No more XBOX 360, I broke up with my XBOX 360 today (XBOX 360 can go to hell)

[Mufumonk]

Mass Effect
Gears of War 1 & 2
Halo 3
Halo War
Left for Dead
Condemned
Fable 2
Splinter Cell Double Agent
Ninja Gaiden II

I will admit the exclusives for 360 are nice and game breaking, but Ps3 has some nice ones as well.

I'll give you Gears of War (sorta), and Left for Dead (but my PC L4D > 360 L4D). Halo 3 is the most overhyped and overrated game I have ever played. I will never understand the fanboyism for that game. NG: II wasn't as good as NG: Sigma on the PS3. I liked Fable 2 but I thought it was way too short. I'd take Folklore over Fable any day. I can't comment on Condemned as I've never played the series. Splinter Cell was good but nothing earth shattering.

[G.A.C.O.L.B.]

LittleBigPlanet
Resistance 2 (which isn't a launch title)
Killzone 2
Gods of War 3
Gran Turismo
MAG
Heavy Rain
Folklore
MGS 4
Uncharted
Valkyria Chronicles

[Patrick86L]

Add SOCOM: Confrontation to the list as well...

[heyholetsgogrant]

LittleBigPlanet
Resistance 2 (which isn't a launch title)
Killzone 2
Gods of War 3
Gran Turismo
MAG
Heavy Rain
Folklore
MGS 4
Uncharted
Valkyria Chronicles

I would say its about even between XBOX and PS3 as far as exclusives, I am a little disappointed by the lack of RPG's for the PS3.

-Grant

[CPortJGibbs89]

I wanted to get an xbox 360 but after playing wii thats the only system I want right now. Did not realize alot of people have so many issues with 360.

[heyholetsgogrant]

I wanted to get an xbox 360 but after playing wii thats the only system I want right now. Did not realize alot of people have so many issues with 360.

I have talked to people who have been through 8.

[G.A.C.O.L.B.]

I have talked to people who have been through 8.

I see it as basically a big F U! to their customers. You'll take it in the ass and you'll like it.

[LandoverLex]

Get ready for this. While I did go through a RROD on my Xbox 360. (my replacment has been fine for a year) My PS3 that I barely touch died one night I was watching a blu-ray movie and I had to drop 150 bucks to repair it. I also have two other friends that had the same thing happen to their ps3. My advice is to stick with the 360 at least you get a 3 year warranty. PS3s are 150 bucks a pop to fix after 90 days.

[TheREALJBird]

Get ready for this. While I did go through a RROD on my Xbox 360. (my replacment has been fine for a year) My PS3 that I barely touch died one night I was watching a blu-ray movie and I had to drop 150 bucks to repair it. I also have two other friends that had the same thing happen to their ps3. My advice is to stick with the 360 at least you get a 3 year warranty. PS3s are 150 bucks a pop to fix after 90 days.

No system is perfect....but do you really want to get into a failure rate discussion and proceed to endorse the 360?

[LandoverLex]

No system is perfect....but do you really want to get into a failure rate discussion and proceed to endorse the 360?

XBOX is a bust when it comes to reliability best thing to do is get a best buy replacement plan. ps3 is just as risky and is twice as expensive as the superior xbox.

[Sticksboi05]

XBOX has a far superior lineup sorry bud. Besides, the new XBOX's with the new microchips don't break down.

[G.A.C.O.L.B.]

XBOX is a bust when it comes to reliability best thing to do is get a best buy replacement plan. ps3 is just as risky and is twice as expensive as the superior xbox.

Really? The PS3 is just as risky? Yeah ok.


And you see guys? The new microchip in the 360 is money. You just need to buy a new 360 and you're good to go.

Lmao. Talk about being hustled.

[Slacky McSlackAss]

Gaming system + wifi + best blu ray player on the market. I think the choice is obvious.

[heyholetsgogrant]

XBOX has a far superior lineup sorry bud. Besides, the new XBOX's with the new microchips don't break down.

New Xbox Consoles Still have High Failure Rate Compared To PS3 and Wii

January 20, 2008 | Filed under Microsoft News, Xbox 360 | ShareThis

New Xbox Consoles Still have High Failure Rate Compared To PS3 and Wii

Gaming site 8bitjoystick have apparently scored an exclusive interview with an Xbox 360 designer. In the tell-all interview, the designer spoke about the console’s stability. He also revealed that, shockingly, the new generation of Xbox 360’s still have a pretty high failure rate compared to it’s rivals the Nintendo Wii and PS3.

Q: How much more reliable are the current generation of Xbox 360 than the previous designs? Original Xenon, Zypher and Falcon.

I’ve heard that the failure rates for the current design is sub 10%. Much much better, but still too high imho. And those designs haven’t seen much life yet, so no one knows if that failure rate will hold.

So, it seems that the Xbox 360 is still the least reliable console out there. What do you think Xbox fans? Are you annoyed that the new, smaller and cooler-chipped consoles still have a failure rate of 10%?

Source:Product Review

http://www.product-reviews.net/2008/...o-ps3-and-wii/

Failure Rates: Xbox 360 16%, Nintendo Wii 3%, Sony PS3 3%

February 14, 2008 | Filed under Gaming | ShareThis

Failure Rates: Xbox 360 16%, Nintendo Wii 3%, Sony PS3 3%
As we all know there has been a lot of press about the 360 red ring of death problem and It has been said that the company estimates pinned it at a fairly normal 3%, while some retailers have put the percentage as high as 1/3 of all systems.

SquareTrade deals in selling warranties for electronics, and has amassed their over 1000 warranty purchases to come up with some interesting data.

The findings were a 16.4% failure rate of Xbox 360 systems, versus a roughly 3% rate for the Sony PlayStation 3 or the Nintendo Wii with sample sizes in the high hundreds. The well-known “Red Ring of Death” error accounted for about 60% of those hardware failures, and thus most system-breaking problems are covered by Microsoft’s extended warranty plan.

Source: Product reviews

http://www.product-reviews.net/2008/...-3-sony-ps3-3/

Response to rate of failure

In the early months after the console's launch, Microsoft stated that the Xbox 360's failure rate was within the consumer electronics industry's typical 3% to 5%.[6][7][8][9] Nevertheless, Microsoft has not released their official statistics on the failure rate of the various versions of the console; the company's press relations policy is to focus on the prompt resolution of any technical problems.[10]

On July 5, 2007, the Vice-President of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business division published an open letter recognizing the console's problems, as well as announcing a three-year warranty extension for every Xbox 360 console that experiences the "general hardware failure" indicated by three flashing red LEDs on the console.[11]

A source that has been identified as a team leader and key architect in the creation of the Xbox and Xbox 360 and a founding member of the Xbox team[12][13] provided insight as to the high rate of failures. The interviews suggest that Xbox 360 units that fail early in their life do so because of problems in the system design, parts supply, material reliability, and manufacturing issues as well as a system not tolerant to faults. These issues were alleged to be the end results of the decisions of management in Microsoft's Xbox team and inadequate testing resources prior to the console's release. A second source cited that, at one time, there was just a 32% yield of one of the test production runs. 68 of every 100 test units were found to be defective.[14][15]

In February 2008, during the Game Developers Conference 2008, Microsoft announced that the "Failure rate has officially dropped", but without mentioning any specifics[16]. The same month an examination of 1040 Xbox 360s by SquareTrade found a 16.4% (one in six) failure rate; 171 were "disabled", of these 171 units 60% failed due to a general hardware failure (and thus fell under the 3 year extended warranty) of the remaining 40%, not covered by the extended warranty, 18% were disc read errors, 13% were video card failures, 13% were hard drive freezes, 10% were power issues and 7% were disc tray malfunctions.[17][18]. However SquareTrade also admits that their estimates are likely much lower than reality due to the time span of the sample (six to ten months) and the eventual failure of many consoles that did not fail within this time span.

On October 17, 2008 a class action lawsuit was filed in California against Microsoft over the RROD problem. [4]

Source: Wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_36...nical_problems

There is other problems with the XBOX, including bad power supplies and DVD drive problems...It's not just the chip, although the failure rate has improved. However, it is still not within the industry standard of 3-5%.

-Grant

[SteveFromYellowstone]

I've been through four 360s, but I still love the system. It was ****tily built, but it really is an awesome system game and control wise. Xbox Live has gotten so much better.