It’s been over 2 years and my Xbox 360 finally shit the bed. I should’ve seen it coming and I actually expected it sooner. I guess I was one of the luckier ones since mine didn’t bite the dust as quickly as others. I even read about one guy that had 4 Xbox 360′s all of which errored in one manner or another. Overheating, broken solder, broken brackets, whatever, it doesn’t matter. The truth is that this thing was rushed and even to this day people are feeling the effect of it, but that’s just like Microsoft to release faulty crap. Internet Explorer, Publisher, PowerPoint, Office (Office on the Mac is a fucking heap of steaming rubbish), etc.
No, I will not buy a PS3
I swear, I get this crap constantly.
You should get a PS3, LOLZ SONY FTW.
Yeah, I should invest my money into yet another console. That’s a brilliant idea. I can only name like 3 games that I’d buy for the PS3 and once beaten, all of them are worthless–and yet I have 20 Xbox 360 games, all of which I love and play. No, but thank you.
Faulty for faulty
I’m tempted to do the deed and just get it over with but after reading a few blog entries and forum posts across the interweb, I’m skeptical about sending my console out to Microsoft for repair. See, Microsoft is cute about their repair. You’re not guaranteed a brand new replacement console. You MIGHT get a new console if you’re lucky, but chances are you’re going to either get a refurb or you’re gonna get an early model; which was proven to have faulty hardware from the starting gate. You’re taking a risk either way. I’ve even read about people getting their “repaired” console, only to have it RROD once again. Fucking cheap bastards.
You know what’s really sad? I’ve had this thing over 2 years and that’s actually considered good. I have a Sega Game Gear that still works flawlessly. Do you know when I got that Game Gear? 1991. Amazing.
Bite the bullet?
As much as I cringe when I look at the price of a brand spanking new Xbox 360, I almost feel safer buying new than I do sending this paperweight to Microsoft for “repair”. I don’t want to send this thing out only to receive some older model or a refurb. That just seems like bad business ethics to me but everyone knows Microsoft just plain doesn’t give a fuck. They’ve proven that repeatedly. I know. I’m a web developer who has tackled IE issues for years.
Opinions welcome. I can either spring and get the Elite for 400 bucks, the Pro with the 60gb hard drive for 300 bucks or I can send this shitbox to Microsoft for repair–which will cost me 106 bucks because the stupid thing is out of warranty. Either way, it sounds like I’m screwed. I guess it just depends on how bad I want to get screwed (which is not at fucking all, thank you very much.)