Geoff, you're a complete freak, let me go through your post bit by bit to explain why.
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Ok, name me anything unofficial which is half as decent as the official stuff...
No one said anything about quality. Completely irrelevant, I've not used a detal memory card but I'm sure it's not bad compared to the official one, but if you really want an example (god knows why) then HDMI leads.
Yes quality is relevant, why pay for some cheap shitty controllers, when you can buy decent ones which will last.
HDMI, is the only good thing which isn't official, every I know, even people on here have admitted that the Official cables are better than 3rd party ones, this holds true with 99% of 3rd party hardware, most of the unofficial hardware is shite
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And the point I was making, you complete and utter twat, is it's MS's console, they can do what they like.
And it's Detal's memory card, customers of both Microsoft and Detal are getting fucked over by Microsoft's update, why would you ever support this?
Again you missed the point, if you don't like the price of something, you shouldn't buy it, I personally don't like the prices MS charge for HD's for instance, therefore I won't buy one until the prices come down.
People, keep buying the official ones, therefore MS keep the prices up.
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They have a monopoly on it, if you don't like get then go somewhere else, nothing you or anyone else can do about it, yes their official peripherals are expensive, and until the idiots who keep on buying the official stuff stop buying it nothing will change.
And how the fuck are the "idiots" who want memory cards and hard drives supposed to do that if Microsoft block unofficial stuff from working? Jesus Christ what a stupid thing to say.
MS own the consoles software and hardware, they are allowed to block any third pary hardware.
When, I said go somewhere else I meant buy it off Ebay, or not buy it at all, or maybe just sell your Xbox.
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Geoff900 wrote:
Datel, don't have a leg to stand on, because allot of companies do this, Sony, Apple, Nintendo, Nokia etc they use their own connectors.
When? When has a product that works with these products then been made incompatible?
Meh, I hope Detal win even if nobody else does so the next Xbox has more third party stuff available, if Microsoft win then they'll probably engineer all their future consoles to only recognise official peripherals period, don't come crying on here when an extra controller costs you £50.
iTunes isn't compatible with 'ALL' MP3 players, batteries for laptops aren't compatible with each other for instance, mobile phones don't use universal connecters, even though the EU has said they must use a universal power cable connector as of next year, but that doesn't mean they can’t separate the charger, from the data cable.
Yes, companies do it all the time, nothing new.
You pay with your money, if you don't buy it then they will have to lower the prices, people are buying the official Hard Drives etc even at full prices, until they stop MS will keep charging.
Unlike, a open platform, like a PC the Xbox 360 is MS's console you have to be licensed to make hardware and software for the platform, infact if you make a game for the Xbox 360 under a publishing company, you have to pay MS money, to allow you to publish the game.
Like I say, IT IS MS's platform, unless people stop using their money to buy things which are overly expensive, MS will continue to do this, they are a business after all.
