The red rings of death

Since i havent gone next-gen yet, i would like to know, how worried should i be about the red rings of death, when getting a 360.... the ps2 with its disc read errors truly annoys me... exactly 46% of my ps2games wont work anymore, so i truly would be pissed when the rings of death would come to annoy me... Is there an actual statistics of how many 360-s get the rings?

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My xbox got them today after over a year and a half. I did the towel trick, but I'll send it in to MS asap.

Since i havent gone next-gen yet, i would like to know, how worried should i be about the red rings of death, when getting a 360.... the ps2 with its disc read errors truly annoys me... exactly 46% of my ps2games wont work anymore, so i truly would be pissed when the rings of death would come to annoy me... Is there an actual statistics of how many 360-s get the rings?

Koba123

Don't worry 'bout it. As long as you get the warranty, you're good for 3 years. Are you just worried about the hassle of sending the 360 in and waiting for a new one?

Since i havent gone next-gen yet, i would like to know, how worried should i be about the red rings of death, when getting a 360.... the ps2 with its disc read errors truly annoys me... exactly 46% of my ps2games wont work anymore, so i truly would be pissed when the rings of death would come to annoy me... Is there an actual statistics of how many 360-s get the rings?

Koba123

They won't say, but C'mon, you got a 1 year warranty on the system, 3 years specifically on the red rings.It's an annoyance for sure, but worry? Not really, after several Xboxes/PS2s, I guess I just expect my consoles to break, therefore the first thing I did was pay the $59.99 to get a 3 year warranty on anything that may break on the system.

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Since i havent gone next-gen yet, i would like to know, how worried should i be about the red rings of death, when getting a 360.... the ps2 with its disc read errors truly annoys me... exactly 46% of my ps2games wont work anymore, so i truly would be pissed when the rings of death would come to annoy me... Is there an actual statistics of how many 360-s get the rings?

GameWiz1000

Don't worry 'bout it. As long as you get the warranty, you're good for 3 years. Are you just worried about the hassle of sending the 360 in and waiting for a new one?

I get worried every time I start hearing strange sounds from my 360 that it is about to have a heart attack and die.

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Since i havent gone next-gen yet, i would like to know, how worried should i be about the red rings of death, when getting a 360.... the ps2 with its disc read errors truly annoys me... exactly 46% of my ps2games wont work anymore, so i truly would be pissed when the rings of death would come to annoy me... Is there an actual statistics of how many 360-s get the rings?

GameWiz1000

Don't worry 'bout it. As long as you get the warranty, you're good for 3 years. Are you just worried about the hassle of sending the 360 in and waiting for a new one?

Yeah there's nothing to worry about. They just have so many units coming in that it takes over 6 weeks now to get one fixed. Why are there so many? Because that many have broken and that many people are so scared they've sent their unbroken 360's in too. Its a circus.

Maybe they'd let you go visit your 360.

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Since i havent gone next-gen yet, i would like to know, how worried should i be about the red rings of death, when getting a 360.... the ps2 with its disc read errors truly annoys me... exactly 46% of my ps2games wont work anymore, so i truly would be pissed when the rings of death would come to annoy me... Is there an actual statistics of how many 360-s get the rings?

_koolgirl_

They won't say, but C'mon, you got a 1 year warranty on the system, 3 years specifically on the red rings.It's an annoyance for sure, but worry? Not really, after several Xboxes/PS2s, I guess I just expect my consoles to break, therefore the first thing I did was pay the $59.99 to get a 3 year warranty on anything that may break on the system.

Just get the 360, its worth it. Ibe gone through 2 thus far(starting on my 3rd) but really, for the games, its worth the occational inconvinianceHappyphilter

You can't be that ignorant. Well, maybe you can. You gotta love lemmings. They have an uncanny ability to not see past July 2007. They think that lead start is going to save them this goaround. But guess what. PS3 woke up and is pissed. Head for the hills, lems.

Get the Elite. I believe its failure rate is below even the PS3's or wait for the Falcon 360.

I'm still on my launch 360 which I've been lucky enough to have had no faults with, so it's almost 2 (bless it)

Get a PS3,it works perfect and has a great warranty service...and yes,the RedRings aren't rare to see anymore...Infamously

[QUOTE="Happyphilter"]Just get the 360, its worth it. Ibe gone through 2 thus far(starting on my 3rd) but really, for the games, its worth the occational inconvinianceThe_Crucible

You can't be that ignorant. Well, maybe you can. You gotta love lemmings. They have an uncanny ability to not see past July 2007. They think that lead start is going to save them this goaround. But guess what. PS3 woke up and is pissed. Head for the hills, lems.

haha I can be as ignorant as I damnw ell please thank you. I have played the wii, but havent gotten around to the PS3. Right now im in college and dont have much money. I have the 360 and its all Im going to be able to afford. On top of that it has more then enough games for my satisfaction.

Maybe im not a hardcore gamer, but I do know what is fun and what is not, and the 360 has definantly been fun.

I wouldn't get one yet if I were you. It'zs certainly a very good system, but until they fix the reliability issue I'd warn anyone away. As soon as the new chipsets and whatever else technological majicks are being used, then that'll be a good time to get one.SpigleyMcCheese

Sounds just like MS' plan. Makes everyone REAL confident. "We don;t know why the over heat issue has occurred, but this new chip will fix it. That and some pixie dust. Come spend you money here!" Weak sauce.