Does anyone else think Xbox 360 is a bad system?

I was one of the first people to receive an Xbox 360. I got a floor model around Christmas time and was so excited to get it. I had a ps2 and a original Xbox before and decided to get whatever new system came out first and that was of course 360. About a year after getting my 360 I got the Red Ring of Death. I was so mad because at this time you couldn't call them and get it fixed for free. The guy told me it would be X amount of money (and it was a I think 75 or something) and I argued for a while but eventually sent in a check for the amount they told me to pay. About a week after I got my 360 I received a refund in the mail saying my 360 was still under warranty. I got my money back of course because everyone was sending their 360's in for repair because of the red lights. I had my 2nd 360 for not even 6 months and once again I got the red lights. This time when I called the guy told me they'd fix it for free because it was such a common problem. I thought that maybe this time my 3rd 360 would last longer than a year. But of course about a year after getting it, it is doing something even worse. Now my 360 will freeze during actual game play. It's fine during all the menus and at the dashboard but as soon as I go to play a game it freezes. This time I don't get any lights instead that's all that happens is the screen becomes a still shot and I have to manually turn it off. I've been hoping the more I turn it on the more likely I will get the red lights and get it fixed for free but now I realize I'm going to have to call Microsoft and hear their same BS, "Well since there aren't any lights on we can fix it for X amount of dollars". I will give in eventually but for now I'm just hoping I get the dam(n) lights to come on.

Now I think after all that happening I have to call the console flat out bad. Don't get me wrong the graphics are amazing and revolutionary in gaming but how many stories have you heard from friends, family, and just random people like me saying they've had to get a new 360 because of a system malfunction? Now I'm not going to say PS3's are better or anything but I've not heard as many PS3 systems going bad as I have for the 360 console. I'm sure they have their problems too but I honestly find it hard to imagine that it could be as bad as the 360.

I realize this is the 360 fourm and I'm going to get a lot of hate replies but if you're going to reply at least have an arguement.

I have had no problems so no I will not consider it a bad system.

Yeah Yeah Yeah, everybody knows that the failure-rate on the 360 is kinda high "but" I've had mine since 2006 and it's still working good for me.

Now I'm just asking, what is the failure rate on a PS3 compared to a 360? Does anyone have real stats on it?

No, xbox 360 as I say its the best system on the gaming consoles, the most of the people who think the xbox 360 is bad are those ones who own a PS3 little children that prefer the wii.

I also was one of the first ones to obtain a 360 am very good with it, it hasnt too much errors (at leats mine) and even tough i bought it to play halo 3 I also play lots of another games just as halo wars, ace combat, banjo kazooie, forza, project gotham racing, and some other i cant remember of.

To those ones who think the 360 is bad, first buy it and then you can say if its bad or not, a friend of mine bought one and now he thinks it rules

The xbox 360 is the better thing that exists on the world surface then its me and then the METAL music.

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The xbox 360 is better of what i am? WTF

BTW i dont have any rates of hardware problems but i can assure you that the xbox 360 has a lot more of problems than the PS3 especially for the overcharge or overheat problems (xbox 360 only has 2 fans while i remember the PS3 has 4 or 6)

If going 2 weeks without a console in every half year or more makes a console bad for you, then you really must find a new hobby. Also, if its still under warranty, you don't need RRoD to send it in.enterawesome

I think it has the potential to have incredible graphics, gameplay and processing power.

I also think they are unreliable machines that many people have had difficulties with.

That being said, I bought a launch console that still works and I have been very happy with my investment.

i must answer posts like this twice a week but yes its a crappy console but i still love it and i always have my ps3 to fall back on if it breaks for the 5th time

Great console, bad hardware, that's pretty much it.

no this is probably the best console out.

its bad in the sense of reliability but i dont think that can justify calling it a bad system thats just one part of the criteria you would judge a system on the 360 has so many other great things like an awesome game library, great graphics, good computer functionaliity and i think its the best console on the market

No, xbox 360 as I say its the best system on the gaming consoles, the most of the people who think the xbox 360 is bad are those ones who own a PS3 little children that prefer the wii.

I also was one of the first ones to obtain a 360 am very good with it, it hasnt too much errors (at leats mine) and even tough i bought it to play halo 3 I also play lots of another games just as halo wars, ace combat, banjo kazooie, forza, project gotham racing, and some other i cant remember of.

To those ones who think the 360 is bad, first buy it and then you can say if its bad or not, a friend of mine bought one and now he thinks it rules

The xbox 360 is the better thing that exists on the world surface then its me and then the METAL music.

Wait...?

...

The xbox 360 is better of what i am? WTF

BTW i dont have any rates of hardware problems but i can assure you that the xbox 360 has a lot more of problems than the PS3 especially for the overcharge or overheat problems (xbox 360 only has 2 fans while i remember the PS3 has 4 or 6)

wywern271

If you DO mean what you're saying, then you definitely never played the PSX nor the SNES on their days of glory, none of the consoles these days compare to those 2.

Back on topic, i loved my time playing the 360, bought it in 2006 along with Oblivion and had a blast for nearly 2 years, except for 2 problems in february of 2007, the 360 for some reason ruined my Saints Row and Lost Planet discs, didnt scratch them, didnt break them, was just like POOF! "these discs shall never work again!!", tried with other 360s but stil gave me the "clean disc with a soft cloth" error, and i know it was my console that did it because im always careful with my games, dont move the console while its working, nothing.

Then gave me the red ring a day after chrismas, send it for repair, got it back 2 weeks later, lasted 2 or 3 months then again, red ring, send it back, when i received it i unpacked it right away, started playing Ninja Gaiden Black and noticed a weird sound coming from the console, like overheating, turned it off, 2 hours later decided to try again and BAM! red ring, the same day i received it, sent it back for the 3rd time, and when i got it back, it worked just fine for more than a year.

Until last month, received the E74 error or something like that, called Xbox customer service, all the process was going just fine, and suddenly the guy on the phone tells me that there was a violation of the guarantee on the last 360 i sent for repair, therefore they canceled my guarantee and practically asked me to **** myself.

I have to say that most of the fun i had with my 360 came from multiplatform games, Oblivion, CoD4, Saints Row, The Orange Box, although there were others, like GoW which i played for more than a year and a half, Halo 3, geometry wars and a lot of XBLA games, was it worth it for a system that would fail at the end? yes, though i'll definitely never get a Microsoft system ever again, the hardware itself is crap.

Saving up for a PS3 at the moment.

Is it a bad system? No. Is the hardware shaky, yes. But I get x10 more enjoyment out of the xbox then the other consoles.clh_05

Dibbs on that statement!

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Agreed, this topic is played anyway. My answer would be no. I've had my 360 since December 2005 and have never replaced it--must be doing something wrong :P