There is a small risk. If you get a warranty there is no risk (just annoyance) The warranty will pay for any repairs. What sucks is if it does have something wrong with it you wont be able to pay for it. There are acouple steps that will "help" keep it in a cool place, keep it away from other electronics, dont move it around when there a disc in it.Â
Sweet another worthless thread... 360's do not constantly break and are not risks. How many retarded threads have to be made about this? New worse thread ever....vector5252
the failure rate is significantly high... to the point where MS won't even comment about the problem, but will extend the warranty to early adopters. Peter Moore even avoids the situation in interviews... calling the failure rate a "moving target".
the worry for someone's X360 breaking for no apparent reason is logical. the thing breaks a lot. and this is coming from a guy who has had their X360 not break once.Â
I just got a 360 off ebay with alot of games..with no warranty on it.I'm considering reselling it once I play all the games..for fear of it breaking down.But most people seem to think the constant malfunction is worth it just to be able to play on it when it is working.I'm not too sure if that is a good trade off yet.
If buying the xbox 360 is a risk then buying any other console is a risk because they are all electronic machines and there is always a chance something could happen. So if purchasing videogames for you is a "huge" risk then go play hop-scotch or something.
Well I'm probably gonna get mine from somewhere like Best buy or Gamestop and get there warrenty on it so I an just take it in if it breaks and get a new one on the spot...I think they still have that warrenty
Well I'm probably gonna get mine from somewhere like Best buy or Gamestop and get there warrenty on it so I an just take it in if it breaks and get a new one on the spot...I think they still have that warrentyVardan_902nd
get it from BB or CC (circuit city). the Gamestop warranty is twice the price.Â
My second 360 had 1 month warranty left and i phoned 7 times and all they did is sent me emails which said to wait for another email which never came...
I even sent them an email telling them what was happing and told them that phoning was not working and they sent me an email back saying to phone them... DO THEY NOT UNDERSTAND!
So the fist time my launch 360 broke was in febuary 2006 and it was fixed within a week. just 1 phone call.
But 2nd 360 broke in november 2006 and is the time that i went mad...
So just get a 360 from a shop and get warranty from there.
All electronics have a risk of malfunctioning, so If you are that scared of things breaking, you might as well not buy anything. Just get a warranty with it and all you'll have to do if it breaks is wait a week or two.
oh and like me you might just also lose you downloaded conten when they send it back... ive lost 5 games                          4 downloadedcontent packs for games and like 5 themes...andall because i have a differentsystem and they dont work on my old one... "unless im hooked to XBL" which i dont have access to anymore..
I'm currently using my 3rd Xbox 360...but I haven't had to pay a dime, since MS's warranty has got me completley covered. Had it since Nov. 22nd 2005....and it covers me till Nov 22nd....2008.
I don't quite understand why this thread exists. Everyone talks about how much the 360 breaks down, but Mircosoft has addressed this problem with an extended warranty of a year. I got my 360 on launch day and have never had a problem with it and no one I know has had a problem with their 360. Granted the 360 does run extremely hot, if you place it in a poorly ventilated area chances are, just like any other electronic device, that the 360 will break down.
oh and like me you might just also lose you downloaded conten when they send it back... ive lost 5 games 4 downloadedcontent packs for games and like 5 themes...andall because i have a differentsystem and they dont work on my old one... "unless im hooked to XBL" which i dont have access to anymore..
If buying the xbox 360 is a risk then buying any other console is a risk because they are all electronic machines and there is always a chance something could happen. So if purchasing videogames for you is a "huge" risk then go play hop-scotch or something.atreyu27
I take good care of my electronics and was never one who cared too much if something had a warranty on it or how long it is.But the fact remains that XBOX360s dies on you more than electronics or game consoles should.You dont get all these complaints about XBOX1...PS2..Wii or the PS3. People logging long continuous hours on it because of XBL could factor into it too.
Just don't buy one from walmart. Buy one from a small game store and you won't be at risk of buying one that has already been returned (walmart does that BTW).
why are all of you people getting so mad, we all know that all electronics have a breakdown factor, but the fact of the matter is that this console breaksdown TOO MUCH and MS knows it, btw im not a nintendo fanboy i plan on buying a 360 if i can be convinced it wont breakdown every 3 months
I've had mine for about a year, and still no problems. I've only had it freeze about 2-4 times the whole year. However, I treat it like a baby. It's in a well ventalated, cool, dark place. I vacume it once every 1-2 weeks, plus the area around it. Its on it's horizontal surface, and I can't think of anything else to help treat it more besides buying a fan.
So far my Xbox 360 has broken once and only had to pay for shipping costs even without warranty.Â
However, that said I'm kind of dissapointed because my Xbox never once had any problem from 3 years of playing it while my Xbox 360 broke with minimal use and only 6 months into use.Â
What happened MS? I mean Xbox was a tank and now the Xbox 360 is like fragile as hell.
So many ideas being thrown around as fact in here. So many lies being thrown around. Anyone can say anything and people enjoy it when they can downplay a product especially in regards to the console wars. It would amaze me if anything truthful is written in these many terrible threads.
Well if your afraid its gonna break I wouldn't buy food (it could taste bad) a tv (it could break) a car same as tv, i mean heck why are you on a computer? IT COULD CRASH!
So many ideas being thrown around as fact in here. So many lies being thrown around. Anyone can say anything and people enjoy it when they can downplay a product especially in regards to the console wars. It would amaze me if anything truthful is written in these many terrible threads.vector5252
[QUOTE="vector5252"]Sweet another worthless thread... 360's do not constantly break and are not risks. How many retarded threads have to be made about this? New worse thread ever....c0mplex
the failure rate is significantly high... to the point where MS won't even comment about the problem, but will extend the warranty to early adopters. Peter Moore even avoids the situation in interviews... calling the failure rate a "moving target".
the worry for someone's X360 breaking for no apparent reason is logical. the thing breaks a lot. and this is coming from a guy who has had their X360 not break once.
if you leave your 360 on for too long then expect probs but if you look after it and make sure its running cool after long hours of play then your 360 should last i mean my 360 is running perfect and im please that has lasted so long without problems
micro makes a faulty console and does nothing to improve it. then they want to nickel and dime people to death with the d/l ripoff scam. they wont be in the video game business long.
[QUOTE="vector5252"]So many ideas being thrown around as fact in here. So many lies being thrown around. Anyone can say anything and people enjoy it when they can downplay a product especially in regards to the console wars. It would amaze me if anything truthful is written in these many terrible threads.Trading_Zoner
You sound like you really hate being here.
Why don't you go do something else?
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I like getting some game information here but these I hate xbox 360 threads are so annoying. Do not worry I will stop helping keep these going....Â
small risk of the 360 breaking just take care of correctly howvwer some 360's break its a machine but i have had my 360 since feb 07 it has had ZERO problems keep the 360 in a well ventalated area and dont move it while your playing because it can scracth the discs
Well, actually for the first year, buying an X360 has absolutely no risk at all.Â
But yes, some do break down, and of those that break down, some are due to owner neglect or ignorance, and some are due to hardware malfunction. All I know, is mine hasn't broken down, and I hope it never does *knock on wood*.
I just make sure NO VENT HOLES ARE BLOCKED on the consoles case, and I keep the room it is in pretty cool, like around 58-60 degrees. And I NEVER play for more than 2 hours at a time without taking a break and letting the system rest for 20-30 mins.
Well for starters, you do not I repeat YOU DO NOT want to smash it with a hammer. That usually prevents it from breaking, oh and dropping it off of tall buildings lol. But seriously their isn't a very big chance of it breaking just give it lots of ventilation room, and I heard its better to keep it horizontal.
These problems are going to happen no matter what you do, sooner or later. You'll still find the occasional guy on his first unit, but they always get issues in the end. Fact is, if you're going to buy a console, 360 is the last choice at the moment till the issues are fixed. Going to take a chance MS will keep replacing dmged disks? I dont know if id be so up for that.
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