XBox 360...

[Filthyweasel]

I have to rant, sorry. yesterday, I went to put a game into my current Xbox, purchased from Best Buy on 4/28/09. It was my 3rd 360. the first one began to show the message 'to play this game, please put it into and Xbox 360 console" when I put a game...into the 360 console. I sent it back to Microsoft who haggled over $75 then sent me a check for it afterwards. the replacement after a year or so gave me the half-ring of death, indicating overheating. this time I just went to best buy and bought an arcade model flat out with their 2 year replacement plan. That was April. Now I put a game in there and the lazer attempts to read it, then doesn't even detect it...just goes from 'reading' to 'open tray' as though the disc doesn't exist. So now I'm kinda glad I got that replacement plan.

Thing is, I have an N64, bought on the same Christmas as the Zelda Ocarina game came out. I have a launch PS2...an old PS1 somewhere, and they all work fine, always have. If I still had my SNES from back in Scotland I'm sure it would work too. Hell, I even dug out my old dreamcast from the dampness and cold of the basement, and it worked!

Yet, my Microsoft systems...I went through 2 Xbox's before the system became outdated (disc read errors yet again), and in a couple days I'll go to Best Buy for my 4th 360!! The games are the best around and it's a big part of my home theatre system...I stream stuff from my computer to watch through my 360 all the time. Otherwise I wouldn't touch another Microsoft-made console again with a 10 foot pole. Nearly every friend I have who owns one has had to replace it at least once. I think about their other products full of delays and bugs, yet they have so much of the world dependent on them that they remain fat and happy on the top. they should use some of those profits on quality control. They certainly come up with good ideas and concepts for electronics and software, but their manufacturing is just...awful.

 

[moose]

all I'm going to say is microsoft can't make anything good. 360 always dies and windows crashes all the time. Yet they sell everything like crack.

 

[Big_Dogg85]

They sell everything like crack because the bottom line is it's C-H-E-A-P.

That being said, I got my 360 Arcade (20 gig version with the bad blowers) 2 years ago and it's still going strong. My belief: DO NOT USE SYSTEM STANDING UP! JUST BECAUSE IT CAN DO IT DOESN'T MEAN IT SHOULD!!!!! I know a buddy who's gone through 8 360s.

 

[moose]

They sell everything like crack because the bottom line is it's C-H-E-A-P.

That being said, I got my 360 Arcade (20 gig version with the bad blowers) 2 years ago and it's still going strong. My belief: DO NOT USE SYSTEM STANDING UP! JUST BECAUSE IT CAN DO IT DOESN'T MEAN IT SHOULD!!!!! I know a buddy who's gone through 8 360s.

true but its still CHEAPLY made!

 

[mopug]

I have an Xbox, I like the games on it, but the only thing that console has going for it is a well designed controller. It just feels better in my hands than a PS3 controller or a Wii remote.

Oh and I worked at a Best Buy, and I wouldn't buy a replacement plan. If anything happens to your Xbox in the first year, Best Buy won't deal with it, they'll tell you to deal with the manufacturer. Now they do cover everything after that year, but based on my experience with the Xbox, most of the problems occur in the first year. So there's good and bad about the replacement plan.

But yeah I know that they can crap out at any time.

 

[NixTickles]

well i have an xbox 360 i bought it just after they remade it to stop the over heatin problem and to be honest i have never had a problem with it. i hear all these stories bout ppls xbox's not workin and gettin the read rings of death and wut not. well i have never had a problem with mine. not sure wut to tell you bout the problems u have been having for me id say bad luck.

 

[RobAce]

You should have bought a PS3. 😀

I stream everything from my PC as well onto my PS3 and the PS3 has wi-fi so it always on my network. Plus the Teflon coating on the Blu-Ray discs means they do not scratch as easy as other disc, heck I done some bad things to one of my games and it plays like a champ still.

Also....no pay for online gaming. Always a win.

Rob

 

[KrazieDog]

I know it doesn't do you any good K, and I know their issues are documented, but I've never had an issue with either my first gen Xbox or my 360. None of my friends have either. You've gone through 5 systems...you might be the Xbox Grim Reaper and no longer are invited to come over and play.

 

[The Fallen Angel]

i bought the 360 when it first came out and it died 3 weeks later.. since then i havent has a problem with it, i own my regualr 360 and an elite and havent had a problem in 5 years