My Xbox 360 story

Well I've had my 360 since mid March and up until just yesterday it worked perfectly. I've enjoyed countless hours of Gears and Guitar Hero along with Crackdown and a few other of the great games available on the system.

However, yesterday I hooked it up and pressed the power button only to see 3 red lights staring me down. (This was after I had taken a 3 or 4 day break from playing at all) So I did the towel trick and it worked until just a few minutes ago.

But every time I see those lights flashing, it makes me want to buy a PS3, because to my knowledge it doesn't have as many hardware problems as the 360. I think I will buy a PS3 this holiday season for the times when my 360 breaks, because I just have a feeling that it will continue to do so.

Does anyone else feel this way, or have you had a 360 break and that turn you away form the system slightly?

Yea, when mine broke i thought about building a PC. I didnt just because most of my friends have an Xbox and i want to be abel to play TF2, Halo 3, UT3, CoD4 with them. And i really want Mass effect.-Sora

Yeah, I know what you mean. When it broke, I thought about selling it but I have a lot of my friends on Xbox live so I think I will keep my 360 and get a PS3 with it.

and to shake n bake, I think I'm gonna call in tomorrow and continue using the towel trick until I get the new one.

If u buy the ps3 its like having ur 360 broken,u don't get to play any game.-wii60-

Maybe for you, but Resistance looks awesome and Warhawk online battles look intense. Along with some other multiplats that like RE5 or Assassin's Creed I now would have a decision on which console to buy them on.

just get a ps3,its very rilable.(how ever you spell it.)ginglejangle

Yeah, the 360 is a piece of junk but so were the 3 PS2's that I went through last gen and I never got a free fix from Sony like 360 owners get.

With the extended warrenty that I bought I get 5 years of free fixes so yes it sucks that MS can't build hardware butthe 2-3 week turnaround is cheaper and shorter than the months I had to wait to scrape up the money to replace my PS2's last gen.

[QUOTE="ginglejangle"]just get a ps3,its very rilable.(how ever you spell it.)Riverwolf007

Yeah, the 360 is a piece of junk but so were the 3 PS2's that I went through last gen and I never got a free fix from Sony like 360 owners get.

With the extended warrenty that I bought I get 5 years of free fixes so yes it sucks that MS can't build hardware butthe 2-3 week turnaround is cheaper and shorter than the months I had to wait to scrape up the money to replace my PS2's last gen.

That was your PS2 though. I haven' t heard anything about PS3 having disc read errors, etc.

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[QUOTE="ginglejangle"]just get a ps3,its very rilable.(how ever you spell it.)channtheman1

Yeah, the 360 is a piece of junk but so were the 3 PS2's that I went through last gen and I never got a free fix from Sony like 360 owners get.

With the extended warrenty that I bought I get 5 years of free fixes so yes it sucks that MS can't build hardware butthe 2-3 week turnaround is cheaper and shorter than the months I had to wait to scrape up the money to replace my PS2's last gen.

That was your PS2 though. I haven' t heard anything about PS3 having disc read errors, etc.

If u buy the ps3 its like having ur 360 broken,u don't get to play any game.-wii60-

bahahaha:lol:

Well I've had my 360 since mid March and up until just yesterday it worked perfectly. I've enjoyed countless hours of Gears and Guitar Hero along with Crackdown and a few other of the great games available on the system.

However, yesterday I hooked it up and pressed the power button only to see 3 red lights staring me down. (This was after I had taken a 3 or 4 day break from playing at all) So I did the towel trick and it worked until just a few minutes ago.

But every time I see those lights flashing, it makes me want to buy a PS3, because to my knowledge it doesn't have as many hardware problems as the 360. I think I will buy a PS3 this holiday season for the times when my 360 breaks, because I just have a feeling that it will continue to do so.

Does anyone else feel this way, or have you had a 360 break and that turn you away form the system slightly?

channtheman1

my 360 i got it frist day and it still works but its a bit buggy . ps3 i got the 20gb and its dvd drve does not work well it skips and stuff. but the ps3 has a .02% fail rate witch is really good . i have had no probelms with my wii other then a few tiny things .deadmeat59

my dvd drive skipped too but you can fix that easy, sorry I cant remeber how but if you go to the ps3 forum they will tell you how.

keep your 360 for gears,bioshock, and halo 3 but go buy a ps3 anyway its gonna be awsome in like 3 months I figure

Never had any trouble with my 360's.EXLINK

If I were you, I'd knock on wood.

[QUOTE="-wii60-"]If u buy the ps3 its like having ur 360 broken,u don't get to play any game.stinkypuffs

bahahaha:lol:

3 more months! and then we will be ready to go

Yeah that seems to be a pretty big problem with the 360. I would suggest getting a PS3 even if you do only play it when your 360s at shop. My PS3 has never locked up, crashed, or overheated and i play that thing every day since launch. ;)snorlaxmaster

I have 2 friends that have had their PS3's replaced by Sony when the updates bricked the systems, and I only know 3 people that have them including myself. Mine is still doing fine but don't kid yourself the PS3 has it's own problems it's just that they are not publicized here and I'm not about to start griping about it and open up that whole can of worms.Riverwolf007