Oh, my 360 is dead

[RiskyChris]

Originally Posted by Goltana_R-Zek

On topic: Sorry Risky, your xbox broke, shit fucking happens and it sucks, get over it. I don't mean it is as a flame, but this site is turning into your personal myspace page or something.. posting about shit everytime something goes bad for you. Relax some or something? Idk.

We haven't really had much discussion about the 360 hardware problem on this forum since before the 3 year warranty extension.

My xbox breaking was just a front to open up discussion. It's a forum.

I've posted only five threads this calendar year (search link might not work - http://www.fohguild.org/forums/searc...earchid=719464 ):

http://www.fohguild.org/forums/other...-360-dead.html
http://www.fohguild.org/forums/other...sales-npd.html
http://www.fohguild.org/forums/other...f-zero-gx.html
http://www.fohguild.org/forums/other...sales-npd.html
http://www.fohguild.org/forums/other...march-9th.html

2 sales threads, an alert to a news item (smash delayed), an f-zero gx topic, and this one, an excuse to talk about the 360's hardware.

[Flesseck]

CHRIS, YOU'RE OUT OF CONTROL.

[Araxen]

I haven't bought a 360 because of the failure rate on them. I guess that makes me evil. I do have a PS3/Wii and have more games to play than I can shake a stick at.

[Ronne]

Still on my first gen 360 with no HDMI port, but the optical drive is gonna bite it soon I'm afraid. The bay doesn't always open and I have to pry it open with a pen, and I'm getting ever more frequent disc read errors. I'm tempted to just RROD it while it still runs and see if they'll send me a model with an HDMI port.

I need a ps3 anyway for Bluray, but I have kind of a massive pile of 360 games I don't want to give up.

[Goltana_R-Zek]

I don't stalk you, no worries, was just an impression - it reminded back when you were talking about being banned on neogaf and whatnot, /shrug. Xbox360 hardware blows, I think everyone can concede that point. What I'd be interested in is how successful their upgrades are - the falcon and the other upgrades they had in store (I'll have to research this later, it was from a month ago or so on kotaku that I read it).

[RiskyChris]

Originally Posted by Goltana_R-Zek

I don't stalk you, no worries, was just an impression - it reminded back when you were talking about being banned on neogaf and whatnot, /shrug. Xbox360 hardware blows, I think everyone can concede that point. What I'd be interested in is how successful their upgrades are - the falcon and the other upgrades they had in store (I'll have to research this later, it was from a month ago or so on kotaku that I read it).

The only thing I'm really sore about is just missing my box just as I started playing it again. It's still a great system, and I have absolutely 0 qualms about having invested in it last year.

I'm not so much bitter about these things happening to me, but I love talking about things I have experience with. NeoGAF is a pretty ban-happy forum, and being the most prominent and influential gaming forum on the net makes it a good topic to talk about here at FoH Other Games. Same with the 360 hardware.

I just chose to open topics after I had a reason to talk about them.

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The 360 situation should improve in the next 2 years. The $1 billion invested by MS into the "soft recall" should be proof of this. They want the problem to be fixed for good after your send them a box, so you don't have to keep sending them in.

[Lorrac]

Originally Posted by RiskyChris

The only thing I'm really sore about is just missing my box just as I started playing it again. It's still a great system, and I have absolutely 0 qualms about having invested in it last year.

I'm not so much bitter about these things happening to me, but I love talking about things I have experience with. NeoGAF is a pretty ban-happy forum, and being the most prominent and influential gaming forum on the net makes it a good topic to talk about here at FoH Other Games. Same with the 360 hardware.

I just chose to open topics after I had a reason to talk about them.

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The 360 situation should improve in the next 2 years. The $1 billion invested by MS into the "soft recall" should be proof of this. They want the problem to be fixed for good after your send them a box, so you don't have to keep sending them in.

So, are you behind the curve or is the curve behind you?

Anyways, just wait it out man - it sucks, of course, but it's not like you'll be missing the hobby since there's other platforms.

[Rhuobhe]

This thread was a crushing victory for the PS3 fanbois.

[Tancred]

Originally Posted by Rhuobhe

This thread was a crushing victory for the PS3 fanbois.

Fanboys are those people who are too poor to afford multiple consoles.

[Kaio]

I bought a used 360 (had little choice after looking around for a new one) for lost odyssey and after i was done i sold it back on craigslist as fast as I could. I'm not a fan of a majority of 360 games and its' failure rate just scares me.

I'm not buying a ps3 either until I find games I actually like. I'm having shittuns of fun playing with my emulator and some old games I used to own.

[kcxiv]

Originally Posted by Tancred

Fanboys are those people who are too poor to afford multiple consoles.

Or dont care. I never bought a ps2 and i certainly could afford it. I have ps3 and a 360 now. I just never felt the need to own one back then. I got my sports gaming fix from the xbox.

[Dennadyne]

Originally Posted by Tancred

Fanboys are those people who are too poor to afford multiple consoles.

For what it's worth, I own the 360 and ps3 and a substantial amount of games for each, yet consider myself a PS3 fanboy.

[Kevincheese]

NeoGAF is a pretty ban-happy forum, and being the most prominent and influential gaming forum on the net

Whatlol

[Soygen]

Originally Posted by Dennadyne

For what it's worth, I own the 360 and ps3 and a substantial amount of games for each, yet consider myself a PS3 fanboy.

Why do you consider yourself a fanboy? This is a serious question, because I don't understand the mindset of console company fanboism. I don't care who makes the console or the software, if the game(s) is fun. Odds are I will end up blowing money on all of the hardware in a given generation.

Is it just a "picking your favorite" kind of thing?

[Soygen]

Originally Posted by Tancred

Fanboys are those people who are too poor to afford multiple consoles.

Even when I couldn't afford it, I got all the consoles. Like some gaming dopefiend.