Today Show warns viewers to not buy a 360!

Damn, this is huge.

A tech guru on the Today Show warned buyers to stay away from the 360.  Okay, not in so many words, but 90% of the 360 discussion dealt with the hardware problems.  He said that the $1.15 billion warranty was basically a recall without the legal ramifications. He went on to promote the PS3 and the WiiWii reviews, the former for its inclusion of BluBlu-RayRay reviews and the latter for the unique motion-sensing controls.

This is a very big deal. Most people don’t know the first thing going on with these consoles, parents in particular. But everybody knows somebody who watches the Today Show, and now when the ladies gossip over what to get their kids for Christmas, anyone mentioning the 360 is going to get an earful from another housewife who now thinks she is a console and technology expert.

The RRoD debacle is getting all the wrong attention now. Fans loyal to MS are fed up with returning multiple units, people on the fence (myself included) are now leaning towards the PS3, with its weaker game line-up, just because of the 30% chance of a return nightmare.

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Here’s the Segment. The Wii is said to have its own “problems”: It can’t keep up with demand. The guru gives props to the 360 game lineup (read: Halo), but this is very damaging to Microsoft.