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A number of my friend's X-box 360's have died on them after a few months (and they do look after their consoles rather nicely, as if they were cute, fragile puppies), and I was planning to get one myself, but it seems that the problem is massive. Everybody I know who has had 360 has had issues with at least one console, and gaming forums are teaming with people who have had the bastards fall apart on them. Really, cliched as it is-I hate Microsoft. I'm glad the Wii is doing well, but I hope Sony get their bloody act together and put out some decent games on the PS3 (and drop the price), because Microsoft needs more competition. I've spoken to people at Game and other shops, and they're all overwealmed at the number of complaints the new Xbox is getting. |
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Yeah, mine died. Got the red ring of death on the front. Fuck knows what happened. It just freezes when it's on. Gonna have to fork out for a new one (out of warranty). Probably gonna get a 360 Elite in August. |
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30% almost seems to be conservative figure. The failure rate among people I know personally is 50%. My launch 360 still works and every time I turn it on and the ring is green instead of red, it feels like a blessing. I have set aside some funds for an emergency, just enough for an Elite. |
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My buddy's 360 died a week ago. |
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Only got a red ring on my original Xbox and it worked fine after I slammed it with my hand a few times. |
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hahaha, sorry so: 360 then means "from birth to death" and apparantly not a long life span use a quarter instead |
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Ophecks and probe, I'd make a fuss if I was you, if/when your consoles die. It's quite horrible that they're getting away with this, and I wouldn't buy a console just like that without putting up a fight. :-) My launch Gamcube, PS2, Dreamcast, SNES and N64s all work fine. |
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*buy another console |
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How the fuck can people keep calm and say "hm, maybe I'll buy a new one" when an expensive piece of electronics bites the dust for no good reason after a short amount of time? C'MON PEOPLE, RIOT! |
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Me personally, I'm just too lazy to bother, I'd rather just get a new one. Truth be told I think I subconsiously want mine to fail so I'll have an excuse to get an Elite. |
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I read about how to fix it; prop it up with as much air surrounding all sides including the bottom as possible. Same for that power adapter whatevermahellicalled thing. |
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But the system is ass so why bother. Gears of war the supposedly best game is shit ass penis urin. Hell revealed pwad is 500,000 times better |
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It's funny how throughout nature a red ring indicates there is something wrong. |
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CS2X, yes you're right. I will kick up a fuss with Microsoft, it's fucking outrageous. I paid a lot for it as it's a launch model. I've had all the consoles dating back to the 80s and this is the first time I've had one fail. Microsoft bullshit. Good machine though (when it works). |
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i fear the broken xbox.... about 3 of the 8 or so ppl I know directly and play games with online have had theirs break. I'm afraid of mine breaking. I don't wanna red ring. |
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I've had two break already and I'm waiting for my 3rd from microsoft. Service was somewhat prompt for my first broken one but for the second it is taking forever. Maybe rise in temps durring the summer is causing more overheating? First break was just straight hardware failure. Second was constant overheating every 15 mins even when it is out in the open. Never in all my life from the Atari 2600 and Apple IIe to my current IPod and Laptop have ever had a peice of electronic gear so fragile and buggy, it's just mindboggling they can get away with releasing something in this state. Even more annoying I am without an HD-DVD player since my xbox360 has the addon drive. I love this machine and its games and Xbox Live and if it wasnt constanly locking up, crashing, overheating, saying clean discs are 'dirty and unreadable' I would sing its praises but unfortunately it is simply poorly made. |
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Let's hope the Elite is better. I read that the latest 360s have been fitted with an extra heat sink yet they won't admit there was a problem with overheating. |
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stop the presses, shitty microsoft product. |
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Haha! At this rate, it's becoming the market trend, rather than the rare exception. If Mac commercials were a tad less annoying, I'd almost be ashamed to call myself a Windows user. (and I run XP, not the steaming pile of data that is Vista) |
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i've never had a problem with my windows 2000 professional. |
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very very |
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btw still no info from Microsoft about my broken Xbox360 despite their claims that the next time I called on the date they told me to they would have a tracking number for its shipment back to me. Now they say call again in another 4 days. These people are worthless scammers. I wish I had bought a PS3 all I want to play is Rainbow 6. |
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muy muy |
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they gave it to me |
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just got the 'red ring of death' on mine. whooopeee-fucking-doo! bastards. still within warranty luckily. |
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They are mad unreliable indeed. I know loads of friends who have had theirs die on them, but mine has thus far avoided such problems. I'm gonna be buying a PS3 soon though so i'll play it less. I'm sure even if it's not used, the 360 will still blow up. |
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i've just realised that the new gta is out in about 2 week!!! :( |
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