Why you should want a 360.

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slacker164 said:

starcraft said:

slacker164 said:
I have a gaming PC, so that negates most of the 360's library. There are some other exclusives that are interesting(especially Blue Dragon), but the crap hardware quality keeps me away.

Funny thing is, I was intent on buying a 360 a little more than a year ago. But as the hardware issues became more clear, and more and more games got released on PC. The whole idea just sort of fell apart.

I may still get one someday, but not till it's well under $200 and the hardware gets a real redesign.

I don't know about you, but I haven't heard of any recently (last few months or so) purchased hardware crapping out. I think they have pretty much taken care of the issues.

 There have been at least some reports of failures on more recent hardware. More importantly, you just have to look at what has been changed. The GPU has been the major issue, yet the CPU is the chip that got a shrink. It still has the same GPU and poor cooling. It's better, but still not good. The GPU needs to go to 65nm or smaller, and/or a totally revised layout with better airflow.

They've beefed up the GPU cooling, reduced the heat from the CPU by 30 watts and they've adjusted their manufacturing techniques so that the solder is better suited to the heat. Isn't that enough?