This is ironic because no one on these forums has ever had an issue as such with the Xbox 360.
I had mine RRoD in March, and got a replacement unit 2 weeks later.
Did my content, which I had bought via XBL work? No. What did I do? Go online, and re-download it.
Even if your X360 changes serial numbers, you still have the content - it's locked into your HDD, not your X360. So all you have to do is go online, and it'll show that you did indeed purchase the full version. So you just have to go re-download it (which is instantaneous, by the way), and play it. Regardless if it's online or offline. I do not have XBL. I have to goto my girlfriend's house to use is, so if this DRM issue was indeed the case, I wouldn't be at home playing my old Arcade games like Symphony of the Night or Outpost Kaloki X like I do.
ferret - the reason people buy and keep Xbox 360's is:
#1. Better games
#2. Better games
#3. These horror stories are very, very rare. For every horror story as such, you have people like myself, or KN that get RRoD'ed (or in kn's case, DVD issues), get new units, and take 5 minutes to re-download content, and it works fine. Maybe I'm seeing the DRM issue differently, but I have yet to see how there's an issue that I'm not encountering, and everyone else is for some reason.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
