Microsoft and their dang hardware!

[jagenjg]

Squilliam said:

Joelcool7 said:

Xoj said:

true, and i have seen a red resident evil 5 bundle E74.

Exactly how is it four years after launch that 360's still E74 or Red Ring? These problems should have been fixed along time ago. None of my prior consoles broke down on me. The fact that any of the new Jaspers RROD or E74 is enough evidance that Microsoft really hasn't improved the quality of its hardware. I want my consoles to last me 10+ years at least not bugger up.

I hope Microsoft's next X-Box doesn't share the same problem. I hope they test it well enough to make sure the hardware won't Red Ring! Here's hoping the quality of X-Box products increases next Gen. But for now 360's seem to be a pile of shit, I really hope my replacement doesn't Red Ring. I'd hate to go through this proccess again!

Does the 'fact' that the modern PS3 can still YLOD mean that Sony have gone backwards in hardware quality?

Why is it that the people who've had PS3 failures and often out of pocket are calm and reasonable (the honest ones) and the people who've had the Xbox 360 faults repaired for free spitting venom and hate everywhere? This is something I don't understand personally...

If you want a 10 year console buy a Wii, anything else is suspect especially expecting 10 years of use.

Personally I feel very lucky.  My PS3 bricked in just under a year.  It blew up after 11 months, and I got it repaired for free.  Can neglect kill a console, as in I hardly turn it on, kill the console?  Yes my Falcon 360 died too (RROD), but I was only upset when my PS3 died.  Just for the fact that I never use it on.  360 died and I was like hey look at that, it happened to me.  Called up MS and they asked a few questions and told me to send it in via UPS for faster responce.  I had it back in 5 days.

Basically Sony and Mircosoft both cut as many corners as they can get away with when manufacturing a console to save money.  They build them as cheap as they can and that means quality suffers for it.  Luck plays a large factor into if your console will brick or not.