Oh I forgot about these type of Articles. Someone whining over his Xbox 360 breaking and can't admit he didn't give it the proper care and environment.

I've haven't had the Red Ring of Death for years now and the rate rate is below 10% now occurring to many sources. That itself should be self explanatory.

This is becoming redundant.

"the rate rate is below 10% now"

No, the lifetime failure rate is still about 30%. What you're thinking about is the portion of the study that found the new 360s (That were all younger than 8 months old) to have 4% failure from A COUPLE MONTHS OF USE.

My 360 red ringed three times playing Mass Effect 2. It was fine though, after re-plugging in all the cords.

Graphics heavy game, apparently.

Yeah, I haven't had the red rings for over a year myself. After my 3rd replacement I just stopped turning it on. No more money invested in it, no more problems.

P.S. While having your 360 in a "poor" environment will definitely kill it faster, they still die commonly when taken complete care of.

"My 360 red ringed three times playing Mass Effect 2. It was fine though, after re-plugging in all the cords"

I think you got the FOUR red rings, which has to do with faulty/not plugged in properly/all-the-way wires. It's THREE red rings that make the RROD.

It was soooo original the first 10 times I saw it over the last couple of years..now i wan't my few minutes of life back..

Good luck playing that PS2 though...

*Goes back to Mass Effect heaven*

Evil

glad he finally dumped the 360 before he had any kids with it.

I have NEVER given up on a system despite of how the system performs. Probably because I play the games not the systems. If a system fails, I get another because I invest more in the software than hardware.

Curently I have a jag cd that doesnt read discs anymore. It is so damn expensive on ebay finding just the cd drive. I wont turn my back on it because I love gaming just tooooo much to be that shallow. I will get another and all will be cool again.

All my consoles are like the ladies in the little black book. Each deserves respect and a little love from time to time.

The PS2 was a surprising twist to the story formula though.

*hugs PS3*

I use my PS3 on a daily basis for just about everything (I never watch cable anymore) and I'd be heartbroken if it died on me. I'd probably go out and by another that same day just so I wouldn't have to wait for repairs to get done (that I'd have to pay for since my PS3 is pretty old, original 80Gb model).

Excuse me, but people are shallow if they don't perpetually replace faulty or shoddy/broken electronics? Although it's super-duper cute that you won't 'turn your back' on your console no matter how many times it breaks, this does not make you deep, or less shallow than someone who doesn't pay a company to continuously fvck them in the @ss.

BTW, your first paragraph is literally incoherent, the rest is just nonsense. I won't even touch that last paragraph.

You won't be able to find a working x360 anywhere 3-5 years after they stopped the production. That's the difference between the good ol consoles of this day and this particular good ol console of the future. There's no way to hang on to this one (x360) LOL!

How very noble of you Darth. I wish I had such virtue to keep pissing money down the crapper on broken devices.

It almost makes me want to break my PS3, just so I can repair it and show how hardcore I am.

Year of the 360?

Alrighty then....

:-/

Actually, people are shallow for criticizing someone for supporting a format that they love and not getting fed up with it at some arbitrary breaking point. There was nothing incoherent about that post, it just doesn't fit with your very narrow view of the world. I can tell that by the choice of words: shoddy, broken, faulty.

You know, if someone's 360 breaks within three years of purchase Microsoft stands behind it. That's good enough for people who enjoy their games. So I don't see why it matters to you.

I stopped reading after the 2nd lie:
1. does this fool know the PS2 wasn't durable? does that fool know SONY was sued & lost a Class Action Lawsuit because of the unreliability of the PS2?

2. does this fool think we dont know M$ gave a 3 year warranty to every 360 console new & used? does this fool know the only M$ didn't lose a Class Action Lawsuit because it fixed the problem with the best warranty in consumer electronics history?

Someone tell this liar to GTH.

So you wouldn't consider hardware that continuously breaks down, shoddy/faulty? I wasn't referring to the 360 specifically, so calm yourself. Now understand this: You know absolutely nothing about me or my "views", and he was the one who criticized others by saying they're shallow if they don't want to pay for something again after it prematurely breaks. I said nothing about him supporting anything, I said my opinion on his statement about people being shallow etc. Get your facts straight.

Oh, and as far as it being incoherent, here's an example : "I have NEVER given up on a system despite of how the system performs." if you think that is proper grammar, and proper use of words, you are hopeless.

Just for the record, lets clear a few things up: I didn't say a thing about the 360, so I don't know why you brought it up. I didn't express any of my views about the world, yet you presume to know they're narrow. And lastly, although we've already established I didn't criticize him for supporting any format, just for fun, since you said it: could you explain to me the correlation between criticizing someone for supporting a format, and being shallow? Or am I correct in assuming there's absolutely no relationship between the two? Yeeeeaaah...

it's a funny light-heated letter. And about ONE guy being tired of HIS 360 breaking, not about the 360 as a platform...

You know what I do when I get all tense and defensive? http://www.youtube.com/watc...

As long as nobody tries to take it seriously, at least.

Good write up.

Fair enough. I admitted that I did not read it.

For relaxation, I prefer this instead:

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

I was talking about passing the 40 in general. But being that I'm a massive 2pac fan I can't really argue with you on that one :)

LMAO. That went completely over my head. It's been a long day.

oh hell,screw it...

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

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Perfectly said. It just goes to show you how strong the PS3 community is on this site and how one side of the ignorant fanboy comments can get approved and bubbled up while the other side gets bubbled downed and censored when instead both sides who post fanboy comments should be bubbled down.

haha

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