*Poll* Did your 360 ever break?

I heard many people saying that their 360 broke, mostly the red leds malfunction. I'm asking 360 owners: did your ever experience malfunctions with your console? You may also describe what happened if you want.

Note: This is not a system wars thread, I'm not trying to compare consoles or bash anything, just collect data.

Thank you for your response.

My first 360 didn't get the RROD, but the DVD drive sounded like it was chewing discs, so i took it back and got a new one.

so my *new* one I brought back home took it out of the box, to find all the front of the 360 smashed in, took that back for a another new one.

So I'm arguably on my 3rd 360.

What are you collecting data for?

The day after I bought it, it stopped reading discs, and I had to exchange it.

My first 360 didn't get the RROD, but the DVD drive sounded like it was chewing discs, so i took it back and got a new one.

so my *new* one I brought back home took it out of the box, to find all the front of the 360 smashed in, took that back for a another new one.

So I'm arguably on my 3rd 360.

What are you collecting data for?

the_d_boy

It's a research I'm doing on console durability through gaming history (I'm not comparing current-gen systems, I'm comparing generations. Right now the 8 bit era wins). You're making it easier for me by answering the poll ;)

yea i got the RROD. it sucked.

It wouldn't have been that bad if UPS wouldn't have lost it... I spent weeks calling ups, then calling xbox (and tryin to figure out how the hell to talk to a real person) then getting told by UPS that i couldn't file a claim because I wasn't the original sender, and then being told by xbox that they didn't know what to do about it, and that I had to wait an hour on hold to talk to somebody that could actually help me. I would have gotten it back in about 3 weeks, but with this fiasco it took about 2 months.

[QUOTE="the_d_boy"]

My first 360 didn't get the RROD, but the DVD drive sounded like it was chewing discs, so i took it back and got a new one.

so my *new* one I brought back home took it out of the box, to find all the front of the 360 smashed in, took that back for a another new one.

So I'm arguably on my 3rd 360.

What are you collecting data for?

Black_Knight_00

It's a research I'm doing on console durability through gaming history (I'm not comparing current-gen systems, I'm comparing generations. Right now the 8 bit era wins). You're making it easier for me by answering the poll ;)

Ah cool, is it for a course or something? My current 360 I've had for almost a year and no problems.

Something slighty related for you, I've had a Atari 2600 for 20 years and never had any problems with it. \m/

Ah cool, is it for a course or something? My current 360 I've had for almost a year and no problems.

Something slighty related for you, I've had a Atari 2600 for 20 years and never had any problems with it. \m/

the_d_boy

It's a personal research me and a few workmates are making. I may blog the results if they turn out to be significant. Thanks for the Atari 2600 feedback, Atari machines never ever seem to break (not the 5200, though).

I have two buddies with 360s and they've never had a problem and I've never had a problem with mine either. Generally we log at least two hours on a weekday and up to 12 hours when not working.

I still get giddy when I turn it on. :D