Re:Will an Engineer speak up? (Score 2, Insightful)

Toy - that stigma was dropped long ago and most people now recognize the video game industy is larger than the motion picture industy. The 360 cost $400+ when you start adding extra controllers and games. The average game player is 30 years old and has been playing games for 9.5 years. If I turned my DVD player on its side while it was playing a disc I WOUDLN'T be suprised if something unnatural happened to that disc or the player. DVD players can stack thanks to their shape and feet but read the manuals and you'll find spacific instuctions not to place them on carpet or an area that would cause the vents to be covered. gloom and doom STORIES/RUMORS are exactly what they are. As we see more facts coming in and not just a bunch of Internet chicken-littles we are now hearing a more realistic 3% are having issues (and this still doesn't take into account how many returns and reports there have been based on user error). You can't idiot proof something no matter how many years you put into its design.