| xenophon13 said: I have been reading article after article about the RROD and other 360 issues: There were the 2 at GDC, there is the Irish Gaming site that no longer supports 360 and there is this: " I’m on my 9th Xbox 360. After 5 dead Premium systems since launch, I decided to spring for an Elite, with the hopes of better hardware. I was sadly mistaken, as I’ve gone through 3 Elites so far, with my 4th and current being a Falcon. I’ve had this one for two months now and haven’t had any issues. The reason I keep coming back, aside from the games (which I’ll touch on in a second), is the fact that I purchased the Best Buy warranty with both systems and have been able to swap it in store with no issue" http://loot-ninja.com/2008/02/22/has-the-red-ring-of-death-brought-fear-to-your-gaming/ Here is my question (I am a ps3 owner: Why do people keep coming back to this console with so many problems? This guy is on his 9th!!! And yet people are avid fans of the 360. You will probably see this as flaming but I am legitimately curious. If my PS3 died that much I would still play it, but I would be pissed at sony and would not be a supporter at all. Go ahead and light me up, but hopefully my curiousity will be satiated... |
Because the problems are greatly exaggerated. Don't get me wrong, RRoD death do happen but they aren't this 1 in 3 consoles thing you hear all the time. And when they do happen, MS does replace them with little to no hassle.
About the only way they won't replace your console is if it's something you did to hit (whether you took a hammer to it or modded it) or you bought a refurbished one. Other than that, despite what people will try to tell you they do take the console and it generally takes about a week.
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And just as a little perspective, I bought my 360 abotu a year after launch. I got it and it was pretty much dead out of the box. The DVD drive just didn't want to open and I was lucky enough to get the one game I was able to put in there out of it. I called up MS customer service, they told me since it was about an hour old, just return it to Gamestop and I was playing my new 360 within 30 minutes.
Since then, I've kept my 360 in a poorly ventilated place where it should probably catch fire but it runs surprisingly cool. Its little cubby generally generally stays cooler than my cable boxes and my Wii's cubbies.
