how come my 360 didnt break?

It all comes down to how well you treat your console, how long you play it per day, how you put it, how you treat it.
My one broke when my house blacked out.Alpha172

I don't think it matter how much you play the 360, my first one was a launch 360 and it broke in less than a year, it had the three red lights, after that I got a replacment and three red lights out of the box, did not even get to play it, then I got another and the DVD drive packed it in on it and now I am waiting for another replacment, 3+ weeks now, and I hardly have time to play the thing.

Plus god only knows what people did to the replacment units you get.

Also to answer your question about standing the system up or laying it down, i always staand mine up, my brother on the other hand lays his down, and he plays a lot of games and has only had one problem with the three red lights and got it repaired so it may be better to lay the system down if you play a lot

[QUOTE="ugz602"]They definitely have a problem, otherwise MS wouldn't even bother upgrading the heatstink/gpu. Anyone who thinks broken 360s are a myth are bafoons. However, I think it depends on how much you play it. I know someone who doesn't take good care of his things, yet his core console is still alive after a year. Maybe the cores have survivability? ThE_SoCK

i said earlier that they didnt confirm anything, i didnt say the exact problem was overheating which may or may not be the problem.

I am aware 360s break down, but we all know that approx 35% of 360s break down (including consoles made since release). That means approximately 3.5 million consoles are defective, while the remaining approx 6.5 are ok. Again MS never confirmed anything, but extending the warranty is good sign showing that they know what the problem is (hopefully). The newer your console is, the less likely it is defective.

this is all IMO, just clarifications . please no more immature bashing from kiddies,

I you go to xbox.com and check out the news section there is letter from Peter Moore who states that they discovered a few things that may cause the ring of death. They are not sure which one of these things is actually causing it so they are just going to improve all of them, but in the meantime we have the 3 year warranty.

I've always tried to leave my 360 in wide open areas while playing so it could breathe so to speak and not overheat. My 360 has frozen twice since I've had it which is Dec 06. My bro on the other hand has always kept his on an enclosed shelf which caused the system to get hot and he finally got the dreaded red rings the other day :evil:

It all comes down to how well you treat your console, how long you play it per day, how you put it, how you treat it.Alpha172

QFT, Obviously those people on thier 3rd console are doing something wrong. Even if they dont realize it.

Its probubly safe to say that each console has an equal chance to break as any other console made, regardless of when it was purchased. Not moving it, keeping it clean, keeping in horizontal, making sure it has lots and lots of space to breath, keeping it in a cool place all factor (slowly) to weither your console dies or not.

I have a launch unit (got mine in Dec 05') and my system hasent moved since i got it, sure i use it allot but it has a table top all to itself down in my basement which is a good 5 degrees cooler at all times of the year. I like to think that has contributed to its good track record thus far.