To all 360 fanboy's why buy a system that dies?

I got RROD a week ago and it was really annoying.

You know that feeling when you are almost past a really difficult bit of a game that took loads of tries... sooo close... and then the game freezes?

Imagine having that except you cant even turn it back on to try again.

the point yoj are missing though TC is that like me, millions of 360 owners bought the 360 BEFORE we were told about RROD. So we had no idea. Plus most causal gamers wont know about it.

Also the 3 year warranty is good, but my 360 went now, not long before my warranty expires, so now I must either take my chances or PAY for a warranty extansion. I must PAY for their problems.

Apart from that the console is good though, I personally prefer my ps3 but its still got good games. So some people probably dont care about it as much as some do.

[QUOTE="death919"]1) Free 3 year warrantee protecting against the problem. ie) There is no problem.VoodooGamer

The irony here..

2) PS2 had extremely high DRE rate and is one of the greatest consoles of all time.Death

For like a week...

3) 33% is less than 50%. In other words, there is a better chance that it WONT break down than there is that it WILL break down.Death

1/3 Xbox 360s will break down. That's a huge amount of 360s and I can see why Microsoft created the three-year warranty, they ddin't want to lose huge amounts of customers or scare off potential customers. That should put it in perspective nicely. ;)

4) That number was reduced with Falcon chip and will be eliminated with Jasper chip.Death

That really doesn't help those that already have a ticking-time bomb. ;)

~just to clarify. I like the 360 but to pretend there is no problem or the problem is "small" is just plain ignorant. The only people who do that are the ones that want to feel like they made a good choice with their investment. ;)

Its all good and well saying only 33% will go as if 66% are magically protected. But if used enough they can all go.

So mostly its bad for those of us who play games more often. I had my 360 with lots of space to ventilate, never had a problem till I got RROD.

You cant protect against it, it will happen to all of them given enough time.

been always a PS fan, but had the 360 for about 3 months now and i admit its a great console... unfortunately it does have a very unreliable hardware...

No one I know in real life has had a RRoD, I havn't had one.

None of my friends on xbox live have had one. (that I know of)

33% is clearly not true.

I bought it knowing full well it has a bad track record.

I bought my PS2 knowing full well it could break (it did actually).

If the 360 had a 90 day warranty or something, there is no way I would buy one though.

[QUOTE="VoodooGamer"]

3) 33% is less than 50%. In other words, there is a better chance that it WONT break down than there is that it WILL break down.NinjaMunkey01

1/3 Xbox 360s will break down. That's a huge amount of 360s and I can see why Microsoft created the three-year warranty, they ddin't want to lose huge amounts of customers or scare off potential customers. That should put it in perspective nicely. ;)

4) That number was reduced with Falcon chip and will be eliminated with Jasper chip.Death

That really doesn't help those that already have a ticking-time bomb. ;)

~just to clarify. I like the 360 but to pretend there is no problem or the problem is "small" is just plain ignorant. The only people who do that are the ones that want to feel like they made a good choice with their investment. ;)

Its all good and well saying only 33% will go as if 66% are magically protected. But if used enough they can all go.

So mostly its bad for those of us who play games more often. I had my 360 with lots of space to ventilate, never had a problem till I got RROD.

You cant protect against it, it will happen to all of them given enough time.

i can imagine how pissed i'd be if my 360 got RROD the same day i get Geow2 aaarrrgggghhh

No one I know in real life has had a RRoD, I havn't had one.

None of my friends on xbox live have had one. (that I know of)

33% is clearly not true.

I bought it knowing full well it has a bad track record.

I bought my PS2 knowing full well it could break (it did actually).

If the 360 had a 90 day warranty or something, there is no way I would buy one though.

user_nat

damn right i wouldnt buy it, even a toaster has at least 1 year of warranty....

[QUOTE="NinjaMunkey01"][QUOTE="VoodooGamer"]

3) 33% is less than 50%. In other words, there is a better chance that it WONT break down than there is that it WILL break down.Malta_1980

1/3 Xbox 360s will break down. That's a huge amount of 360s and I can see why Microsoft created the three-year warranty, they ddin't want to lose huge amounts of customers or scare off potential customers. That should put it in perspective nicely. ;)

4) That number was reduced with Falcon chip and will be eliminated with Jasper chip.Death

That really doesn't help those that already have a ticking-time bomb. ;)

~just to clarify. I like the 360 but to pretend there is no problem or the problem is "small" is just plain ignorant. The only people who do that are the ones that want to feel like they made a good choice with their investment. ;)

Its all good and well saying only 33% will go as if 66% are magically protected. But if used enough they can all go.

So mostly its bad for those of us who play games more often. I had my 360 with lots of space to ventilate, never had a problem till I got RROD.

You cant protect against it, it will happen to all of them given enough time.

i can imagine how pissed i'd be if my 360 got RROD the same day i get Geow2 aaarrrgggghhh

I was having fun playing GTA4 when it went.

It was a mixture of annoyonce at the start, then red lines went donw the screen and then i was intrigued, then I turned it on again to have more lines then it froze, then I am thinking "this better not be what i think it is" then I turned it on again to have RROD. a mixute of disbelief and annoyance.

:D, :?, :|, :o, :(, :evil:

[QUOTE="Malta_1980"][QUOTE="NinjaMunkey01"][QUOTE="VoodooGamer"]

NinjaMunkey01

I was having fun playing GTA4 when it went.

It was a mixture of annoyonce at the start, then red lines went donw the screen and then i was intrigued, then I turned it on again to have more lines then it froze, then I am thinking "this better not be what i think it is" then I turned it on again to have RROD. a mixute of disbelief and annoyance.

:D, :?, :|, :o, :(, :evil:

its bad i know.... at least i hope you get it back asap and hopefully never go through RROD again....

I bought a 360 because i did couple things first before hand. I first saw the games are really good alot of em and are fine for my taste check is it the cheapest next gen console? check best online service? check RROD alot less common on new models?check well there you have it why I bought a 360

I guess many people don't know about it before they buy it. I'm sure it has a much higher failure rate that the PS2. I've had by big PS2 since launch, and I also have a slim PS2. That broke twice, but the customer service was excellent. I called them up, they came in under 2 days, took the ps2 and at the same time, they gave me a new one!

For the 360 don't you have to post it off then wait for them to fix it? You could be waiting months.

I guess most of them buy the system without knowing of the problems

I guess many people don't know about it before they buy it. I'm sure it has a much higher failure rate that the PS2. I've had by big PS2 since launch, and I also have a slim PS2. That broke twice, but the customer service was excellent. I called them up, they came in under 2 days, took the ps2 and at the same time, they gave me a new one!

For the 360 don't you have to post it off then wait for them to fix it? You could be waiting months.

I guess most of them buy the system without knowing of the problems

plod2

Who came? A Sony rep came to your house or something?

Yes, you do have to mail it to Microsoft. Most repairs are finished in a matter of days, but the ground shipping is definitely the slowest part. I got mine back less than 2 weeks after mailing it.

[QUOTE="Malta_1980"][QUOTE="NinjaMunkey01"][QUOTE="VoodooGamer"]

3) 33% is less than 50%. In other words, there is a better chance that it WONT break down than there is that it WILL break down.NinjaMunkey01

1/3 Xbox 360s will break down. That's a huge amount of 360s and I can see why Microsoft created the three-year warranty, they ddin't want to lose huge amounts of customers or scare off potential customers. That should put it in perspective nicely. ;)

4) That number was reduced with Falcon chip and will be eliminated with Jasper chip.Death

That really doesn't help those that already have a ticking-time bomb. ;)

~just to clarify. I like the 360 but to pretend there is no problem or the problem is "small" is just plain ignorant. The only people who do that are the ones that want to feel like they made a good choice with their investment. ;)

Its all good and well saying only 33% will go as if 66% are magically protected. But if used enough they can all go.

So mostly its bad for those of us who play games more often. I had my 360 with lots of space to ventilate, never had a problem till I got RROD.

You cant protect against it, it will happen to all of them given enough time.

i can imagine how pissed i'd be if my 360 got RROD the same day i get Geow2 aaarrrgggghhh

I was having fun playing GTA4 when it went.

It was a mixture of annoyonce at the start, then red lines went donw the screen and then i was intrigued, then I turned it on again to have more lines then it froze, then I am thinking "this better not be what i think it is" then I turned it on again to have RROD. a mixute of disbelief and annoyance.

:D, :?, :|, :o, :(, :evil:

That's because you didnt clean out the dust collected on the inside and it exceeded maximum stable temps and f'ed-up

I didn't know anything about RROD until a month after purchase...

But I won't get rid of my 360. There are just too many great games on it.

if you dont clean out the dust collected on the inside and it has a chance of exceeding maximum stable temps means hottness the hardware can take and it f's up.

hardware needs to be kept cool and dust free.

I already knew about the hardware problems before Ibought it, it didn't change my mind.EuroMafia

[QUOTE="EuroMafia"]I already knew about the hardware problems before Ibought it, it didn't change my mind.MojondeVACA

Why does your sig say otherwise?

[QUOTE="MojondeVACA"][QUOTE="EuroMafia"]I already knew about the hardware problems before Ibought it, it didn't change my mind.AlphaGamer469

Why does your sig say otherwise?

[QUOTE="air_wolf_cubed"]I missed the part where every single 360 dieslawlessx

my thoughts exactly

You can say that again. Every 360 dies?Oh please

No just 33% of them. Out of 7 friends 4 of them have had theirs die on them. Sorry actually 5 of them. Just remembered.

Also game library, Avg rating of Ps3 library is like a 7.7, 360 avg rating is 7.3. So keep the better games arguement to the minimum, thank you :)

Why buy a 360 period? It's already close to maxing out its potential.

Why buy a 360 period? It's already close to maxing out its potential.

SolidGame_basic

[QUOTE="SolidGame_basic"]

Why buy a 360 period? It's already close to maxing out its potential.

MojondeVACA

How much of a beating can 360 take when games like Rage will lose quality because of multiple disks?

[QUOTE="MojondeVACA"][QUOTE="SolidGame_basic"]

Why buy a 360 period? It's already close to maxing out its potential.

SolidGame_basic

How much of a beating can 360 take when games like Rage will lose quality because of multiple disks?

[QUOTE="SolidGame_basic"][QUOTE="MojondeVACA"][QUOTE="SolidGame_basic"]

Why buy a 360 period? It's already close to maxing out its potential.

MojondeVACA

How much of a beating can 360 take when games like Rage will lose quality because of multiple disks?

no, its actually finances.

i mean it's a gaming console so wouldn't the games be the most important thing?

Fumpa

Why any true gamer would.

The games.

Whoever makes these topics only makes them out of insecurity. They're just trying to convince themselves they made the right purchase by not buying a 360 or whatever system they're making fun of. If you think the 360 sucks so badly, why do you need to tell everyone about it? Wouldn't people already know by now, in 2008? I'm on my 3rd 360. I don't care. I got refunded for when my first one broke, and my second one was free. It's not as bad as people make it out to be. It also just takes about a week for the 360 to come back.

Because when it "dies" you wait ten days and then get it back. RROD is an annoyance, not a dealbreaker. Too many fanboys act like once your 360 RROD's that's it. It's dead. That isnt the case at all.

Mine has RROD'd three times. The first i was pretty much expecting it, the second annoyed me and the third REALLY annoyed me as i'm finally off for a month and was looking forward to playing some games. Still, it never took them more than 10 days to take it and return it, so it's hardly an epic problem for me. Just irritating and disappointing from an otherwise fantastic system.

Because it's the only platform with a respectable game library.vashkey

That's just an old, extremely tired myth.

[QUOTE="vashkey"]Because it's the only platform with a respectable game library.PS_Family

That's just an old, extremely tired myth.

opinions are fun.

[QUOTE="vashkey"]Because it's the only platform with a respectable game library.PS_Family

That's just an old, extremely tired myth.

Okay, it's the only platform with a respectable game library excluding the PC.

why bother wiping when you're just gunna poop again?air_wolf_cubed

but what bothers be isn't why ppl buy a system that dies and has a failure rating (even with the 3 years warranty , it ends and u are gonna be mad and wait for a new console when it dies) , but why they keep defending it with everything they got despite being a "bad" CONSOLE , great games, but a bad console , it has never come to this in all consoles history!

and over defending it they attack other consoles just to make the Xbox360 a better one, maybe that's how ppl are, lol.

[QUOTE="vashkey"]Because it's the only platform with a respectable game library.PS_Family

That's just an old, extremely tired myth.

Excluding the PC it's an entirely reasonable point to make.