PS3 and RPG fan looking to buy XBOX360

[royalcaribcruiser123]

Bitmap Frogs said:

You should never, ever, buy a used 360 unless it comes from someone who can be trusted.

For one, the console might be banned from xbox live. Then of course is the warranty issue - at least the european repair centre doesn't acknowledge the 2nd-hand market and you'll need the original owner to deal with MS to send it for repairs. Of course, the fact you might end up with a broken console with expired warranty a few months down the line should bother you as well. Repairing the console out of warranty is like 80-100 dollars so it'll eat whatever savings you made on the used console.

edit: since you are on a budget, I'd give blue dragon and lost odyssey a second look, you should be able to find them pretty cheap. 

I don't care much for online gaming anyway, the whole reason I am buying the X360 is for the jrpgs. when my brother and I are home at the same time of the year the only thing that we play on xbox live are shooters. Ive never been a big fan of shooters so the internet access doesn't bother me. anyway I hope that their customer service department would be at least nice enought to understand the situation and fix the internet access for me. Ive personally have had only one system fail on me my entire life and that was a NES in 2007 which my family pretty much bought when it was first released. however I am aware of the problems that the 360 has been facing with its failure rate and thats why I am hoping to find ways to differentiate the chipsets and I wanted to thank Noname2200 for the link I have printed the information for future reference.