superchunk on 09 October 2007
| Dodece said: The ring of death only apparently afflicts one in three consoles. Further more it rarely does so right out of the box. Out of those who had their console crash and burn ask yourself one question how well did they treat their machine. You have to treat a 360 like a PC. Anything you would not do to a PC you should definitely not do to a 360. Give it ample ventilation, keep it in a cool environment, do not run it for twelve hour sprees, don't smoke around it, and finally do not pile other hardware on top of it. |
Sorry, I have to disagree with you here.
1. Almost every person I know who has a 360 (5 out of 6) has had rrod. I think MS stated 1/3 but it is much higher in reality.
2. All of them have it is the same environment as their pc's and laptops. Only thier 360's are having issues.
3. It is a major concern, and the only one that would potentially cause me to want a PS3 over a 360.
4. I leave my pc on nearly 24/7 for the last 4 years. I have only turned it off to clean, upgrade, and when I leave the house on vacations, and until this February when I got a Wii, I almost exclusively played games on it. Battlefield 2, Civ IV, and others.
Face it, the 360 is a very poorly designed machine.
