360 The most unreliable console in history?

I hear people always complain about having to replace their consoles at least twice. IGN staff member Matt said in his blog that his 4th Xbox360 lasted only 2 hours before the red light was on and he had to replace the system. What the hell is this? 400$ for a system that works for 2 freaking hours? The games for the 360 are nice but this sounds like a ripoff effort by M$. This puts 360 in the lower spot in consoles' ranking no matter how fun it can be. Even the 600$ PS3 sounds better. Some people also complain that M$ won't replace their consoles.

What about the 600$ flopstation 3? Is it at least more reliable? I would think the Wii is the most reliable due to the good record Nintendo hardware usually has. 

this is stupid, go onto XBL and ask how many people have sent in their 360 to be fixed.  You'll quickly learn the whole thing is blown way out of proportion.jrhawk42

this is stupid, go onto XBL and ask how many people have sent in their 360 to be fixed.  You'll quickly learn the whole thing is blown way out of proportion.jrhawk42

this is stupid, go onto XBL and ask how many people have sent in their 360 to be fixed.  You'll quickly learn the whole thing is blown way out of proportion.jrhawk42

The people on XBL are the ones that have working 360's.

Have you forgot about the PS2 and its dreaded DRE.nmaharg

One more thing.....
Out of 100 people on my friends list.. only 3 have had a console break on them
kozzy1234

[QUOTE="nmaharg"]Have you forgot about the PS2 and its dreaded DRE.hamidious

[QUOTE="jrhawk42"]this is stupid, go onto XBL and ask how many people have sent in their 360 to be fixed. You'll quickly learn the whole thing is blown way out of proportion.Firelore29

The people on XBL are the ones that have working 360's.

this is stupid, go onto XBL and ask how many people have sent in their 360 to be fixed.  You'll quickly learn the whole thing is blown way out of proportion.jrhawk42

It might be a bit exaggerated, but the console is the most unreliable of the current 3. Many of my friends have 360s, and all but one of them still have their original 360. Of the one person who's 360 has not broken, the console did scratch his brand new copy of Gears of War on day one for unknown reasons.

I don't want to sound unpatriotic or anything, but it seems that just about everything that's American made these days is unreliable...especially when concerning electronics. (Automobiles is probably the most notable example.)

[QUOTE="kozzy1234"]One more thing.....
Out of 100 people on my friends list.. only 3 have had a console break on them
nmaharg

no other console ever broke down as many times as xflop1.5. FACTl1mIt

[QUOTE="l1mIt"]no other console ever broke down as many times as xflop1.5. FACTjoeblak

[QUOTE="nmaharg"][QUOTE="kozzy1234"]One more thing.....
Out of 100 people on my friends list.. only 3 have had a console break on them
kozzy1234

[QUOTE="kozzy1234"][QUOTE="nmaharg"][QUOTE="kozzy1234"]One more thing.....
Out of 100 people on my friends list.. only 3 have had a console break on them
nmaharg

[QUOTE="nmaharg"][QUOTE="kozzy1234"]One more thing.....
Out of 100 people on my friends list.. only 3 have had a console break on them
kozzy1234

[QUOTE="nmaharg"][QUOTE="kozzy1234"][QUOTE="nmaharg"][QUOTE="kozzy1234"]One more thing.....
Out of 100 people on my friends list.. only 3 have had a console break on them
kozzy1234

[QUOTE="kozzy1234"][QUOTE="nmaharg"][QUOTE="kozzy1234"]One more thing.....
Out of 100 people on my friends list.. only 3 have had a console break on them
Thrice_III

[QUOTE="kozzy1234"][QUOTE="nmaharg"][QUOTE="kozzy1234"][QUOTE="nmaharg"][QUOTE="kozzy1234"]One more thing.....
Out of 100 people on my friends list.. only 3 have had a console break on them
nmaharg

[QUOTE="nmaharg"][QUOTE="kozzy1234"][QUOTE="nmaharg"][QUOTE="kozzy1234"]One more thing.....
Out of 100 people on my friends list.. only 3 have had a console break on them
kozzy1234

First few years a?  We are at 1 year 4 months.  They can still make 4 or 5% easy.  Plus those are very unofficial numbers up there.

[QUOTE="kozzy1234"][QUOTE="nmaharg"][QUOTE="kozzy1234"][QUOTE="nmaharg"][QUOTE="kozzy1234"]One more thing.....
Out of 100 people on my friends list.. only 3 have had a console break on them
Firelore29

First few years a? We are at 1 year 4 months. They can still make 4 or 5% easy. Plus those are very unofficial numbers up there.

I hear people always complain about having to replace their consoles at least twice. IGN staff member Matt said in his blog that his 4th Xbox360 lasted only 2 hours before the red light was on and he had to replace the system. What the hell is this? 400$ for a system that works for 2 freaking hours? The games for the 360 are nice but this sounds like a ripoff effort by M$. This puts 360 in the lower spot in consoles' ranking no matter how fun it can be. Even the 600$ PS3 sounds better. Some people also complain that M$ won't replace their consoles.

What about the 600$ flopstation 3? Is it at least more reliable? I would think the Wii is the most reliable due to the good record Nintendo hardware usually has. 

hamidious

Nintendo makes the best hardware, hands down. M$ is a software company, so what do you expect. :lol: Sony is a hardware company and have already made 2 previous Playstations, plus 100's of other electronics. If they can't get a system to function probably after all that experience it would be a damn shame. The XBox 360 was obviously rushed out the door before it went through thorough QC testing. Sony delayed the PS3 long enough to get the system running right, but still could make enough of them to launch on time. In terms of hardware, the Wii probably had the best launch. In terms of software, I'd give it to the XBox 360.

[QUOTE="nmaharg"][QUOTE="kozzy1234"][QUOTE="nmaharg"][QUOTE="kozzy1234"]One more thing.....
Out of 100 people on my friends list.. only 3 have had a console break on them
kozzy1234

Mine broke only because I accidently broke it make that two accidently broke

The third I made sure to not walk over that patch of ice an to not let the cords be in the way

[QUOTE="jrhawk42"]this is stupid, go onto XBL and ask how many people have sent in their 360 to be fixed.  You'll quickly learn the whole thing is blown way out of proportion.Firelore29

The people on XBL are the ones that have working 360's.

no other console ever broke down as many times as xflop1.5. FACTl1mIt

Forgot about the Flopstation 2 did  you.

ive had my Xbox 360 for over a year & ive had no problems- none of my friends have had problems either- at the end of the day only a small % have failure rates but due to the power of the internet you'd swear that 50% of xbox 360s broke down.CwlHeddwyn

Yeah and I bet you that half of those dumbnuts didn't use the console in the right way. Than they blame MS for making a bad console. If they treat the PS3 the same way I know for a fact it's going to break too.

 Define hypocrisy: A cow talking about 360 being unreliable, when the PS2 beat it hands down.

 To the guy talking about his 30 'friends,' out of 25 PS2 owners that I have known, only 1 still had his original PS2. the other 24 were on at least there 2, because of DRE's. 24 out of 25, 96% = sad.,,,

BTW my NES, SNES, Genesis, Saturn, PS1, N64, Dreamcast, PS2, Original XBOX, Gamecube, all my Gameboys, Gamegear, DS Phat, DSLite, Virtual Boy, Jaguar, 3DO, and motherf*^%in CDi, all still work with the NES taking a little effort to get a game started.

Microsoft needs to get it's act together quick. You can get away with horrible failure rates for stereos or DVD players but not in the game console business once you lose customers you lose them until the next generation.

 I put off buying the 360 for a year because of all the talk of broken systems. Now my 3 month old 360's disk drive has started making a horrible grinding noise ever since I got master agent on the ultimate waste of $50 Crackdown. And yes my 360 is horizontal and not in a confined space, so how the hell could I be using it in the wrong way?! Should I stop watering it every day, or should I just masturbate to it while chanting I love Microsoft every night at midnight like you do PS3_3DO?

BTW my NES, SNES, Genesis, Saturn, PS1, N64, Dreamcast, PS2, Original XBOX, Gamecube, all my Gameboys, Gamegear, DS Phat, DSLite, Virtual Boy, Jaguar, 3DO, and motherf*^%in CDi, all still work with the NES taking a little effort to get a game started.

Microsoft needs to get it's act together quick. You can get away with horrible failure rates for stereos or DVD players but not in the game console business once you lose customers you lose them until the next generation.

Aphallatosis

Seems like you have a problem with anger. I have had my 360 for almost a year without problems and my DVD drive did make a grinding noise but it only happen once or twice. I think it has to do with the disc being dirty or maybe dust got onto the DVD laser anyway don't worry you got a 1 year warranty. Oh and I remember people having  problems with the PS3 when it launched. I don't think MS is annoying the problem like people think they are. The 360 is a high tech piece of equipment so you have to take very good care of it but like any advance electronics it can fail. Like the PS2 when it had problems Sony didn't get it sorted out until about 2 years after it launched so give MS some time to improve the console.

[QUOTE="l1mIt"]no other console ever broke down as many times as xflop1.5. FACTPS3_3DO

Forgot about the Flopstation 2 did you.

[QUOTE="PS3_3DO"]

[QUOTE="l1mIt"]no other console ever broke down as many times as xflop1.5. FACTrpg9000owner

Forgot about the Flopstation 2 did you.

Only when it was giving DREs.

[QUOTE="rpg9000owner"][QUOTE="PS3_3DO"]

[QUOTE="l1mIt"]no other console ever broke down as many times as xflop1.5. FACTPS3_3DO

Forgot about the Flopstation 2 did you.

Only when it was giving DREs.

I hear people always complain about having to replace their consoles at least twice. IGN staff member Matt said in his blog that his 4th Xbox360 lasted only 2 hours before the red light was on and he had to replace the system. What the hell is this? 400$ for a system that works for 2 freaking hours? The games for the 360 are nice but this sounds like a ripoff effort by M$. This puts 360 in the lower spot in consoles' ranking no matter how fun it can be. Even the 600$ PS3 sounds better. Some people also complain that M$ won't replace their consoles.

What about the 600$ flopstation 3? Is it at least more reliable? I would think the Wii is the most reliable due to the good record Nintendo hardware usually has. 

hamidious