PS3 and Xbox360 owners, do u ever feel like your 360 is a ticking time bomb?

This is a question to people who own both a 360 and a PS3.

I am an owner of a xbox360 and I recently bought a PS3. Since I bought a PS3, i find myself getting the PS3 version more and more than the 360 version for multi platform games. One recent example is the Darkness. I have heard that the 360 version of the game has better visuals than the PS3 version (but that is not what this thread is about). But when I went to blockbuster to rent it, I found myself getting the PS3 version instead because I have a fear one of these days Im going to put in a game for my 360 and I will get that dreaded red ring of death. So now I find myself avoiding the 360 version of the game just because of that. When GTA IV comes out, I will probably buy the PS3 version (even though the 360 version is going to be superior due to its extra content) because of that fear.

Anyone else feel the same way.

Bought it 4 days ago , its quite hot in the back, pretty quiet, and today my mate's 360 froze up while playing Rainbow Six Vegas with me online :lol: ... got really hot n loud ... but tis fine.

I wouldnt care, its games & online is good ... I can go without it for 2-3 weeks if it does kaplode.

Not at all. In fact I had TWO defective PS3s. It wouldn't accept HDMI signals, they came from the same batch of consoles. My 3rd PS3 came 6000 units BEFORE the first two I got on the assembly line. It worked perfectly.SemiMaster

2 defective ps3s? PS3s only have a 1% defective rate. So ether u have the worst luck in the world, or u take care of ur consoles really badly.

360 yes,which is why I sold it, my Ps3 not so much

you have a 3 year warranty, do not fear! buy the 360 intercooler fan , it keeps your 360 10 degrees cooler and if you get it in time your 360 may never get hot enough to crash.

i got 3 red lights on my 360 before they announced the warranty, so i had already taken it apart 6 times. i replaced the x clamps with screws but after a couple days the lights would come back, so the last time i over heated it ( to melt the soldier back in place) and bought the Intercooler before i turned it back on, it's be runnning great for 2 weeks.

i feel perrty macho fixing it myself.

[QUOTE="ginglejangle"]no,my 360 is queit and has never froze on my once.R-Dot-Yung

thats a lie

i swear.

This is a question to people who own both a 360 and a PS3.

I am an owner of a xbox360 and I recently bought a PS3. Since I bought a PS3, i find myself getting the PS3 version more and more than the 360 version for multi platform games. One recent example is the Darkness. I have heard that the 360 version of the game has better visuals than the PS3 version (but that is not what this thread is about). But when I went to blockbuster to rent it, I found myself getting the PS3 version instead because I have a fear one of these days Im going to put in a game for my 360 and I will get that dreaded red ring of death. So now I find myself avoiding the 360 version of the game just because of that. When GTA IV comes out, I will probably buy the PS3 version (even though the 360 version is going to be superior due to its extra content) because of that fear.

Anyone else feel the same way.

dzaric

No. I think that my 360 is not a ticking time bomb, and its a perfectly good console. And I keep it well ventilated - year round a large fan point blank, heat off in winter, and AC full blast in the summer - so I really don't think the red ring would be a problem. I would turn a PS3 into a ticking time bomb though if given the chance - Playstation + explosion = fun!Brmarlin

[QUOTE="SemiMaster"]Not at all. In fact I had TWO defective PS3s. It wouldn't accept HDMI signals, they came from the same batch of consoles. My 3rd PS3 came 6000 units BEFORE the first two I got on the assembly line. It worked perfectly.dzaric

2 defective ps3s? PS3s only have a 1% defective rate. So ether u have the worst luck in the world, or u take care of ur consoles really badly.

How the **** can I mistreat it when I just open the box and plug it in. I'm not some idiot who stuffs it in an enclosed space. I know what I dealt with, two defective PS3s. Deal with it.

[QUOTE="ginglejangle"]no,my 360 is queit and has never froze on my once.R-Dot-Yung

thats a lie

I gotta agree....my 360 sounds like a jet engine take-off when I play it....it's REALLY annoying no matter how much I try to ignore it. And for some reason it is not getting along with Forza 2 lately. (keeps freezing)

my 360 has never froze or got red ring...just keep it well ventilated and plugged straight into wall with no intercooler... MOST 360s don't have problems...shadow8585

Same its mostly morons who put the brick on carpet or the console in a cramped area. RROD does exist on some even if they have a vented console, but its far from the 33% crap. Thats for the PS2.

time bomb?

for PS3, no

X360, yes

time bomb?

for PS3, no

X360, yes

amourkiss

O but PS2 was perfect. You cows are grasping for straws.

This is a question to people who own both a 360 and a PS3.

I am an owner of a xbox360 and I recently bought a PS3. Since I bought a PS3, i find myself getting the PS3 version more and more than the 360 version for multi platform games. One recent example is the Darkness. I have heard that the 360 version of the game has better visuals than the PS3 version (but that is not what this thread is about). But when I went to blockbuster to rent it, I found myself getting the PS3 version instead because I have a fear one of these days Im going to put in a game for my 360 and I will get that dreaded red ring of death. So now I find myself avoiding the 360 version of the game just because of that. When GTA IV comes out, I will probably buy the PS3 version (even though the 360 version is going to be superior due to its extra content) because of that fear.

Anyone else feel the same way.

dzaric

I feel exactly the same way! I'm also buying the PS3 version of games, and I will be getting the PS3 version of GTA 4 too. I totally don't trust my 360 ever since it broke down a couple of months ago now. I don't want to buy games for it and then it breaks down again and I can't play them...

However Ill have to bite the bullet soon, because I'm dying to play Halo 3!

This is a question to people who own both a 360 and a PS3.

I am an owner of a xbox360 and I recently bought a PS3. Since I bought a PS3, i find myself getting the PS3 version more and more than the 360 version for multi platform games. One recent example is the Darkness. I have heard that the 360 version of the game has better visuals than the PS3 version (but that is not what this thread is about). But when I went to blockbuster to rent it, I found myself getting the PS3 version instead because I have a fear one of these days Im going to put in a game for my 360 and I will get that dreaded red ring of death. So now I find myself avoiding the 360 version of the game just because of that. When GTA IV comes out, I will probably buy the PS3 version (even though the 360 version is going to be superior due to its extra content) because of that fear.

Anyone else feel the same way.

dzaric

Man that bites but I understand where your coming from. Too bad MS fanboys are going to flame you hard for this.

[QUOTE="amourkiss"]

time bomb?

for PS3, no

X360, yes

dracolich666

O but PS2 was perfect. You cows are grasping for straws.

Can't stay on topic can we? PS2 had problems but PS2 is not Sony's current gen system. And for all the PS2 problems I don't see a broken PS2 thread on the PS2 forums....hmmm :?

[QUOTE="R-Dot-Yung"]

[QUOTE="ginglejangle"]no,my 360 is queit and has never froze on my once.MikeE21286

thats a lie

I gotta agree....my 360 sounds like a jet engine take-off when I play it....it's REALLY annoying no matter how much I try to ignore it. And for some reason it is not getting along with Forza 2 lately. (keeps freezing)

Why is it that certain games give the 360 problems?

[QUOTE="dracolich666"][QUOTE="amourkiss"]

time bomb?

for PS3, no

X360, yes

CyanX73

O but PS2 was perfect. You cows are grasping for straws.

Can't stay on topic can we? PS2 had problems but PS2 is not Sony's current gen system. And for all the PS2 problems I don't see a broken PS2 thread on the PS2 forums....hmmm :?

Well I'd hope there wouldn't be one...:|

[QUOTE="dzaric"]

[QUOTE="SemiMaster"]Not at all. In fact I had TWO defective PS3s. It wouldn't accept HDMI signals, they came from the same batch of consoles. My 3rd PS3 came 6000 units BEFORE the first two I got on the assembly line. It worked perfectly.SemiMaster

2 defective ps3s? PS3s only have a 1% defective rate. So ether u have the worst luck in the world, or u take care of ur consoles really badly.

How the **** can I mistreat it when I just open the box and plug it in. I'm not some idiot who stuffs it in an enclosed space. I know what I dealt with, two defective PS3s. Deal with it.

Wow, defective PS3's aren't something you hear about too often. What exactly was wrong with them and do you still have a PS3?

[QUOTE="CyanX73"][QUOTE="dracolich666"][QUOTE="amourkiss"]

time bomb?

for PS3, no

X360, yes

D0013ER

O but PS2 was perfect. You cows are grasping for straws.

Can't stay on topic can we? PS2 had problems but PS2 is not Sony's current gen system. And for all the PS2 problems I don't see a broken PS2 thread on the PS2 forums....hmmm :?

Well I'd hope there wouldn't be one...:|

Sorry but if we're going to talk about last gen systems then let's talk about how MS just abandoned the Xbox altogether while Sony still supports PS2.

Ha. ha. no. Why does it matter? If your 360 dies you send it off for a couple of weeks and then it comes back... Cant you go without games for a couple of weeks?Koolsen

Yeah, what's the big deal? You paid a few hundred bucks for the thing and who knows how much for games and then there's the XBL account so what's the biggie if you have to deal with this thing breaking once in awhile. It's a welcome breakt to read a book or something.

Sorry but if we're going to talk about last gen systems then let's talk about how MS just abandoned the Xbox altogether while Sony still supports PS2.

CyanX73

Easy tiger, wasn't trying to brawl...

[QUOTE="Koolsen"]Ha. ha. no. Why does it matter? If your 360 dies you send it off for a couple of weeks and then it comes back... Cant you go without games for a couple of weeks?CyanX73

Yeah, what's the big deal? You paid a few hundred bucks for the thing and who knows how much for games and then there's the XBL account so what's the biggie if you have to deal with this thing breaking once in awhile. It's a welcome breakt to read a book or something.

[QUOTE="CyanX73"]

Sorry but if we're going to talk about last gen systems then let's talk about how MS just abandoned the Xbox altogether while Sony still supports PS2.

D0013ER

Easy tiger, wasn't trying to brawl...

lol. I wasn't either. BTW, my PS2 died on me; after five years of service. First the DVD function went and then it couldn't read games at all. But again, I got five years out of the thing. I'd call that getting my money's worth.

[QUOTE="D0013ER"][QUOTE="CyanX73"]

Sorry but if we're going to talk about last gen systems then let's talk about how MS just abandoned the Xbox altogether while Sony still supports PS2.

CyanX73

Easy tiger, wasn't trying to brawl...

lol. I wasn't either. BTW, my PS2 died on me; after five years of service. First the DVD function went and then it couldn't read games at all. But again, I got five years out of the thing. I'd call that getting my money's worth.

Gotcha. All I meant was I would hope there wouldn't be a broken PS2 thread after nearly a decade of it being around. Otherwise Sony would be giving Microsoft a run for their money in the sport of making piss-poor hardware...

[QUOTE="dzaric"]

This is a question to people who own both a 360 and a PS3.

I am an owner of a xbox360 and I recently bought a PS3. Since I bought a PS3, i find myself getting the PS3 version more and more than the 360 version for multi platform games. One recent example is the Darkness. I have heard that the 360 version of the game has better visuals than the PS3 version (but that is not what this thread is about). But when I went to blockbuster to rent it, I found myself getting the PS3 version instead because I have a fear one of these days Im going to put in a game for my 360 and I will get that dreaded red ring of death. So now I find myself avoiding the 360 version of the game just because of that. When GTA IV comes out, I will probably buy the PS3 version (even though the 360 version is going to be superior due to its extra content) because of that fear.

Anyone else feel the same way.

hrt_rulz01

I feel exactly the same way! I'm also buying the PS3 version of games, and I will be getting the PS3 version of GTA 4 too. I totally don't trust my 360 ever since it broke down a couple of months ago now. I don't want to buy games for it and then it breaks down again and I can't play them...

However Ill have to bite the bullet soon, because I'm dying to play Halo 3!

Totally feel the same word to word.

Anyways, iv read the 5 pages of posts so far, and alot of people didnt seem to read my post.

This is a question for people who own a ps3 AND a xbox360. I dont care if their xboxes died and how, what, and when they fixed it. My question is are people getting the PS3 versions of games instead of the xbox versions because they are afraid of this, not the "my xbox got the ring of death, i got it fixed, blah blah" This is a question for people who's xbox360s haven't died yet.

The only reason 360's crap out on people is because it has a hard time handling all the greatness of the games on the system. You'll notice the PS3 does not have this problem, which is why it hardly ever fails. How can people not see this?rykaziel

if this isnt fanboyism, i dont know what is

The only thing you need to fear is fear himself

dude you got 3 year waranty go play with your x360 he missing you

did you read his letters !

I used to worry a little bit, especially around the time that Oblivion came out, (as Morrowind messed up an old Xbox, due to playing the game too much :lol: ) so i worried that my obsession for TES would ruin my 360 aswell...

But it didnt and i havnt really worried since, i've had my 360 since day one of its launch and its still running great, if it breaks i'm covered by warrenty so there's no point in worrying.

As far as multiplats, i dont have a preference of which i buy multiplats for, if its better on the PS3 (UT3) or the 360 (The Darkness) i'll get that version :D

[QUOTE="rykaziel"]The only reason 360's crap out on people is because it has a hard time handling all the greatness of the games on the system. You'll notice the PS3 does not have this problem, which is why it hardly ever fails. How can people not see this?snipe2004

if this isnt fanboyism, i dont know what is

It's sarcasm. Next time I'll be more specific.