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dougsdad0629 on 26 September 2009
nightsurge said:
dougsdad0629 said:
I've asked the same question the OP asked and gotten seriously attacked for it. I truly believe that the number of unique 360 users is far less than the overall sales numbers would indicate. I've read endless articles, blogs, forum posts of people that have admitted that they have simply bought new console after new console due to RROD rather than having the defective unit fixed. Suckers. All of you. Shame on you for letting a company take advantage of you and your hard earned consumer $ with their awful quality assurance procedures. The 360 sales figures will forever be artificially inflated whether or not people want to admit it.

And you will forever be an ignorant fanboy.  If you can't accept our very likely explanations for the broken units, you don't have to, but that further shows just how desperate of a fanboy you truly are.

If I'm a fanboy for not getting suckered out of my money by a company with poor quality assurance, then yes, I'm a fanboy.  If Microsoft had ever released a redesigned model such as a slim model that corrected the design flaw of the original unit and virtually eliminated the RROD altogether, I would already own one.



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damndl0ser on 26 September 2009
dougsdad0629 said:
nightsurge said:
dougsdad0629 said:
I've asked the same question the OP asked and gotten seriously attacked for it. I truly believe that the number of unique 360 users is far less than the overall sales numbers would indicate. I've read endless articles, blogs, forum posts of people that have admitted that they have simply bought new console after new console due to RROD rather than having the defective unit fixed. Suckers. All of you. Shame on you for letting a company take advantage of you and your hard earned consumer $ with their awful quality assurance procedures. The 360 sales figures will forever be artificially inflated whether or not people want to admit it.

And you will forever be an ignorant fanboy.  If you can't accept our very likely explanations for the broken units, you don't have to, but that further shows just how desperate of a fanboy you truly are.

If I'm a fanboy for not getting suckered out of my money by a company with poor quality assurance, then yes, I'm a fanboy.  If Microsoft had ever released a redesigned model such as a slim model that corrected the design flaw of the original unit and virtually eliminated the RROD altogether, I would already own one.

The latest model has basically taken care of the RROD problem and you know it.  I seriously doubt you would ever have any intentions of buying a 360 (from some of your posting history).



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Garnett on 26 September 2009
exit52000 said:

Like so many of you out there, I have experienced the RROD.  This hasnt happen once or twice but five times.  I have sent the faulty ones back twice and exchanged two faulty ones for a lower priced new one.  This means I am now on my 6th Xbox.

I have an Xbox upstairs and one down.  Which with such a high failure rate is a nightmare.

So taking this into account and knowing that many of you will be like me and cant wait for the repair procedure, how many Xboxs are actually out there.

It would be interesting to know.

Hes right!

 

How many people bought a second 360 because there first one broke?

How many people bought a PS3 for a blue ray player?

How many people bought Wii's because of there gamecube collection and Wii ware games?!



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Crashdown77 on 26 September 2009
dougsdad0629 said:
nightsurge said:
dougsdad0629 said:
I've asked the same question the OP asked and gotten seriously attacked for it. I truly believe that the number of unique 360 users is far less than the overall sales numbers would indicate. I've read endless articles, blogs, forum posts of people that have admitted that they have simply bought new console after new console due to RROD rather than having the defective unit fixed. Suckers. All of you. Shame on you for letting a company take advantage of you and your hard earned consumer $ with their awful quality assurance procedures. The 360 sales figures will forever be artificially inflated whether or not people want to admit it.

And you will forever be an ignorant fanboy.  If you can't accept our very likely explanations for the broken units, you don't have to, but that further shows just how desperate of a fanboy you truly are.

If I'm a fanboy for not getting suckered out of my money by a company with poor quality assurance, then yes, I'm a fanboy.  If Microsoft had ever released a redesigned model such as a slim model that corrected the design flaw of the original unit and virtually eliminated the RROD altogether, I would already own one.

No, you're a fanboy for posting in your own alt account's troll thread.



scottie on 26 September 2009
Garnett said:
exit52000 said:

Hes right!

 

How many people bought a second 360 because there first one broke?

How many people bought a PS3 for a blue ray player?

How many people bought Wii's because of there gamecube collection and Wii ware games?!

Silly Garnett, Wiis don't play GC and WW games, they gather dust :P



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damndl0ser on 26 September 2009
Crashdown77 said:
dougsdad0629 said:
nightsurge said:
dougsdad0629 said:
I've asked the same question the OP asked and gotten seriously attacked for it. I truly believe that the number of unique 360 users is far less than the overall sales numbers would indicate. I've read endless articles, blogs, forum posts of people that have admitted that they have simply bought new console after new console due to RROD rather than having the defective unit fixed. Suckers. All of you. Shame on you for letting a company take advantage of you and your hard earned consumer $ with their awful quality assurance procedures. The 360 sales figures will forever be artificially inflated whether or not people want to admit it.

And you will forever be an ignorant fanboy.  If you can't accept our very likely explanations for the broken units, you don't have to, but that further shows just how desperate of a fanboy you truly are.

If I'm a fanboy for not getting suckered out of my money by a company with poor quality assurance, then yes, I'm a fanboy.  If Microsoft had ever released a redesigned model such as a slim model that corrected the design flaw of the original unit and virtually eliminated the RROD altogether, I would already own one.

No, you're a fanboy for posting in your own alt account's troll thread.

LOL



"If you've got them by the balls their hearts and minds will follow."

Quote by- The Imortal John Wayne, the original BADASS!

 

 

 

MonstaMack on 26 September 2009

For every broken 360 a 360 may be bought 3 years down the road.
However, those refurbed 360's may also be used by a new 360 user. I sold my refurb for $100 to someone I know and they in turn bought some new 360 games.



It's just that simple.

dougsdad0629 on 27 September 2009
damndl0ser said:
dougsdad0629 said:
nightsurge said:
dougsdad0629 said:
I've asked the same question the OP asked and gotten seriously attacked for it. I truly believe that the number of unique 360 users is far less than the overall sales numbers would indicate. I've read endless articles, blogs, forum posts of people that have admitted that they have simply bought new console after new console due to RROD rather than having the defective unit fixed. Suckers. All of you. Shame on you for letting a company take advantage of you and your hard earned consumer $ with their awful quality assurance procedures. The 360 sales figures will forever be artificially inflated whether or not people want to admit it.

And you will forever be an ignorant fanboy.  If you can't accept our very likely explanations for the broken units, you don't have to, but that further shows just how desperate of a fanboy you truly are.

If I'm a fanboy for not getting suckered out of my money by a company with poor quality assurance, then yes, I'm a fanboy.  If Microsoft had ever released a redesigned model such as a slim model that corrected the design flaw of the original unit and virtually eliminated the RROD altogether, I would already own one.

The latest model has basically taken care of the RROD problem and you know it.  I seriously doubt you would ever have any intentions of buying a 360 (from some of your posting history).

I'd love to play the Gears of War series (bought the first one for PC, but it just doesn't feel the same) and Halo 3 as well as several other games.  The problem is that since I work in Quality Assurance myself, I refuse to buy knowingly defective products.  A redesigned/slim 360 would be quite appealing to me.



Keep this in mind when reading what I type...

I've been gaming longer than many of you have been alive.

dougsdad0629 on 27 September 2009
Crashdown77 said:
dougsdad0629 said:
nightsurge said:
dougsdad0629 said:
I've asked the same question the OP asked and gotten seriously attacked for it. I truly believe that the number of unique 360 users is far less than the overall sales numbers would indicate. I've read endless articles, blogs, forum posts of people that have admitted that they have simply bought new console after new console due to RROD rather than having the defective unit fixed. Suckers. All of you. Shame on you for letting a company take advantage of you and your hard earned consumer $ with their awful quality assurance procedures. The 360 sales figures will forever be artificially inflated whether or not people want to admit it.

And you will forever be an ignorant fanboy.  If you can't accept our very likely explanations for the broken units, you don't have to, but that further shows just how desperate of a fanboy you truly are.

If I'm a fanboy for not getting suckered out of my money by a company with poor quality assurance, then yes, I'm a fanboy.  If Microsoft had ever released a redesigned model such as a slim model that corrected the design flaw of the original unit and virtually eliminated the RROD altogether, I would already own one.

No, you're a fanboy for posting in your own alt account's troll thread.

Alt. account?  I barely use this (my one and only account) more than a couple of days a week for a few posts here or there.  I'm not childish enough to create an alt account, nor do I have the time.  If I've got something to say, rest assured, I'll say it.



Keep this in mind when reading what I type...

I've been gaming longer than many of you have been alive.

Lord Flashheart on 27 September 2009
dougsdad0629 said:
nightsurge said:
dougsdad0629 said:
I've asked the same question the OP asked and gotten seriously attacked for it. I truly believe that the number of unique 360 users is far less than the overall sales numbers would indicate. I've read endless articles, blogs, forum posts of people that have admitted that they have simply bought new console after new console due to RROD rather than having the defective unit fixed. Suckers. All of you. Shame on you for letting a company take advantage of you and your hard earned consumer $ with their awful quality assurance procedures. The 360 sales figures will forever be artificially inflated whether or not people want to admit it.

And you will forever be an ignorant fanboy.  If you can't accept our very likely explanations for the broken units, you don't have to, but that further shows just how desperate of a fanboy you truly are.

If I'm a fanboy for not getting suckered out of my money by a company with poor quality assurance, then yes, I'm a fanboy.  If Microsoft had ever released a redesigned model such as a slim model that corrected the design flaw of the original unit and virtually eliminated the RROD altogether, I would already own one.

I doubt it



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