X-box 360's really are junk!!!

   ...and I thought it was just a nasty rumor!!!!!  

X-box 360 has extremely high fail rate!!!!! http://www.n4g.com/industrynews/News-42693.aspx check out the link.

4,000 people is a rather tiny cross-section of 360 owners...D0013ER

No it's not, that represents every 360 owner on the planet. Don't you know such obvious things?

( :| :? :lol: )

Don't believe all rumors, all stuff you read on internet is not true :Paroxx_ab

In the words of ryan davis: We aren't wikipedia, we can't agree on a lie and call it truth! 

Guess what mj53916200483, you don't have to buy one.  :shock:

well if your a hardcore gamer that plays 24/7 don't expect your console to last 4 years, if your a casual gamer and play 1-5 times a week then you'll be fineHeartagram_03

What's the point of having a console if you're going to be playing 5 hours a week, that's rediculous, even for a Wii. 

I've had mine for almost a year and a half and nothing bad's happened yet... I must be doing something wrongSpaceMatt

Please don't deny it. They'll never fix it if people don't scream out load about it. Mine works (1+ year) but out of 100 people on my friends list atleast 20 had them break (including my neighbour who bought it at the same store 2 weeks before me). Not all the red lights, some had constant dre's too. I was hoping we passed the point of sticking your head in the sand. 

My 360 is on nearly 24/7

and it's working like new for over 1 year.

Seems like people are having difficulties grasping this concept.

The survey is unscientific, since unsatsified Xbox 360 owners would be more motivated to respond than satisfied owners.

In no way does it suggest what the actual failure rate is. That it is too high is no secret though.

[QUOTE="Heartagram_03"]well if your a hardcore gamer that plays 24/7 don't expect your console to last 4 years, if your a casual gamer and play 1-5 times a week then you'll be finearchpro

What's the point of having a console if you're going to be playing 5 hours a week, that's rediculous, even for a Wii. 

I'm a pretty big lem but its true they are junk

I had to send mine 360 in today 

and the customer care is a @!$^%#$ joke I want to kill people cuz of them 

Don't believe all rumors, all stuff you read on internet is not true :Paroxx_ab

Hrm.. that is exactly what the Customer Service rep at 1-800-4MY-XBOX suggested when I called in about my red ring of death....

Funny huh?

          My goodness lol - MS is in the cat bird seat watching these competitors wallow in the - " I cant compete for real but I can sling mudd " as though the public does'nt see right through the weak attempt to discredit the numer one with falsehoods and contempt.

          Get real or go " Home " ;)

well if your a hardcore gamer that plays 24/7 don't expect your console to last 4 years, if your a casual gamer and play 1-5 times a week then you'll be fineHeartagram_03

Funny, I know of a person who had his PS3 running at load for 45 days before encountering problems. Pretty funny considering people were saying how sucky the PS2 hardware was last gen. 

My goodness lol - MS is in the cat bird seat watching these competitors wallow in the - " I cant compete for real but I can sling mudd " as though the public does'nt see right through the weak attempt to discredit the numer one with falsehoods and contempt.

Get real or go " Home " ;)

SecretPolice

Well, the title of this thread doesn't really sound serious, but it is quite clear that the 360 has hardware problems. Compare European commission to investigate Xbox 360 problems thread for example.

I'm a pretty big lem but its true they are junk

I had to send mine 360 in today 

and the customer care is a @!$^%#$ joke I want to kill people cuz of them 

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[QUOTE="Heartagram_03"][QUOTE="archpro"]

[QUOTE="Heartagram_03"]well if your a hardcore gamer that plays 24/7 don't expect your console to last 4 years, if your a casual gamer and play 1-5 times a week then you'll be fineonewiththegame

What's the point of having a console if you're going to be playing 5 hours a week, that's rediculous, even for a Wii. 

Im not a hardcore gamer either.  Life responsibilities keep me from holding all day game sessions like I did when i was in junior high or when I was unemployed and single.  As a result, I haven't had a problem with my 360 either.  I keep it in an open environment, along with the Flail head sized power supply and I've only had one problem that I can recall to date in the past 6 months of playing.

[QUOTE="SpaceMatt"]I've had mine for almost a year and a half and nothing bad's happened yet... I must be doing something wrongelcoholic

Please don't deny it. They'll never fix it if people don't scream out load about it. Mine works (1+ year) but out of 100 people on my friends list atleast 20 had them break (including my neighbour who bought it at the same store 2 weeks before me). Not all the red lights, some had constant dre's too. I was hoping we passed the point of sticking your head in the sand. 

Now, nowhere did I state that there has never been a 360 anywhere that has had a hardware failure. In fact, my roommate's 360 broke. While he was moving it around with a disk in the tray, with the system turned on and running that game.

I was, however, poking fun at the 60-ish percent failure rate cited in that article. Do you honestly believe over 60% of Xbox 360s have failed? And, since according to that article my 360 would be in the minority (having not failed), I think I would be allowed to sarcastically note that I must be doing something wrong to have one without problems when so many others are experiencing trouble.

Really, elcoholic, that post of yours was entirely uncalled for. It's fine to say that Microsoft has problems with their consoles (after all, my launch Xbox 1 crashed and burned due to a faulty DVD drive and/or faulty hard drive), but it's quite another to resort to personal attacks when someone criticizes a clearly outrageous article (60+ percent failure rate my rear end).

[QUOTE="SecretPolice"]

My goodness lol - MS is in the cat bird seat watching these competitors wallow in the - " I cant compete for real but I can sling mudd " as though the public does'nt see right through the weak attempt to discredit the numer one with falsehoods and contempt.

Get real or go " Home " ;)

dirktu

Well, the title of this thread doesn't really sound serious, but it is quite clear that the 360 has hardware problems. Compare European commission to investigate Xbox 360 problems thread for example.

           Antidotal as it may be; I have three in my home and none have givin me a prob. and one is a launch so...Just saying.

Since eBay was used as ownage for when the PS3 wasn't selling lets use it as ownage again. Go and take a quick look on eBay to see how many broken Wiis, PS3s and 360s there are on there. Do a ratio to the total number sold worldwide and you will see that the 360 has the highest ratio of broken machines for sale on ebay.

If ebay was an infallable source of ownage in the past you can't refute that now. A quick search of each system shows quite a few broken 360s and not too many broken Wiis or PS3s.

This lot of 4 broken is my favorite I found so far.

Ebay Lot of 4 Broken 360s

Since eBay was used as ownage for when the PS3 wasn't selling lets use it as ownage again. Go and take a quick look on eBay to see how many broken Wiis, PS3s and 360s there are on there. Do a ratio to the total number sold worldwide and you will see that the 360 has the highest ratio of broken machines for sale on ebay.

If ebay was an infallable source of ownage in the past you can't refute that now. A quick search of each system shows quite a few broken 360s and not too many broken Wiis or PS3s.

This lot of 4 broken is my favorite I found so far.

Ebay Lot of 4 Broken 360s

iwo4life

[QUOTE="iwo4life"]

Since eBay was used as ownage for when the PS3 wasn't selling lets use it as ownage again. Go and take a quick look on eBay to see how many broken Wiis, PS3s and 360s there are on there. Do a ratio to the total number sold worldwide and you will see that the 360 has the highest ratio of broken machines for sale on ebay.

If ebay was an infallable source of ownage in the past you can't refute that now. A quick search of each system shows quite a few broken 360s and not too many broken Wiis or PS3s.

This lot of 4 broken is my favorite I found so far.

Ebay Lot of 4 Broken 360s

SecretPolice

Not really.  I use my PS3 for folding and watching blu-ray when not being used for games.  I have never had a problem ever.  Even if I ran a PS3, 360 or Wii 24/7 for a year strait I would expect it to still work.  The 360 in its first year wasn't exactly cranking out games like it is now and they were failing back then too.  Lets face it the 360 isn't reliable and I won't get one until it is proven to be moreso.  Even the elite has suffered 3 rings.  Thats pretty poor for a revision not to fix past problems.

Don't believe all rumors, all stuff you read on internet is not true :Paroxx_ab

I dont trust N4G anymore not after yesterday with the Gears fiasco.killaj2786

4,000 people is a rather tiny cross-section of 360 owners...D0013ER

Thats only one site!!! Plus not everyone who's had 360 problems go and tell the world.  

[QUOTE="SecretPolice"][QUOTE="iwo4life"]

Since eBay was used as ownage for when the PS3 wasn't selling lets use it as ownage again. Go and take a quick look on eBay to see how many broken Wiis, PS3s and 360s there are on there. Do a ratio to the total number sold worldwide and you will see that the 360 has the highest ratio of broken machines for sale on ebay.

If ebay was an infallable source of ownage in the past you can't refute that now. A quick search of each system shows quite a few broken 360s and not too many broken Wiis or PS3s.

This lot of 4 broken is my favorite I found so far.

Ebay Lot of 4 Broken 360s

iwo4life

Not really.  I use my PS3 for folding and watching blu-ray when not being used for games.  I have never had a problem ever.  Even if I ran a PS3, 360 or Wii 24/7 for a year strait I would expect it to still work.  The 360 in its first year wasn't exactly cranking out games like it is now and they were failing back then too.  Lets face it the 360 isn't reliable and I won't get one until it is proven to be moreso.  Even the elite has suffered 3 rings.  Thats pretty poor for a revision not to fix past problems.

                As I stated before; If this is truly epidemic then you know the lawyers are only too willing to go after the likes of MS I mean cmon lmao ;)

4,000 people is a rather tiny cross-section of 360 owners...D0013ER

Let's check the % just for fun 4000/10,000,000 = 0.004%. Not even 1% :lol:

1% of 10,000,000 would be 100,000

[QUOTE="D0013ER"]4,000 people is a rather tiny cross-section of 360 owners...blackace

Let's check the % just for fun 4000/10,000,000 = 0.004%. Not even 1% :lol:

1% of 10,000,000 would be 100,000

Exactly.  Hardware companies can only DREAM of having a failure rate that low.  This is the dumbest thread I've seen, the TC shot himself in the foot.

And BTW, my 360 works just fine, and it's a launch unit.

Its not an X-box like its not a Play-station....

....man... 

[QUOTE="iwo4life"][QUOTE="SecretPolice"][QUOTE="iwo4life"]

Since eBay was used as ownage for when the PS3 wasn't selling lets use it as ownage again. Go and take a quick look on eBay to see how many broken Wiis, PS3s and 360s there are on there. Do a ratio to the total number sold worldwide and you will see that the 360 has the highest ratio of broken machines for sale on ebay.

If ebay was an infallable source of ownage in the past you can't refute that now. A quick search of each system shows quite a few broken 360s and not too many broken Wiis or PS3s.

This lot of 4 broken is my favorite I found so far.

Ebay Lot of 4 Broken 360s

SecretPolice

Not really. I use my PS3 for folding and watching blu-ray when not being used for games. I have never had a problem ever. Even if I ran a PS3, 360 or Wii 24/7 for a year strait I would expect it to still work. The 360 in its first year wasn't exactly cranking out games like it is now and they were failing back then too. Lets face it the 360 isn't reliable and I won't get one until it is proven to be moreso. Even the elite has suffered 3 rings. Thats pretty poor for a revision not to fix past problems.

As I stated before; If this is truly epidemic then you know the lawyers are only too willing to go after the likes of MS I mean cmon lmao ;)

MS has some of the best lawyers around and they still extended the warranty on 2 occasions.  If that doesn't suggest there is a problem I dont know what does.

As for the first sentence in you response I dont know what you are talking about.

There were 6 million thread about how the PS3 wasnt selling and they all cited eBay as a source.  Now I cite eBay as a source for how many broken 360s are available and I am bashing.  That is hypocrisy at its finest. 

[QUOTE="blackace"]

[QUOTE="D0013ER"]4,000 people is a rather tiny cross-section of 360 owners...degobah77

Let's check the % just for fun 4000/10,000,000 = 0.004%. Not even 1% :lol:

1% of 10,000,000 would be 100,000

Exactly. Hardware companies can only DREAM of having a failure rate that low. This is the dumbest thread I've seen, the TC shot himself in the foot.

And BTW, my 360 works just fine, and it's a launch unit.

Instead of shooting yourself in the foot why dont you read the article.  The amount of people who responded to the survey is around 4400.  That isn't the total amount of people in the world with defective 360s.  The thread is not dumb, just some of the responses and blind faith.

[QUOTE="degobah77"][QUOTE="blackace"]

[QUOTE="D0013ER"]4,000 people is a rather tiny cross-section of 360 owners...iwo4life

Let's check the % just for fun 4000/10,000,000 = 0.004%. Not even 1% :lol:

1% of 10,000,000 would be 100,000

Exactly. Hardware companies can only DREAM of having a failure rate that low. This is the dumbest thread I've seen, the TC shot himself in the foot.

And BTW, my 360 works just fine, and it's a launch unit.

Instead of shooting yourself in the foot why dont you read the article.  The amount of people who responded to the survey is around 4400.  That isn't the total amount of people in the world with defective 360s.  The thread is not dumb, just some of the responses and blind faith.

Oh spare me the details, even if twice that damn number failed, even if TRIPLE the number failed, you're still not at the standard 4% failure rate.

[QUOTE="SecretPolice"][QUOTE="iwo4life"][QUOTE="SecretPolice"][QUOTE="iwo4life"]

Since eBay was used as ownage for when the PS3 wasn't selling lets use it as ownage again. Go and take a quick look on eBay to see how many broken Wiis, PS3s and 360s there are on there. Do a ratio to the total number sold worldwide and you will see that the 360 has the highest ratio of broken machines for sale on ebay.

If ebay was an infallable source of ownage in the past you can't refute that now. A quick search of each system shows quite a few broken 360s and not too many broken Wiis or PS3s.

This lot of 4 broken is my favorite I found so far.

Ebay Lot of 4 Broken 360s

iwo4life

Not really. I use my PS3 for folding and watching blu-ray when not being used for games. I have never had a problem ever. Even if I ran a PS3, 360 or Wii 24/7 for a year strait I would expect it to still work. The 360 in its first year wasn't exactly cranking out games like it is now and they were failing back then too. Lets face it the 360 isn't reliable and I won't get one until it is proven to be moreso. Even the elite has suffered 3 rings. Thats pretty poor for a revision not to fix past problems.

As I stated before; If this is truly epidemic then you know the lawyers are only too willing to go after the likes of MS I mean cmon lmao ;)

MS has some of the best lawyers around and they still extended the warranty on 2 occasions.  If that doesn't suggest there is a problem I dont know what does.

As for the first sentence in you response I dont know what you are talking about.

There were 6 million thread about how the PS3 wasnt selling and they all cited eBay as a source.  Now I cite eBay as a source for how many broken 360s are available and I am bashing.  That is hypocrisy at its finest. 

                       My guess is; Ebay is not the reliable source on this subject but the damage that many would like to do to MS is reason enough to wonder why has no giant law suits gone through if a MS product truly was so craptastic?

              Does'nt add up and therefore I'm suspect of the raw info - k ;)

I love all of the denial in here.  Lemmings, isn;t there an entire sticky devoted to troubled 360 units?  Don;t we all know someone who has had their 360 die?  I know three 360 owners very well and each has had to replace their console at least once.

No one is saying EVERY 360 is going bad.  Just enough for there to be a problem.

How many Wii or PS3 issues have we heard about????

[QUOTE="Heartagram_03"]well if your a hardcore gamer that plays 24/7 don't expect your console to last 4 years, if your a casual gamer and play 1-5 times a week then you'll be finearchpro

What's the point of having a console if you're going to be playing 5 hours a week, that's rediculous, even for a Wii.

Yeah. well. my 360 is almost always on. works great. has worked great. wont break.  

[QUOTE="iwo4life"][QUOTE="degobah77"][QUOTE="blackace"]

[QUOTE="D0013ER"]4,000 people is a rather tiny cross-section of 360 owners...degobah77

Let's check the % just for fun 4000/10,000,000 = 0.004%. Not even 1% :lol:

1% of 10,000,000 would be 100,000

Exactly. Hardware companies can only DREAM of having a failure rate that low. This is the dumbest thread I've seen, the TC shot himself in the foot.

And BTW, my 360 works just fine, and it's a launch unit.

Instead of shooting yourself in the foot why dont you read the article. The amount of people who responded to the survey is around 4400. That isn't the total amount of people in the world with defective 360s. The thread is not dumb, just some of the responses and blind faith.

Oh spare me the details, even if twice that damn number failed, even if TRIPLE the number failed, you're still not at the standard 4% failure rate.

Yes forget details you should continue to make outrageous statements bashing other members with no information because someone made a statement regarding the system you own.  There have been many of these polls and all of them said the same thing.  The 360 is unreliable at this point.  Hopefully it wont in the future which is when I will buy one.

I love all of the denial in here.  Lemmings, isn;t there an entire sticky devoted to troubled 360 units?  Don;t we all know someone who has had their 360 die?  I know three 360 owners very well and each has had to replace their console at least once.

No one is saying EVERY 360 is going bad.  Just enough for there to be a problem.

How many Wii or PS3 issues have we heard about????

dubvisions

This survey accounts for an approx 0.004% failure rate.  You would need 100,000 units to fail to even hit a 1% failure rate.  And that is NOTHING.

So no, hardly a problem, just people making a mountain out of a mole hill.

[QUOTE="dubvisions"]

I love all of the denial in here. Lemmings, isn;t there an entire sticky devoted to troubled 360 units? Don;t we all know someone who has had their 360 die? I know three 360 owners very well and each has had to replace their console at least once.

No one is saying EVERY 360 is going bad. Just enough for there to be a problem.

How many Wii or PS3 issues have we heard about????

degobah77

This survey accounts for an approx 0.004% failure rate. You would need 100,000 units to fail to even hit a 1% failure rate. And that is NOTHING.

So no, hardly a problem, just people making a mountain out of a mole hill.

Thanks for clearing that up by quoting yourself with a 0.004% failure rate that you got by not reading the article and assuming that 4500 people reported failures in the whole world.