Comments on: Microsoft Finally Makes Things Right

By: That guy stuck in space with Master Chief But Isn't a Spartan so dies from not breathing.

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:32:21 +0000

Also hidden deep within the sea of packing peanuts, Microsoft stowed a Cappuchin Monkey, specially trained to rig your 360 with the RROD, and equipped with a signature erasing cloth. It also signed for Bill Gates on the X-box.

By: MR HAT3ER

MR HAT3ER — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:47:09 +0000

this kid should be like bending on his knees catering to your every whim because if you didn’t publish this none of this would ever happen

By: porkstein

porkstein — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:49:13 +0000

Strangely, this worries me. I worry that Microsoft is using this as an oppurtunity to improve their PR; they give one gamer a Bill Gates signed Xbox 360, and people lay off Microsoft for a while when it comes to the whole RROD debacle. But I doubt much has changed internally, and I deeply respect Nathaniel for persisting with his goal that to 99% of us would have long been forgotten.

Here’s to hoping that something does change, however unlikely.

By: Bluey Brutal

Bluey Brutal — Sun, 24 May 2009 10:02:31 +0000

To all the people calling him an idiot,

God forbid he wants to send something to a company that PROMISED that his console would be taken care of and the case would remain the same as when he sent it. Seriously, if you guys took the time to read all the info on this stuff. You would of realized they told him it would be fine, and nothing would be ruined/gone. Somewhere there was a mistake, it happens, and they tried to make up for it. Also he didnt lose the memories of getting the signatures on his first system. He still has those, and now the memory of how he lost them, and how he was repaid for the hard loss.

Its great that microsoft and bungie care about players, they felt bad for the guy and gave him abunch of nice things to try and make him happy. It will never replace the original console in the story but atleast they did something for him insted of sending him a message that basicly said get over it like many other companies would of. This shows you Bungie would be the best group of people to control the world (Cant wait till they do so!) and microsoft will be good partners if they need back up.

This inspires me to get a new Xbox 360 and get it signed by people, only because im Jealous. First targets. MLG people!

By: Yin117

Yin117 — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:26:48 +0000

Well at least he got something that trumped his previous console from M$ and stuff that he can enjoy tat are one of a kind from Bungie, I hope they have sorted there stuff out so that this will never happen again, I wonder if they have his console Registered as: DO NOT CLEAN!!!! FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL MEAN THE SACK!!!!!

Anyway Good Luck to him and his Gaming, to all of you infact.

PS – If anyone knows how to EASILY cancel a “Phantasy Star Universe” Membership, please tell as via the Xbox E-Mail Support, I was Reffered to the, Xbox Phone Support Number = Stupid, I will likely have to spend an age on the phone to the USA, when Im in the UK, I haven’t got the game yet (I want to) but if you can tell me something that might help, then please do.

Later.

By: Morpheus

Morpheus — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:23:43 +0000

I’m with some of the others. Just put that bad boy in a glass case and don’t touch!

Heh heh.

But it’s good to see you’re getting comped for all of this.

Boy, those are a lot of signatures…

By: Lucy

Lucy — Mon, 26 May 2008 12:29:57 +0000

Mistakes happen

By: Shannon

Shannon — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:22:48 +0000

I may have not decided to send off the XBox, but that’s me. He was assured the XBox would not be cleaned, and he made the decision to send it. That’s him. Why should his decision absolutely lock him into a position of loss? Regardless of policy or what should have been done, Microsoft sent him the stuff, and it’s pointless at this point to argue about whether or not he deserves it.

Companies take advantage of us every day, yet we defend them as if they are infallible institutions. That’s scary. I personally don’t think the “PR stunt” opinion is so far from the truth.

Anyways, I think he’s lucky and if it was a sincere apology, there’s nothing wrong with that!

By: not satisfied

not satisfied — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:41:47 +0000

I’m confused…?

It’s certainly at a point where nothing else can be expected to happen to resolve this, but I’d still be pissed if this is where things were left. The impression I get of it is that someone put very determined effort in to being maliciously destructive on the guy despite him taking many varied steps to make sure beyond all doubt that the case wouldn’t be changed.

I agree with his sentiment that nothing seems to have been done to make sure this won’t happen in future, and I don’t see any real apology by microsoft. Instead it looks like somebody spotted this was quite rightly getting them bad PR so they’ve thrown some money in to sending a heap of swag in an attempt to fix the temporary PR issue.

They haven’t properly apologised to him; they don’t seem to have found who was response; they haven’t done anything to ensure this won’t happen in future, and it all comes off as looking like they’re trying to make people forget about this and would do the same all over again next time. It’s not going to bring the art back, which I have to say, I was more impressed with than what he’s got now. The original art was a far nicer work.