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15 out of 23 people found this review helpful
1.0 stars
"What junk, breaks all the time"
Pros: Fun games, well designed controllers
Cons: ... So many expensive problems
Summary: While the games are fun and the controllers are good... the system is terrible, i've had mine for 4 months and it has broken on two seperate occassions. Now keep in mind my 360 sits on a shelf, it does not move or take any abuse. With that being said, let me get to my problems; First my power supply fried out, I was not foolish with it and even kept it near an air conditioning vent... enough said. It took me 2 weeks to get a new power supply because first Microsoft customer support sent me the wrong part. Plus the tech support beats around the bush and asks questions that don't matter to me, such as, "what games do you have", "what do you play the most". These are not questions I am very excited to answer when I am stuck with a $700 worth of plastics that's not doing anything but sitting around looking nice. Second problem I ran into was my Xbox stopped reading discs; new, old, what have you it didn't matter, my disc drive crapped out in 4 months of relatively light playing. If you don't mind dealing with problems and sending your Xbox in for costly repairs (unless you get the extended warranty... which I highly reccomend if you do buy) after paying a premium price for a gaming system that is supposed to work as advertised. Then go ahead, buy it, but don't expect it to not break, everyone I have talked to has run into problems with theirs after about 6 months.
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Not true, I bought an Elite last year and it RROD'd on me too and this was AFTER I had to return it due to freezing and not reading game discs. The Elites are just about as crappy and unreliable as the original ones.
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Anyone saying the red ring does not happen to newer models as well is not correct. I work for an animation studio that deals with the game industry all the time. GDC 2007, long after this problem was claimed to be fixed there was a console right in Microsoft's booth with the red ring. My brother got his unit almost 2 years ago, and has had 2 red rings. Two of my friends, one who bought his 3 months after release, and one who only bought his this past December 2007, have both had the ring. The only one of my friends who has not experienced the red ring has had his for about 7 months now, but only use it once or twice a month for a couple of hours as he's not a super huge gamer.
I'm with people in saying that there are a lot of fun games on the 360. I personally love playing Earth Defense Force with my brother; however, I would go for the ps3 over the 360 simply because you won't loose the system for up to 2 months. People constantly argue over which system has the better graphics, but I have to wonder if these people play the games or just stare at screen shots on the web all the time. To me if a game plays the same on both systems, small graphical differences are far less important than a stable playing environment.
So to conclude, the 360 is a fun system, but no more fun than a ps3, but proven to be less reliable. If you don't care about the potential hassles dealing with this system then go for it; however, never get a used one. -
That doesn't happen to the new ones. I know a bunch of people who have it and this has never happened to any of them. Also, they extended the warranty for everyone to 3 years.
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After five months, my 360 fried and I got the red lights of death. While games and controller design are great, the system just isn't reliable. I agree with your opinion, but I would not have given it a 2.
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