Xbox 360 S - Sold out in the UK

[dharh]

Alby_da_Wolf said:

dharh said:
The stigma on phats is pretty big. Everytime I turn mine on (and its a late model) I always wonder, is now the time when its going to RROD. Why dance with the devil when you can dance with a new angel. The price difference is not that large.

Understandable, but if I wanted a XB360 my plan would actually be to buy a phat for less with the hidden agenda that should it break, being a recent and more reliable phat, it would do it quite late, with a very high probability that by then MS could only replace it with a Slim, so I'd get a working phat now for less, possibly replaced later, if necessary, with a Slim without having to pay the Slim's full price.

Precise enough statistics about the real average longevity of the latest phats would be necessary, though, as if their life expectation is little more than 3 years, so still short, but beyond the extended warranty, it would be necessary to "help" them RRoD before the warranty expires.

We are avid gamers. Most people are not going to want to screw around with getting fixes and trade ins.

Your point is well taken though. We still don't really have good info on whether jaspers and these new boxes are anywhere near as bad as the original X360s.