[QUOTE="DraugenCP"]
I bolded it because I was gonna type something about the NES, but I didn't. My comment was directed at his entire post, i.e. at people playing 360 too much being the reason behind its legendary failure rate.
Boomshaffted
Ah yes, the post as a whole was stupid. Again, technically speaking, true - the 360 did fail because people played it too much. The problem was, MS made it so if you played it as much as your average person played a console it would fail. MS really bunngered the 360 up in the early going. At least they had the gumption to cover for it (something you can't credit Sony for their first two attempts at hardware), but I really hope they learned their lesson and think original XBOX rather than 360 when making their next piece of hardware.
Also, I hope the entire industry takes a look at their three year warranty plan and institutes it, but, I seriously doubt it will happen. As far as I'm concerned, that's something that should be normal - a right thing for a wrong reason, if you will.Well, technically, yeah. But 'playing it too much' can hardly be suggested as a reason, seeing as nobody buys an Xbox so they can look at it sit on a shelve. They'll want to play it, and if the hardware's too poor to support a decent gaming session, there's really no question whose fault that is.
But about the service: let's keep in mind that Microsoft only conceded after they could no longer cover up the problem. I think it's differen in every country, but at least in Holland they also denied a common disc scratching problem and claimed it was the fault of the players. Same for RRoD. After they got some exposure on national television they suddenly gave in, and that doesn't really establish a good sense of trust between the consumer and the company if you ask me.
I must say, though, that Microsoft did attempt to fix my original Xbox for free several times, only they claimed to have replaced the power supply while it later appeared they didn't. Then they sent every Xbox owner a new power supply cable due to an apparent safety risk with the old one, and my Xbox finally worked again. They're a weird company. But generally speaking the old Xbox was better than the first 2 Sony consoles I think. The PS2 was dodgy as hell. But overall, I've always trusted Nintendo hardware the most. Even though the Wii has some problems, it's rock solid in comparison to the other consoles, and if I were to choose my next gen console on basis of reliability, I'd go for them in a heartbeat.
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