Microsoft admits all Xbox360's are defective

[Lawr]

Reminds me of when Nasa put the Telescope in space for the first time.

[Croyles]

Its got more to do with the nature of sarcasm than Prism Power Rangers, while being in love with only one console.

I'm not in love with one console. Here is what I own - not with the intent to brag, but to demonstrate - PSX, PSOne, PS2, GameCube, N64, Genesis/Mega Drive, Saturn, Dreamcast, X-Box, 360, and a gaming PC. I don't have a Wii yet, as the most compelling games have not yet shown up for me. I do not have a PS3 yet because A) They're goddamn expensive, and B) They don't yet have games I both want, and can't get elsewhere. The 360 has enough games I either already like, or think look good, to justify my ownership of one to me. I will be getting a Wii before NiGHTS or SSBB come out, I expect - and I will be likely to get a PS3 with a price drop and some more games I really want.

Dude, I was talking about someone else. Someone who made you want to *headdesk*.

[Madame Adequate]

Consider my response a response to anyone who accuses me of fanboyism, be that you or anyone else.

[Croyles]

Lol ok. A sort of pre-warning then

[JackNapier]

Well I've had mine since launch, not a problem yet. Keeping it in a well-ventilated area really isn't that big of deal.

[Brennan]

I knew it was gonna happen!

[ShunNakamura]

I agree. I was stupid enough to waste money on a 360, and a number of games for it. These include The Godfather, Fight Night Round 3, Dead Rising, Perfect Dark Zero, Gears of War, Oblivion, Ghost Recon, Burnout Revenge, and Earth Defense Force 2017. Even worse, I've already pre-ordered Halo 3, Assassin's Creed, Mass Effect, Grand Theft Auto IV, and Alan Wake.

I have the buyer's remorse.

Wowzers you really should have buyers remorse. Being had so strongly quit is awful.

Note, I am serious... very few of those games cause me to do anything more than go 'meh' or 'blech'. Note this doesn't mean the game sucks, just that I don't find anything overly appealing about them that would make me buy them over other games.

And yes I did make sure I was familar with the majority of the listed titles before saying this.


And yeah, I am just yanking the chain so feel free to ignore this above bit.

As for overheating; that is something that should always be taken care of. During the summer heat and humidity are high enough(at least here) that even well ventilated equipment can experience issues with the heat if you aren't careful. I would hate to be playing with something with heating issues... I probably wouldn't even dare turn it on except at night when I can at least hope that my room will stay around what is considered room temperature(64 to 72? I think).

[Araciel]

my response today included general warranty information about not opening the machine as it voids the warranty, which looks to have been copy/pasted into the email with no thought. i was prompted to call the company, which i am doing but i'm on hold and i don't know how long it will be. looks like they aren't going to help me, which i assumed but i always held out hope.

[JaytodaP]

My 360 just died today at 7:58 pm. It refuses to read discs, although i did not get the ring of death.(but i have had it before. restarting it seemed to fix it but not for long i guess.) Hopefully Best Buy can get a core system in. They said they might not get another shipment in. How lovely, I h ave to shell out even more money for the goddamn thing. I can't come home from work or school or something and kill people when i want to. It hasnt just started happening. I've had my 360 for over a year and ive had these problems. It made a ring around Gears and now i have to buy it again. Now if best buy doesnt get my damn core system in, I'm going to be pissed off. I paid extra money for my guaranteed replacement and im probably not gonna get it. I guess I'll just demand an elite or something. I dunno. What are they gonna do. I paid for a guaranteed replacement.

And by the way,
when I called Microsoft about my Xbox smurfing up, they insisted that my disc was scratched, i moved it while playing, or i didnt have it on a flat surface. Assholes. Best buy tells me an electrical problem causes the disc drive to malfunction and ruin discs. (it really scratched their cleaning disc they put in.) So yeah, call Microsoft about your problem and they blame it on you. I told them i took Shadowrun right out of the box and into my xbox. The guy who cant speak English tries to tell me that I'm lying and the disc is scratched. Asshole. I try my hardest to be nice to people but it never seems to work out correctly. They can't do something as simple as make their product work. It's ridiculous. I know 5 people whose boxes have broke within the past month. One of my friends has been waiting for about 5 weeks now for it to be fixed. Its quite annoying i think.