I've been hearing a lot of reports of 360 failures, so I just want to get a sense of how many people's 360's have died versus how many people's are still running fine. I just want to know how safe my investment in buying one was.
If you could just say when you bought your 360, if it has died or is running fine, or if you've encountered other technical problems.
Got my 360 mid June last year. No major issues so far. It does get pretty warm. No Red Lights of Death or anything like that. And yet, I still get nervous every time I fire it up that it could happen. Especially as the end of my warranty draws closer.
I got my Xbox 360 at launch and had no problems with it till a couple days ago and I got the 3 red rings while playing a demo. I'm saving up for a PS3 also and atleast they seem more reliable, plus I'm sure my Wii will be just as sturdy as the Cube.
I've been hearing a lot of reports of 360 failures, so I just want to get a sense of how many people's 360's have died versus how many people's are still running fine. I just want to know how safe my investment in buying one was.
If you could just say when you bought your 360, if it has died or is running fine, or if you've encountered other technical problems.
(fanboys please stay out) fuzzysquash
I think its because no one ever reports they got a working system verus those who right away posts on some forum saying their system broke.
Launch 360. No probs. PS3 was returned within 24 hours of purchase because of Blu-Ray skips and freezes. It also kept dropping my wireless connection.
Once, got it replaced for free though, the lady at MS customer Service told me frist repair is free aparently..? I bought mine June 2006. I was playing Oblivion and the video on it just stopped working. New one works fine though :D
The mrf date of mine is 25-11-2005 (day-month-year), i bought it 03-01-2006 (day-month-year), i keep it running a lot, and not a single problem so far. But honestly, i feel lucky, because a lot of Live friends of mine had problems with the 3 red lights.
Twice. Both replaced free of charge with Bestbuy's extended warranty. For all those considering the Xbox360, GET THE WARRANTY! New unit runs fine. Drive is not too noisy. No issues at all with "red lights of doom". Not too hot either (I keep it in a well-ventilated area). Only problem I would report is the occasional disc reading error (normally on startup...not an issue once I boot into a game)
Not the one I'm playing. Also, I might add, all you have to do to get that little red ring around your power light is pull the audio/video cable out of the 360 while it's running something... You can bet a number of the screenshots out there are fabrications by people who want to trash the system.
I used to think people complaining about 360's breakings either were fake posts, or just people who didn't know how to care for a system. However, seeing my unit give the red lights out of the blue after over a year of working perfectly made me realize the hardware didn't have great reliability. Like I said I definatley appreciate the PS3 and Wii's hardware reliability after that.
Not the one I'm playing. Also, I might add, all you have to do to get that little red ring around your power light is pull the audio/video cable out of the 360 while it's running something... You can bet a number of the screenshots out there are fabrications by people who want to trash the system. AfterShafter
I used to think people complaining about 360's breakings either were fake posts, or just people who didn't know how to care for a system. However, seeing my unit give the red lights out of the blue after over a year of working perfectly made me realize the hardware didn't have great reliability. Like I said I definatley appreciate the PS3 and Wii's hardware reliability after that.KzerXtreme
Because it has been over a year since their launch. Wait.
My first 360 died after 6 months, bought in March. My second (refurbished) one started exhibiting signs of things to come, crashes becoming more and more frequent. Manufactured in June. I had no doubt it was going to give in eventually. And when I wrote to ask if I could get a new one once it did Microsoft also tossed a bunch of free stuff at me, so it's going back to the repair center prematurely.
Polls aren't always liable. Think this, not saying all of each side would do something. 3 game systems, 2 rivals. Fake voting. With this, people with decent level ratings can be shown as more truth. Some anti-360 or so could vote even if they didn't own a system. While their could be fakes accounts, that more easy to spot.
Since this is the internet and everything you read is true... "My xboxes 3somethin died at least twenty times."Chubnasty
I recognize many people's names on this board, so I can usually tell if people are telling the truth. Another questions for you guys: Does your 360 make little tiny scratches on your discs? (I think it does to mine) And does it get worse?
[QUOTE="AfterShafter"]Not the one I'm playing. Also, I might add, all you have to do to get that little red ring around your power light is pull the audio/video cable out of the 360 while it's running something... You can bet a number of the screenshots out there are fabrications by people who want to trash the system. ArisShadows
Interesting, next knew that. False too. If you do that, you get a FULL ring of red lights. The red ring of doom is 3 red lights. It has happened to me twice.
[QUOTE="KzerXtreme"]I used to think people complaining about 360's breakings either were fake posts, or just people who didn't know how to care for a system. However, seeing my unit give the red lights out of the blue after over a year of working perfectly made me realize the hardware didn't have great reliability. Like I said I definatley appreciate the PS3 and Wii's hardware reliability after that.Chubnasty
Because it has been over a year since their launch. Wait. Of course, you forget to mention that rumors of Xbox360s overheating surfaced days after launch. I agree that within this one year, we may seem some issues crop up with the PS3. But it won't be anything like the issues the Xbox360 had to work thru in its first year.
Microsoft offers an extended warranty out of the box and so do retailers. Sony DOES NOT offer an extended warranty. I was told by Sony that the consumer must buy a warranty from the store. Mine was crappy the day I bought it and was immediately returned. Take a poll a year from now when these units start failing and the noobs who didn't buy a warranty have to pay Sony to fix it. How can you buy a $600+ console w/ games and accessories but no warranty? At least Microsoft was responsible to at least offer a warranty and extend the original one to a year.
Microsoft offers an extended warranty out of the box and so do retailers. Sony DOES NOT offer an extended warranty. I was told by Sony that the consumer must buy a warranty from the store. Mine was crappy the day I bought it and was immediately returned. Take a poll a year from now when these units start failing and the noobs who didn't buy a warranty have to pay Sony to fix it. How can you buy a $600+ console w/ games and accessories but no warranty? At least Microsoft was responsible to at least offer a warranty and extend the original one to a year.terrellpakeman
1) calm down. I'm just trying to find a rough gauge of the ratio of failure to success rate for SW users 2) the reason MS extended the warrantee was due to the unexpectedly high failure rate.
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