Poll: Has Your Xbox ever broken?

Okay, I just want to see if the xbox really is as unreliable as people say it is. Please answer honestly. I want to know if your xbox has ever had any frezing problems, had to be toweled, scratched disks, rrod'd, bricked, repaired and if so, how many problems?

I know this isn't indicative of all xboxes, the poll's too small, but I want to see how many people in SW are having problems with this system.

Oh, and I expect a lot of fanboys will lie and say that they've never had problems with the xbox. Please, be honest.

Oh, and I expect a lot of fanboys will lie and say that they've never had problems with the xbox. Please, be honest.

osirisomeomi

So why make the poll? :shock:

Okay, I just want to see if the xbox really is as unreliable as people say it is. Please answer honestly. I want to know if your xbox has ever had any frezing problems, had to be toweled, scratched disks, rrod'd, bricked, repaired and if so, how many problems?

I know this isn't indicative of all xboxes, the poll's too small, but I want to see how many people in SW are having problems with this system.

Oh, and I expect a lot of fanboys will lie and say that they've never had problems with the xbox. Please, be honest.

osirisomeomi

You are just asking for trouble. There is no way the poll will be accurate. BTW, I like how you know a lot of fanboys to say they never had problems with their 360, but what about the fools saying they are own their 12th 360. :lol: There are fanboys on both extremes. These polls similiar to which system I should buy are so dubious here in SW.

Had one since launch, and I'm A-OK. Although, I probably just jinxed myself right there...Verge_6

Trust me, you did. I replied to one of these threads a couple of weeks ago, saying that my launch 360 was still going strong, then it broke :cry:

Well, so far the rate's at about 45% defective.

...WOW.

I'd like more poll responses from legit 360 owners to get a larger sample.

Well, so far the rate's at about 45% defective.

...WOW.

I'd like more poll responses from legit 360 owners to get a larger sample.

osirisomeomi

well my sig can answer thatOldParr

lmao typical...and the perfect example of what M$ can't engineer out of the 360...user error.

Okay, I just want to see if the xbox really is as unreliable as people say it is. Please answer honestly. I want to know if your xbox has ever had any frezing problems, had to be toweled, scratched disks, rrod'd, bricked, repaired and if so, how many problems?

I know this isn't indicative of all xboxes, the poll's too small, but I want to see how many people in SW are having problems with this system.

Oh, and I expect a lot of fanboys will lie and say that they've never had problems with the xbox. Please, be honest.

osirisomeomi

You're apparently aware of this already, but don't go expecting a reliable answer to your question from a poll in System Wars... For more reliable unreliability numbers, go talk to a retailer.

For the record: My March 2006 360 died properly, red lights and all. Recieved a refurb with June 2006 written on the case. Had it replaced before it properly died. It crashed quite a bit and I was getting tired of it. My current 360 is brand new and was manufactured in November 2006. From the very start I got DRE's every now and then. But it never got to be too bothersome, cause two days ago I got weirdo graphical artifacts, indicating a future RLOD. And yesterday it scratched my Saints Row disc. Have sent Microsoft an email, and I'm hoping to get a new copy of Saints Row, but I'm certainly not expecting it.

Anyway, other than that I'm having just a great experience! I love the box!

[QUOTE="osirisomeomi"]

Okay, I just want to see if the xbox really is as unreliable as people say it is. Please answer honestly. I want to know if your xbox has ever had any frezing problems, had to be toweled, scratched disks, rrod'd, bricked, repaired and if so, how many problems?

I know this isn't indicative of all xboxes, the poll's too small, but I want to see how many people in SW are having problems with this system.

Oh, and I expect a lot of fanboys will lie and say that they've never had problems with the xbox. Please, be honest.

InsaneBasura

You're apparently aware of this already, but don't go expecting a reliable answer to your question from a poll in System Wars... For more reliable unreliability numbers, go talk to a retailer.

For the record: My March 2006 360 died properly, red lights and all. Recieved a refurb with June 2006 written on the case. Had it replaced before it properly died. It crashed quite a bit and I was getting tired of it. My current 360 is brand new and was manufactured in November 2006. From the very start I got DRE's every now and then. But it never got to be too bothersome, cause two days ago I got weirdo graphical artifacts, indicating a future RLOD. And yesterday it scratched my Saints Row disc. Have sent Microsoft an email, and I'm hoping to get a new copy of Saints Row, but I'm certainly not expecting it.

Anyway, other than that I'm having just a great experience! I love the box!

I hope you aren't serious about loving the xbox after all that, I'd go completely bonkers if that happened. I guess you must be more tolerant of hardware problems than me.

And I know that the results aren't going to be completely accurate, but i thought it'd be an interesting indication of how many xboxes in SW have broken. It's actually ending up about how I've expected from anecdotal evidence: about 50% never broke, about 25% broke once, and about 25% broke more than once. If those numbers are even half of this, though, it's really sad and Microsoft should be forced to issue a recall. I know it would damage the business, but consumers should NEVER have to go through bad hardware like that.

I'm hoping it won't happen. I thought that all the xbox fanboys who say that their (bricked) xbox hasn't had any issues would balace things out.osirisomeomi

And that's where your plan fails. Xbox fanboys whose 360 has broken usually aren't too keen on defending its reliability. Or am I having too much faith in people?

[QUOTE="InsaneBasura"]

Anyway, other than that I'm having just a great experience! I love the box!

osirisomeomi

I hope you aren't serious about loving the xbox after all that, I'd go completely bonkers if that happened. I guess you must be more tolerant of hardware problems than me.

And I know that the results aren't going to be completely accurate, but i thought it'd be an interesting indication of how many xboxes in SW have broken. It's actually ending up about how I've expected from anecdotal evidence: about 50% never broke, about 25% broke once, and about 25% broke more than once. If those numbers are even half of this, though, it's really sad and Microsoft should be forced to issue a recall. I know it would damage the business, but consumers should NEVER have to go through bad hardware like that.

I was just mocking Todd Holmdahl again. It's fun. Google Todd Holmdahl and mercurynews. Can't provide you with a link as I'm writing this from my PS3, so internet in general sucks. I can hardly see what I'm typing. I'm using Firefox. It looks crappier but at least it's ****ing compatible with the internet.

Anyhow, I wholeheartedly agree.

[QUOTE="osirisomeomi"][QUOTE="InsaneBasura"]

Anyway, other than that I'm having just a great experience! I love the box!

InsaneBasura

I hope you aren't serious about loving the xbox after all that, I'd go completely bonkers if that happened. I guess you must be more tolerant of hardware problems than me.

And I know that the results aren't going to be completely accurate, but i thought it'd be an interesting indication of how many xboxes in SW have broken. It's actually ending up about how I've expected from anecdotal evidence: about 50% never broke, about 25% broke once, and about 25% broke more than once. If those numbers are even half of this, though, it's really sad and Microsoft should be forced to issue a recall. I know it would damage the business, but consumers should NEVER have to go through bad hardware like that.

I was just mocking Todd Holmdahl again. It's fun. Google Todd Holmdahl and mercurynews. Can't provide you with a link as I'm writing this from my PS3, so internet in general sucks. I can hardly see what I'm typing. I'm using Firefox. It looks crappier but at least it's ****ing compatible with the internet.

Anyhow, I wholeheartedly agree.

Oh, okay. yeah, for a second there is was thinking that one of us was crazy.

I'm currently on my third. The first was my fault (improper ventilation) the second was an improperly refurbished model with video card glitches (ATI's signature geometry tearing) and my third is working fine. :)

Because I bought a launch unit, I have unlimited repairs. I'm not worried at all.

Okay, I just want to see if the xbox really is as unreliable as people say it is. Please answer honestly. I want to know if your xbox has ever had any frezing problems, had to be toweled, scratched disks, rrod'd, bricked, repaired and if so, how many problems?

I know this isn't indicative of all xboxes, the poll's too small, but I want to see how many people in SW are having problems with this system.

Oh, and I expect a lot of fanboys will lie and say that they've never had problems with the xbox. Please, be honest.

osirisomeomi

[QUOTE="osirisomeomi"]

Okay, I just want to see if the xbox really is as unreliable as people say it is. Please answer honestly. I want to know if your xbox has ever had any frezing problems, had to be toweled, scratched disks, rrod'd, bricked, repaired and if so, how many problems?

I know this isn't indicative of all xboxes, the poll's too small, but I want to see how many people in SW are having problems with this system.

Oh, and I expect a lot of fanboys will lie and say that they've never had problems with the xbox. Please, be honest.

subrosian

You're going to have the opposite problem - no one with a broken Xbox 360 is sitting around going "no, no it's not broken" - however there are thousands of Wii and PS3 fanboys out there pretending to have dozens of units that broke... and eight times!"

It's true I will. I'll have both problems though, and at least it'll give an indication of general system wars sentiment.

i not going to lie because im not a fanboy im currently waiting for my 3rd xbox

my first- didnt have any probs to the day the nba 2k7 demo came out i dled it played it for like 1 min and then it froze, my 360 kept on freezing and then started to get the red lights

next- worked good for a long time then started to scratch my games almost broke my graw 2 had to use toothpaste to resurface it, then it started to freeze up just like my first but it never got the red lights, it just continued to freeze couldnt get more than 30 sec into any game. so i sent that in

im waiting on my third

what do i think and feel

well of course im not happy there are obviously some probs with the 360 i hope they get fixed but for the most part im happy that i got a 360 its the best console has the best games and ive had the most fun with it. also im not concerned about it breaking i have a warrenty.

all i can say to future 360 buyers just get a warrenty its worth it nothing may happen at all but if it does do you want to shell out the money to get it repaired or for a new one

Mine has an overheating problem.

20 mins ago when I checked it was 48% with at least 1 failure.

Now, I see it is up to 51% with at least 1 failure.

disk errors dont count becuase they have to do with someone mistreating their disks or just placing them in at an angle or something, only permanent problems count as hardware defects. having the three red lights whenever you turn it on, so your xbox is useless, that is a quality issue. freezing problems do not necesarily count as defects, ive had an occasional freeze with every console ive ever had. also, yes ive had to replace my xbox once (this weekend infact).ringuzi

DRE's don't count? Ask early PS2 adopters what they have to say about that. DRE's CAN be caused by the disc being dirty or whatnot, doesn't mean that's always the case. It's kind of similar to freezing issues. Some happen due to software bugs, some don't. After 3 freezes in as many games, things should be pretty clear though.

And I can speak from personal experience. I had precisely zero DRE's with my first two 360's, which I owned for a total of around a year. I've had my current 360 for 4 months and have gotten 6 DRE's. 5 in Guitar Hero II and one in Forza 2. Both of them brand new, not evena hint of dust on them. And it just so happens this 360 has a different DVD drive than the others. One could argue that those specific discs were somehow faulty, but how likely is that?