The xbox 360 death rate

Many topics on this board include the "3 red lights." I thought I'd make another, not because I am a member to this group but because I'm not.

I've owned my 360 ever since Dec. 2005 and have enjoyed it ever since and have had no problems what so ever. I've never had any issues regarding freezing or any other hardware issues. I also normally play it 2 hours a day - on week days. And atleast 3 hours a day - on the weekends. Another thing I do is I take care of my 360, NOT like a pet, but like any other possession I own. Ever since I got it I made sure it was ventilated well and made sure it was always on a book if it was ever on the carpet-in the horizontal stance. You may be wondering why you even read up to here.. But I have a question.....

Am i one of the lucky ones whose 360 was manufactured without any flaws in it and will work until i stop playing it?

Or am i taking care of it more than most, and because of that it hasn't gotten the 3 red lights?

I mean, I've seen topics where people are on their 6th xbox360. Seriously. To me it seems like you probably trash it and don't care about it what so ever. That may be a rationalization I have because I've never experienced what you have.

So if you've read up this far i guess what I'm trying to say is, is it because of the way i take care of my possessions that my 360 hasn't died yet? Or am i just lucky? Please, if you respond, tell me when you got your 360, and/or if it had a hardware failure. Thank you.

well if that's true i don't know what i'd do. With the price i would pay to get it fixed i think i'd be better off calling it a day and get a wii. :?

You're just lucky. Taking care of the 360 has no effect on whether it'll last or not besides factors not related to the 3 red rings. You can take extreme care of it, or take no care of it, and it'll still only last up until a certain point. GodLovesDead

yup, i did everything in my power to keep mine from dying. treated it as it were a god, in the end, yeah it died. im just waiting for my replacement to go out. its like the lottery. anyway though until then ill just play it till it happens.

you are one of the lucky ones... but like you said people on their 6th systems are either very unlucky or they dont take good care of their systems. im on my third and i take good caare of mine. i even bought a fan for it when i first got it, but it still messes up. i never got the three red light, mine always got the disk unreadable error. my third is goin strong so far though so hopefully i finally got a good oneicecoldkilla78

If by fan, you mean "intercooler", then you're not taking good care of it. :-P

Many topics on this board include the "3 red lights." I thought I'd make another, not because I am a member to this group but because I'm not.

I've owned my 360 ever since Dec. 2005 and have enjoyed it ever since and have had no problems what so ever. I've never had any issues regarding freezing or any other hardware issues. I also normally play it 2 hours a day - on week days. And atleast 3 hours a day - on the weekends. Another thing I do is I take care of my 360, NOT like a pet, but like any other possession I own. Ever since I got it I made sure it was ventilated well and made sure it was always on a book if it was ever on the carpet-in the horizontal stance. You may be wondering why you even read up to here.. But I have a question.....

Am i one of the lucky ones whose 360 was manufactured without any flaws in it and will work until i stop playing it?

Or am i taking care of it more than most, and because of that it hasn't gotten the 3 red lights?

I mean, I've seen topics where people are on their 6th xbox360. Seriously. To me it seems like you probably trash it and don't care about it what so ever. That may be a rationalization I have because I've never experienced what you have.

So if you've read up this far i guess what I'm trying to say is, is it because of the way i take care of my possessions that my 360 hasn't died yet? Or am i just lucky? Please, if you respond, tell me when you got your 360, and/or if it had a hardware failure. Thank you.

tspuz

Well...I have been a console owner since the Nes days and the Xbox360 is the only one to break down on me... Considering my last ones still work to this day, I would say, I take pretty good care of 'em.

You're just lucky. Taking care of the 360 has no effect on whether it'll last or not besides factors not related to the 3 red rings. You can take extreme care of it, or take no care of it, and it'll still only last up until a certain point. GodLovesDead

very true, i take great care with my stuff, i still have a working ps1. but my first 360 lasted a week, the second 3 months and the unit i have now is on its last legs.

well if that's true i don't know what i'd do. With the price i would pay to get it fixed i think i'd be better off calling it a day and get a wii. :?

tspuz

The Wii I have is a pain every time I turn it on and try to load a game I have to turn it off and back on at least once in order for it to load the game. It works after that so CS won't replace it.

The only reg lights I had on the system was when it was the first time I plugged it in, I didn't plug in the audio/video cable all the way. Pushed it in, problem solved. I had my system since the first day it came out, no troubles at all. Its good to open it up and clean all the dust from it every now and then.