 movie.)

Now everything he's done in 2000 has sucked, and it fits my theory. Most movies 2000 and onward suck(this is my theory and it is fact, regardless of if you accept it or not.) A higher percentage of movies in the 80s and 90s if comparable to how good they are, are badass in comparison to movies in the 2000s.

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I hate how Microsoft doesn't have a free PC optimizer to make your PC run at perfect potential from the start instead of having all this crap added on and forcing to remove every single junk program, clean out the registry, etc, etc, etc, every time I format my PC(which I haven't did in a really long time.)

I hate how they also don't have a truly reliable free virus scanner and the fact that their firewall sucks.

The 1 2 P

06-20-2009, 06:56 PM

Bowfinger, Life, Metro, and Vampire in Brooklyn were all good in my opinion.

I know it's your opinion but Bowfinger was horrendous to me. Now Life, that was pretty good. I don't remember Metro and I haven't seen VIB yet.

Enigmus

06-20-2009, 07:21 PM

Wow. I thought this was about the things that irk us about
MICROSOFT.

Richter Belmount

06-21-2009, 12:18 AM

What I like most about microsoft , the defenders of microsoft.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvbbeYPKTtk

Therealqtip

06-21-2009, 01:34 AM

I don't see whats so bad about NXE it's amazing I think at least.

skaar

06-21-2009, 11:35 AM

Wow. I thought this was about the things that irk us about
MICROSOFT.

I thought that this was about your pirated copy of Pac Man World 2 not running for you under Vista?

Enigmus

06-21-2009, 12:34 PM

I thought that this was about your pirated copy of Pac Man World 2 not running for you under Vista?

No. It's a official copy of it, and it doesn't work no matter how many times you do the compatibility. Also, MS was doomed to criticism from 95 and onwards- remember the "blue screen demonstration"?

scooterb23

06-21-2009, 12:51 PM

You want to know what I hate about Microsoft? I get laid so much since I bought an XBox 360, I've developed a bad hip.

Damn you Microsoft for making the ultimate poon magnet!!!

*shakes fist*

Rob2600

06-21-2009, 01:01 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvbbeYPKTtk

If this is serious, I fear for the future of our society.

Enigmus

06-21-2009, 02:30 PM

If this is serious, I fear for the future of our society.

I've seen that guy before. I saw him on StupidVideos telling people to get ready to (pardon my language) suck it, and I immediately thought "weirdo" when I heard his voice. He is what nightmares are made of. :eek 2:

kupomogli

06-21-2009, 02:38 PM

You want to know what I hate about Microsoft? I get laid so much since I bought an XBox 360, I've developed a bad hip.

Damn you Microsoft for making the ultimate poon magnet!!!

*shakes fist*

I hate Microsoft because this didn't happen to me when I owned a 360.

CelticJobber

06-21-2009, 04:10 PM

The thing I hate most about Microsoft is its annoying fanboys, who are more numerous and bullying in their beliefs than fans of any other company that I'm aware of.

Enigmus

06-21-2009, 04:16 PM

The thing I hate most about Microsoft is its annoying fanboys, who are more numerous and bullying in their beliefs than fans of any other company that I'm aware of.

And the Nintendo ones are their victims. :D

scooterb23

06-21-2009, 05:15 PM

The thing I hate most about Microsoft is its annoying fanboys, who are more numerous and bullying in their beliefs than fans of any other company that I'm aware of.

The thing I hate most about Sony is its annoying fanboys, who are more numerous and bullying in their beliefs than fans of any other company that I'm aware of.

The thing I hate most about Nintendo is its annoying fanboys, who are more numerous and bullying in their beliefs than fans of any other company that I'm aware of.

The thing I hate most about SNK is its annoying fanboys, who are more numerous and bullying in their beliefs than fans of any other company that I'm aware of.

The thing I hate most about Sega is its annoying fanboys, who are more numerous and bullying in their beliefs than fans of any other company that I'm aware of.

The thing I hate most about NEC is its annoying fanboys, who are more numerous and bullying in their beliefs than fans of any other company that I'm aware of.

I could go on, but you get the point. Somebody is going to say the exact same thing about any company. And arguing over it is foolish.

CelticJobber

06-21-2009, 05:57 PM

Yeah, and fanboys are annoying no matter what company they support. Its just been my experience that there's alot more 360 fanboys (even on this forum) than I've ever seen for any other system. But its not something I think is worth arguing about.

kupomogli

06-21-2009, 06:27 PM

Its just been my experience that there's alot more 360 fanboys (even on this forum)

I'll agree that this forum has more 360 fans, but there are far more Nintendo fanboys.

Nintendo fanboys like to use the fact that Wii is selling far more than the two systems it's competing against because they sure as hell can't say the system has better games since there's no good games for the system(exaggeration.) Who cares if you got a cheap system when you can't play anything on it worth a damn.

It's okay to be a fanboy of the NES, SNES, and all their portables(and the N64 to a very small extent.) Those systems are actually good. The Gamecube is a crappy system as well, though it has its small share of good games(extremely small share.)

Hep038

06-21-2009, 06:46 PM

I'll agree that this forum has more 360 fans, but there are far more Nintendo fanboys.

Nintendo fanboys like to use the fact that Wii is selling far more than the two systems it's competing against because they sure as hell can't say the system has better games since there's no good games for the system(exaggeration.) Who cares if you got a cheap system when you can't play anything on it worth a damn.

It's okay to be a fanboy of the NES, SNES, and all their portables(and the N64 to a very small extent.) Those systems are actually good. The Gamecube is a crappy system as well, though it has its small share of good games(extremely small share.)

Yeah you never really saw official sales numbers on this board until Nintendo started selling more units, then you saw a thread every damn month.

The 1 2 P

06-21-2009, 09:38 PM

Yeah you never really saw official sales numbers on this board until Nintendo started selling more units, then you saw a thread every damn month.

That reminds me how back when the PS1 and PS2 ruled the video game world, all of Sony's E3 conferences were 50% power point presentation for how many more units they were selling over the competition. I use to hate that about their E3 conferences but fortunatly those are things of the past....atleast for them.

Sonicwolf

06-22-2009, 03:27 AM

Enigmus

06-22-2009, 11:29 AM

Then somebody change the name to "Things you hate about the Big 3"

kupomogli

06-22-2009, 02:10 PM

There's too much Sony bashing. There should be a thread "Things you love most about Sony." Sony would still probably be bashed.

unwinddesign

06-22-2009, 04:29 PM

There's too much Sony bashing. There should be a thread "Things you love most about Sony." Sony would still probably be bashed.

That's really just because they've been idiots this entire generation.

scooterb23

06-22-2009, 05:19 PM

I figured out what I hate most about Microsoft. It's the "soft" part of their name. You gots to come HARD! BRING YOUR A GAME SONY AND NINTENDO... MICROHARD WILL MESS YOU UP. WHERE MY DOGS AT RUFF RUFF!!!

The 1 2 P

06-22-2009, 05:41 PM

This thread should be "Things you hate about Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony".

Making a thread about just hating Microsoft just makes it seem like your a fanboy trying to play down only one company for its failings.

Only in a "things I hate about Microsoft" thread would you get a synopsis of Eddie Murthy's movie career. Look between the lines of that to see that it's not all gloom and doom:wink 2: