Maybe buying a new Xbox...

I'm a patient guy but I've finally had enough of my current Xbox. I've had the thing for over a year and a half and it still technically work but it has trouble reading disks. I can usually get it to work after a few (dozen) tries. It took me 30 minutes the other day to get Gears of War 2 to work. I've finally had enough and I'm thinking about buying a cheap arcade system and just keeping my hard-drive. My only worry is that after I drop the cash for an arcade, microsoft may drop the price...do you think that there's a chance of that happening soon?

Should I replace my dying xbox or hold out for a bit?

you and your Xbox really need to sit down and talk through your problems.. perhaps then it will do what it was designed to do.. either that or it needs teaching a lesson.. Place a 'Wii' infront of it, obscuring it's view.. I bet it gets it's act together then !

I'm a patient guy but I've finally had enough of my current Xbox. I've had the thing for over a year and a half and it still technically work but it has trouble reading disks. I can usually get it to work after a few (dozen) tries. It took me 30 minutes the other day to get Gears of War 2 to work. I've finally had enough and I'm thinking about buying a cheap arcade system and just keeping my hard-drive. My only worry is that after I drop the cash for an arcade, microsoft may drop the price...do you think that there's a chance of that happening soon?

Should I replace my dying xbox or hold out for a bit?

jg35ca

yeh id wait aswell u might get a better bundle for cheaper

what type of xbox do you have now?

if you have a old 20 gig i would trash that. and buy the elite spring bundle for 299 that comes with halo3 odst *that has the halo reach beta next month* and forza 3 and most places are givinf a 50 dollar gift card when you buy it. so that could buy you another year of xboxlive or use it towards that new wireless adptor. thats only 70 some at walmart. or maybe a arcade stick.

if you have a 60 gig and aint worried about installing to many games on it. i would get a arcade system. a few friends of mine own them and they dont make near as much noise as my 20 gig does.and they run cooler. and every arcade has the jasper chip in them. so its less likely you will get rrod.

i read a rummor about a store sale ad selling arcades for 99 bucks with 2 games.

other then that i dont think their will be a price drop till after june. maybe 50-80 bucks to clear out stock to make room for the natal bundle that will prolly ship this fall

i have a great pc and i just bought a new 360! now is the best time ever to buy one! you get 2 free games (forza 3 and halo 3 odst) and the new elites have a 120 gb hard drive and the jasper which means no more RROD. so i am very happy (even though i am having trouble getting on xbox live) and i bought some games like pdz, geow, madden 08, plus those 2 i got with my console. the total price at gamestop was $33 for those 3 games plus an edge card and subscription to gameinformer magazine. so i say yeah, go for it. there is no better time than now.

you and your Xbox really need to sit down and talk through your problems.. perhaps then it will do what it was designed to do.. either that or it needs teaching a lesson.. Place a 'Wii' infront of it, obscuring it's view.. I bet it gets it's act together then !

DecadesOfGaming

you and your Xbox really need to sit down and talk through your problems.. perhaps then it will do what it was designed to do.. either that or it needs teaching a lesson.. Place a 'Wii' infront of it, obscuring it's view.. I bet it gets it's act together then !

I don't think there will be a price drop on the Arcade.

get a arcade,

and no the dvd drive replacments are not easy