I've had my 360 for 2 years - not one problem with it. The 360 is a great value as opposed to the other two systems in my opinion. The graphics on Wii are subpar and the PS3 is too much. Most of the best games are on both PS3 and the 360 and the 360 has online gaming licked. Also, the achievements are fun to go after.

You really should have tried putting your 360s on an empty, well-ventilated shelf instead of in your toaster oven.

I've yet to get a RRoD. Games are fun.

I got it for the fun online with my friends. They're too poor bastards to buy a PS3.

Ι had 2 360s. Which gave me 30 RRoDs in total.
Seriously now: I send my broken 360 1,5 year after i bought it and they sent me back a new one in 15 days. No transport fees no nothing. Just a call. Sure, i'd prefer not to break at all, but a new machine with hdmi? And a Ben-q drive? They gained my respect. In the meantime, i played God of War II and Scarface which I had missed.

And, dude, there are so many quality games.
I wonder why nobody mentioned it...

Where did you come from dude? Imagination land? Maybe land of chocloate PS3's? Because your post has as much coherence and reality as that thought.

Maybe you let someone take advantage of you like that as you described xbox gamers in your post, and thats fine...there are hotlines for that can help you. But calling Xbox 360 owners like myself "battered wives of gaming" is just plain offensive to me. I hope your PS3 or whatever console you chose to buy molests you while you sleep.

So what happens when the 406 hits 3 years this year? Every person whose 360 gets RRODed won't be within the warranty and they would have to buy a new one. What then? Will you still buy a new 360?

I'll be honest, not a single game outside of the fighting genre have attracted me to the 360. Every time I've played and every great 360 game I've played I thought was just pure mediocre compared to the games out on the PC. And I think Wii has much better games since I can't get those types of games anywhere else (the motion tracking).

I never got a 360 because I had a PS2 and none of the 360's games really interested me. I also looked at the respective technical specifications and the PS3's specs really impressed me. (especially it's theorectical maximum FLOPS, which was faster than the fastest computer in the world in 1997) Also, after what M$ did with the first box, I was like "hey no way man" and went for the PS3. I will say however, that my friend has had his 360 almost since launch and never had any problems with it at all. (I did really like BioShock and GeoW's graphics stunned me the first time I saw them)

Games...since you know, it's a console gaming. Got a Wii, but the games aren't any better than PS2 and original Xbox games, imho, so I want something better. I never owned a PS, and I really have no plan to ever do so.

Even if there's something the user could do or not do that would extend the life of their 360, it's still a failure that your users can brick their device out of some kind of ignorance. Even if you put in the manual "Leave one inch of space on either side of the device, do not place on carpet, etc.," it's a failure that the consumer has to read the manual and create specific conditions to keep their device operating.

 In the world of consumer electronics, it's important to idiot-proof your product as much as possible. Microsoft's failure to do this has been their only major mistake this generation, IMO. I've said it before on this issue, you can blame the user if you like, but the user is going to blame Microsoft.