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Mr Puggsly on 02 November 2014

Considering I have a X1, not much.

Odds are they took precautions to avoid another situation like that.



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FIT_Gamer on 02 November 2014

I only owned one 360, after it was hit the RROD i bought a PS3. Sony has delivered with exclusives every gen, to the end of every gen. Ultimately PS history is why i choose to stick with PS. Only exclusives on 360 i really loved were Gears(minus Judgement) and Alan Wake.



d21lewis on 02 November 2014

Didn't phase me. I bought a ton on 360's but only had the RRoD once.

My 20GB got the RRoD. Traded it for credit after it broke a second time (disc reader)
60GB is still working. Under the livingroom TV and gets used all the time.
250GB Slim is still working. right next to my Wii U and gets used all the time.
Slim w/ Kinect was a gift to my GF's son. He uses it all the time.
Used (I don't even know what I bought) was a gift to NobleTeam360. No idea if he touched it.

My point is that the 360 had issues at launch but they eventually got it right. No bad feeling on my part. I bought a PS4 because I wanted a PS4. That's it.



platformmaster918 on 02 November 2014
Darc Requiem said:
It had no bearing on my decision to buy a PS4. People seemed to forget how faulty the PS2 was. Before there was RROD, there was DRE.

not nearly as widespread




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d21lewis on 02 November 2014
pbroy said:
It's like waiting for sex. I want it now. I would rather take the risk than wait to see if it's safe.


How did I miss this post before? lmao!  



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DerpSandwich on 02 November 2014

Because of that and other cases with other systems, I only ever get Nintendo systems at launch. Everything else just seems like a nightmare waiting to happen.



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Darc Requiem on 02 November 2014
platformmaster918 said:
Darc Requiem said:
It had no bearing on my decision to buy a PS4. People seemed to forget how faulty the PS2 was. Before there was RROD, there was DRE.

not nearly as widespread


Sony settled a class action lawsuit over DRE with the PS2. It was very widespread.



platformmaster918 on 02 November 2014
Darc Requiem said:
platformmaster918 said:
Darc Requiem said:
It had no bearing on my decision to buy a PS4. People seemed to forget how faulty the PS2 was. Before there was RROD, there was DRE.

not nearly as widespread


Sony settled a class action lawsuit over DRE with the PS2. It was very widespread.

I didn't say it wasn't but it certainly wasn't 50%




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TheSting on 02 November 2014
platformmaster918 said:
Darc Requiem said:
platformmaster918 said:
Darc Requiem said:
It had no bearing on my decision to buy a PS4. People seemed to forget how faulty the PS2 was. Before there was RROD, there was DRE.

not nearly as widespread


Sony settled a class action lawsuit over DRE with the PS2. It was very widespread.

I didn't say it wasn't but it certainly wasn't 50%


How would you even know? Are you saying xbox was 50? Again how do you know lol?



SanAndreasX on 02 November 2014

My 360 didn't die from a RRoD, but it did die from another serious manufacturing defect, the E74 error, a year and 2 weeks after I got it. Microsoft was still in official denial about the E74 and wanted to charge me $120 to fix it after I spent an hour talking to their phone-answering computer and another 30 minutes talking to an Indian CSR with a bare minimum proficiency in English. I bought a used 360 instead. About a year later MS finally fessed up to the E74 and started fixing them, but that was too late for me.

That did play a small bit into my decision to skip the One. However, I certainly wouldn't say it's the big reason.