Had an interesting conversation at my local gamestop about 360.

so he asks if i want to purchase a warranty on the game. and i ask why would i need a warranty for the game and who actually buys these warrantys. he says the majority of ppl who get this warranty are 360 owners because the 360 scratches game discs so they actually need it most of the time. then i ask him about ps3 and he says barely anyone ever actually gets this warranty. looks like local game stores are making a little extra something due to microsofts failures.

My 360 hasn't ever scratched a game. Am I just lucky? The warranty isn't just for the system scratching it, but also wear and tear etc. Blu-Ray discs are pretty hardy.

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Interesting....although not a single one of my discs have been scratched. There's my anecdotal piece of info.

BTW, How's that gamertag coming along?

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BioShockOwnz

Yea, just like everyone else, never happened to me either. This thread should be locked for misleading and false info.

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salxis

To use in his 360 that doesn't have a gamertag? :)

It all makes sense! :P

Yea, just like everyone else, never happened to me either. This thread should be locked for misleading and false info.

h575309

my 360 has never scratched a disc and I have owned one since launch....It's bs or somebody is moving the console while a game is spinning

I remember about a year ago at GS there was a guy about 40 or so that beat the crap out of the store guy who was in his mid 20's because they wouldn't take back his RROD 360 after15 days of purchase. The guy got mad because they told him oh well you should have gottn the extended warranty. Yeah it was pretty wild and stuff was gettn knocked all over, I'll never forget it....Thanks 360 for the memory.

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BioShockOwnz

To use in his 360 that doesn't have a gamertag? :)

It all makes sense! :P

I remember about a year ago at GS there was a guy about 40 or so that beat the crap out of the store guy who was in his mid 20's because they wouldn't take back his RROD 360 after15 days of purchase. The guy got mad because they told him oh well you should have gottn the extended warranty. Yeah it was pretty wild and stuff was gettn knocked all over, I'll never forget it....Thanks 360 for the memory.

ItsBriskBaby

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BioShockOwnz

I've never known anyone in person who's had a 360 scratch their discs. Only over the internet where anonymity is king...

Yea, just like everyone else, never happened to me either. This thread should be locked for misleading and false info.

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To use in his 360 that doesn't have a gamertag? :)

It all makes sense! :P

Yea, just like everyone else, never happened to me either. This thread should be locked for misleading and false info.

I think it did, he bought a 360 game after all :)salxis

To use in his 360 that doesn't have a gamertag? :)

It all makes sense! :P

I remember about a year ago at GS there was a guy about 40 or so that beat the crap out of the store guy who was in his mid 20's because they wouldn't take back his RROD 360 after15 days of purchase. The guy got mad because they told him oh well you should have gottn the extended warranty. Yeah it was pretty wild and stuff was gettn knocked all over, I'll never forget it....Thanks 360 for the memory.

Oh but it does. My cousin has a 360 and his NFS Undercover has a huge almost perfect circular scratch around the disk. Now, unless he took a key or something and made that circle, then the 360 actually does scratch games, maybe not all 360's though.

I remember about a year ago at GS there was a guy about 40 or so that beat the crap out of the store guy who was in his mid 20's because they wouldn't take back his RROD 360 after15 days of purchase. The guy got mad because they told him oh well you should have gottn the extended warranty. Yeah it was pretty wild and stuff was gettn knocked all over, I'll never forget it....Thanks 360 for the memory.

Oh but it does. My cousin has a 360 and his NFS Undercover has a huge almost perfect circular scratch around the disk. Now, unless he took a key or something and made that circle, then the 360 actually does scratch games, maybe not all 360's though.

nini200

[QUOTE="ItsBriskBaby"][QUOTE="salxis"] Really? I thought all consoles comes with a year warranty?salxis

Oh but it does. My cousin has a 360 and his NFS Undercover has a huge almost perfect circular scratch around the disk. Now, unless he took a key or something and made that circle, then the 360 actually does scratch games, maybe not all 360's though.

nini200

here is a thread i found made here in 2007.

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Oh but it does. My cousin has a 360 and his NFS Undercover has a huge almost perfect circular scratch around the disk. Now, unless he took a key or something and made that circle, then the 360 actually does scratch games, maybe not all 360's though.

horgen123

Nope. System is always stationary.

360 disc drive has lots of problems, my first 360 stopped reading discs and now my elite puts cracks on the discs. my orange box disc has 4 cracks, geow had 1 crack, cod4 had a crack and bad company has a crack :( im more worried about cracks then RROD

I've never in my life had my 360 scratch a game disc, nor have I ever heard any of my 20 or so 360 playing friends mention it either.

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Oh but it does. My cousin has a 360 and his NFS Undercover has a huge almost perfect circular scratch around the disk. Now, unless he took a key or something and made that circle, then the 360 actually does scratch games, maybe not all 360's though.

Mckenna1845

here is a thread i found made here in 2007.

Ahh, I just read a post on that thread and it may be due to loud music because he does have a pretty decent surround sound system.

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Oh but it does. My cousin has a 360 and his NFS Undercover has a huge almost perfect circular scratch around the disk. Now, unless he took a key or something and made that circle, then the 360 actually does scratch games, maybe not all 360's though.

nini200

Nope. System is always stationary.

so he asks if i want to purchase a warranty on the game. and i ask why would i need a warranty for the game and who actually buys these warrantys. he says the majority of ppl who get this warranty are 360 owners because the 360 scratches game discs so they actually need it most of the time. then i ask him about ps3 and he says barely anyone ever actually gets this warranty. looks like local game stores are making a little extra something due to microsofts failures.

TheCoreGamer_

If gamestop did that, they would ask people everytime they bought a 360 game .... They ask me to reserve and sign-up every chance they get; why wouldn't they ask about a warranty ... I call bs

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To use in his 360 that doesn't have a gamertag? :)

It all makes sense! :P

TheCoreGamer_

Yeah. But you're a known cow, and you've been repeatedly asked for your gamertag, which you've never given. That's why everyone knows you don't have a 360.

I am more shocked you were actually able to hold a decent conversation with one of the Gamestop thugs. I am suprised they were not jamming preorders and BS subscriptions down your throat the whole time. I also love when they push their system agenda on you as well, "oh man I am getting the better version for 360" I am always like "I care cashier?" ring it up and shut your noise hole.

360 disc drive has lots of problems, my first 360 stopped reading discs and now my elite puts cracks on the discs. my orange box disc has 4 cracks, geow had 1 crack, cod4 had a crack and bad company has a crack :( im more worried about cracks then RROD

sikanderahmed

Yea, just like everyone else, never happened to me either. This thread should be locked for misleading and false info.

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BioShockOwnz

Where are the good trolls? You know, the ones who were actually original and creative.

I had an older Xbox 360 I purchased about 2 years ago and it scratched my GH: Metallica game without the system ever moving. It sucks cuz now there's 3 songs I can't play on the game and I tried buffing it and everything and nothing works :( I almost gave up on the system after that but I bought a new Elite recently so I'm going to pray that nothing happens to any of my games else I'll just give up.

Good for the shops i guess, because they get extra $$$ :D. Bad for the customer because we lose $$$ :cry:

Some games do scratch in the 360 if it is moved while the game in it but I Don't see why anyone would be so stupid as to move their console while playing a game.

so i go to my local gamestop and they offer me a warrenty on the disc and i say hey do you sell any of these warrenties on ps3 games and the guy says he's never sold a ps3 game but if he ever does he would try to sell the warrenty just to see what would happen

see? i can play pretend too

Interesting conversation indeed. Maybe more 360 games there get sold so they offer the warranty to get more money. :P Also if you open your new game and read inside the manual, it has a certain time for a warranty. GameStop probably just want to make an extra few bucks as usual.

My buddy had his 360 upright and it scratched his need for speed, i used my game doctor on it for him and everything was fine untill itred ringed. But this does HAPPEN , dont believe me? Put the words ''360'' scratches disc into google and see how many results pop up.

it does happen, not as frequently as the RROD or anything but it DEFINATELY does happen. And im suprised alot of you are acting like youve never heard of it, but like i said google it , theres not only several topics but VIDEOS.