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

[skinfan2k]

wow, knock on wood, but i have had my xbox360 for almost 3 years and no RROD

[heyholetsgogrant]

wow, knock on wood, but i have had my xbox360 for almost 3 years and no RROD

The Dutch consumerprogram Kassa continues the story on the scratching XBox. The second test is to see if placed stable, the XBox scratches discs. Microsoft says "no", but Kassa discoveres "yes"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQSNmpXdIfQ


The Dutch consumerprogram Kassa continues the story on the scratching XBox. The second test is to see if placed stable, the XBox scratches discs. Microsoft admits that scratches can occur at normal...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=513I8...eature=related

These tests are stunning. Click the link for the videos, they have English subtitles.

-Grant

[SkinsMaster88]

I've had a 360 since July 07 (bought used, so manufactured April 06). I haven't had any problems with it. Maybe frozen up twice in all the time I owned it, but simple restart and then worked fine. I have 18 Xbox 360 games.

I got a PS3 in April 08 mainly for its Blu-ray ability. It's frozen up 5-6 times. Again, reboot and back to normal. I have 1 PS3 game, and 40+ Blu-rays.

I know about all the problems affecting the Xbox 360, but to me it's actually been the more stable system. But neither have caused any serious problems. Main thing I've done is to make sure the components have plenty of space, as it seems overheating is one of the main causes of the RROD.

I prefer the 360 over the PS3 overall.

[MattGeorge85]

wow, knock on wood, but i have had my xbox360 for almost 3 years and no RROD

Ditto With the knock on wood. Not trying to jinx myself but I have an original 360 from launch and have had zero problems with it. Admittedly lately I've been playing downloads that are stored on the hard-drive which won't stress the disc drive (However that isn't the specific reason- the real reason is that Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix owns all).

And as a rule I never play any DVD's on it (or any other system)- in my opinion that just adds time of wear on the drive, any system will eventually wear out through constant usage.

I also know the fan isn't all that great so I'll shut it down after a couple of hours, as the thing does heat up. But that's fine because I really shouldn't be playing more than two hours straight anyways.

[el gorilla]

I'm on my 3rd 360 in 4 years. My 1st gen 360 lasted for almost 3yrs than one of my buddies got the rrod. I lol'd than I got mine and I lol'd some more. Since than I have had bad luck with the 360's. Now I got a pre-owned 360 from gamestop and I purchased the $20 year warranty so every 8 months i will give the 360 a minor problem and trade for another one and continue this until a new system comes out. That is my pattern so I don't wait weeks for another one from the xbox support crew.

[Mufumonk]

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

Tell that to my brother. He recieved the Jasper chipset as a replacement for his Falcon. And I **** you not.........it was DOA.

[Toe Jam]

I've had two 360's get the RROD. One of them recently.

Sent it back and I'm going to give my brother the replacement. I marched down to Circuit City and got a 360 Elite. I haven't had any troubles out of it and I've been told the newer models don't **** up as bad.

I've had a PS3 before but it was basically being used as just a Blu-Ray player.

[Mongo2365]

Can I have your games?

[Toe Jam]

Also..

Xbox Live is the biggest reason I'm sticking with the 360 over the PS3. I didn't like the PS3 online features at all.

[Heisenberg]

I have both. PS3 is used mainly as a Blu-Ray player with the occasional exclusive - (MGS4 and MLB 08 were awesome)

I've had to send my XBOX in once in the past 3 years and haven't had a problem since - it can be a hassle but the 360 is such an awesome gaming machine and XBOX Live is so good I can't really imagine getting rid of it at this point.

The PS3 online community just doesn't do it for me.

However, when Killzone 2 drops later this month I'll probably be playing the PS3 quite a bit more.

[Redd]

Live was over-rated, slow, and filled with advertisements, hardly an experience. My best friend has a PS3, and it so polished, refined, and reliable (you cant even hear the thing running). The year extra in development made a quality system.

You're going to miss LIVE and friends list. Personally I didn't want to buy a 360. Most of the games I've loved through the years have been mostly on Nintendo and Sony systems. No doubt about it the PS3 is the better built console and it's got a great blu ray player built in. But for someone like me that's not interested in the extras and care more about gaming, I couldn't deny that the console that caters to the gamer the Most is the 360.

Cross game chat, invites and almost everyone having MICS. Sony and Nintendo need to get around to fixing this and making mics standard like the LIVE experience. Cheaper and you can play roughly the same third party games like the competition. You're saying your console is loud you can download your games to the hard drive and the dvd tray stops spinning. I've found out it's quieter than my 60gb launch PS3 console when it's fans start kicking in.

I've got nearly 50 friends on PSN, including some Extremeskin posters and we hardly talk to each other. It's like a ghost town and if I was Sony I'd make sure the PSN experience was almost exactly like the LIVE experience by letting my friends have Cross game chat, and voice invites. Surely it can't be that hard can it.

I agree with the RROD. Piss poor move by MIcrosoft on that part. Was the biggest reason why I waited so long to get a 360 was because of that exact problem. In my perfect world the PS3 would have kept bringing the awesome like the PS2 the Wii would have been my Nintendo exclusive console and the 360 would have been the console that I joked where the Halo shooter nuts played but sadly it didn't turn out that way. RPGs seem to be more on the 360, Wii seems to be getting good third party support, and the most hyped PS3 game right now is a freaking SHOOTER.......................................wtf, this whole gen is strange.

Anway here's my opinion on the consoles and what they offer.

Xbox360 Pros- Cheapest entry point console, Best online experience imo, Mics are pretty much the standard, good 1st/2nd party games with XBLA, and great third party support.
Xbox360 Cons- Pay for LIVE, RROD(no excuses), and Loud dvd drive playing straight from DVD.

PS3 Pros- Overall best built system, Free online, Blu Ray, Great 1st/2nd party games with PSN store, and great third party support.
PS3 Cons- Most expensive console........really that's all I got. Pretty awesome console for the rich.

Wii Pros- Pointer rules over sticks, free online arguably best 1st/2nd party games with best variety of old school games with VC, subpar/average third party support but getting better imo.
Wii Cons- Underpowered console that can't do Hi def, Waggle is pretty crappy for the most part, third parties ignored the system mostly but it's slowly changing, by far the worst online experience of the three....FACT.

This gen is still up in the air for me for the console I like most but I'm glad the most expensive console didn't fly with consumers. This should ensure when next gen hits the big three won't put out a console that's out of reach for most gamers. I still say if the PS3 came out at $399 this gen would be waaaaaaaay different. It would probably be Wii>>.PS3.>360 in most consoles sold instead of Wii>>>>>360>>PS3 right now.

[Heisenberg]

I'll also add that it's very hit or miss with regards to the PS3 being "super quiet" compared to the 360.

My 80 GB PS3 is as loud if not louder than my 360 and it can be quite annoying when watching a DVD or Blu-Ray . . . at least the 360 is pretty quiet when playing DVD's.

[Xameil]

have had my PS3 for a year. Love it.

[bpoch]

seriously, can someone explain how people go through more 360s than toilet paper?

I really have no idea. I've had my since launch day. It did Red ring on me when the Halo 3 beta came out. I took it apart, replaced the xclamps on the heatsinks for the CPU and GPU with nuts and bolts and it's worked flawlessly ever since. Between the guys I work with we've fixed about 10 - 15 xboxs like this. All it took was 5 bucks worth of screws, nuts, and washers.

I'm also not the fanboy so it's funny watching everybody fight the xbox/ps3 fight.

[Toe Jam]

Install your games to the 360 hard drive.

Thing runs much quieter and a lot cooler.