TheBigFatJ said:
Some people report getting "new" consoles. Consoles with manufacture dates within a month of their arrival. MS also gives you a month of Xbox Live! typically -- a $4.95 value and it will cover the month during which your Xbox 360 was at Microsoft. None of the "new" or "refubished" consoles have better reliability than the old ones, though. People are still reporting RROD out of the box (newly purchased in the store) as well as a fairly high rate of RROD within a week of return from MS. Oh, and if you get that, MS won't do anything to get you an Xbox any faster. The difference between the premium unit and the elite unit is the black paint job and the larger hard drive. There's no other difference, and yet people are willing to pay $100 extra for the 'elite'. That goes to show how much a marketing name is worth. |
Umm could you post some facts that back up what you're saying. Specifically that the new 360s are not any more reliable than the old ones. Are you saying that the new cooling system has no affect? Also you talk about "a fairly high rate of RROD", what percentage/number are you talking about? Thanks.
The only reason I'm asking is that there seems to be far far less reports of RROD for the newer systems and from people who have received refurbished systems with the new cooling system. In fact out of curiosity lets ask the people here who received back a 360 with the new cooling system if their console has RROD again. I'm just looking for people with over 150 posts since I have a feeling we'd see a whole bunch of sockpuppet 1 post wonders show up otherwise.
