Should I get a 360 or PS3?

[ZeWarriorReturnz]

What a topic, indeed. I can Always play my cousins 360 when I go there... And in the meantime I'm busy with my PSP.

 

[stop_loading]

Yes, yes, yes, we've seen the cases, but what's the percentage? Is it over 60%? Or is it a few percent? What are the odds?



it's a design problem, failure rate is 100%

it's not a quality control problem but rather a flawed design, go to the forums, x360 breaks every single day

from the way you speak, (comparing to ds hinge problem

), you have no idea how big this thing is, none of any other console (or even other electronics) has failure rate of this proportion

What a topic, indeed. I can Always play my cousins 360 when I go there... And in the meantime I'm busy with my PSP.

so just wait till his 360 breaks, when it does, buy the thing from him, and fix it

or again, you can get a RRoD on ebay and fix it, you get yourself a sub $200 x360 with permanent fix

 

[jimmy j]

Yes, yes, yes, we've seen the cases, but what's the percentage? Is it over 60%? Or is it a few percent? What are the odds?



it's a design problem, failure rate is 100%

sorry, but...

 

[ZeWarriorReturnz]

Yes, yes, yes, we've seen the cases, but what's the percentage? Is it over 60%? Or is it a few percent? What are the odds?



it's a design problem, failure rate is 100%

it's not a quality control problem but rather a flawed design, go to the forums, x360 breaks every single day

from the way you speak, (comparing to ds hinge problem

), you have no idea how big this thing is, none of any other console (or even other electronics) has failure rate of this proportion

What a topic, indeed. I can Always play my cousins 360 when I go there... And in the meantime I'm busy with my PSP.

so just wait till his 360 breaks, when it does, buy the thing from him, and fix it

or again, you can get a RRoD on ebay and fix it, you get yourself a sub $200 x360 with permanent fix

How would I go about fixing it? Do you mean the towel trick where I over-overheat it so the RoD dissapears, or how?

 

[aslacker55]

How would I go about fixing it? Do you mean the towel trick where I over-overheat it so the RoD dissapears, or how?

Do what I did, I replaced the x-clamp.

 

[MC DUI]

My first 360 got the red rings after over a years use. It's now out with a modding/repair place that are going to fix it for $80(Aussie) with a warranty stating that it will stay fixed.

 

[jimmy j]

There are a number of ways to fix it. The most interesting (and cost-effective) method involves 12 pennies and some hotglue

Take a look around xbox-scene

 

[hanman]

get an xbox over a ps3, definately!

 

[jimmy j]

hey hanman, what the hell is an xbox 260 elite?

 

[ZeWarriorReturnz]

Don't spam this thread please

 

[MC DUI]

Don't spam this thread please

Why does it matter if you have already made your choice...

 

[WarmWoollySheep]

If you have a good computer,
PS3

If you have a bad computer,
360


360 has better games, but several are released (with better graphics) on the PC, and it's likely other 360 games will see a PC release in the future.

 

[jimmy j]

If you have a good computer,
PS3

If you have a bad computer,
360

I don't understand. Why get a PS3 if you already have a good computer?

 

[stop_loading]

sorry, but...Â

the proofs are everywhere, if those can't convince you, nothing will, untill your own x360 break, complain in xbox forum and realise that people telling the same thing

How would I go about fixing it? Do you mean the towel trick where I over-overheat it so the RoD dissapears, or how?

Do what I did, I replaced the x-clamp.

that's rbjtech's method and it's one way to do it, however it requires drilling, lawdawgs' method is easier: http://copronymous.com/wp-content/uploads/...r-the-3rlod.pdf

this thread should help you:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=156117

basically, open the system, clean the GPU/CPU, apply a new thermal paste, replace the x-clamp, and overheat it for a bit, then you're done

it's going to take you an afternoon or so, if you're used to build your own computer this is trivial, and the tutorials are everywhere so if you can't do it yourself, find a friend (who used to build computers), he/she'll be able to help

if you really can't be bothered with these and really want a x360, just make sure you bought a store warranty that allows you to replace with a new one in store, don't mess with microsoft's customer service

btw, dont use the towel trick, it'll only work momentary and kill your x360 motherboard in the long run

 

[jimmy j]

sorry, but...Â

the proofs are everywhere, if those can't convince you, nothing will, untill your own x360 break, complain in xbox forum and realise that people telling the same thing

It was just the '100% failure rate' part that got me. Its simply not true.
Unusually high rate of hardware failure yes, but every xbox 360 in existence will die within 18 months? bollocks

 

[stop_loading]

It was just the '100% failure rate' part that got me. Its simply not true.
Unusually high rate of hardware failure yes, but every xbox 360 in existence will die within 18 months? bollocks

who said it's within 18 months? it can survive 10 years if you only turn it on once

ask yourself this question, is it a design problem or quality control problem?

if it's a design problem, all x360 will die by design, if it's a quality control problem, then most x360 will survive

seeing how you can actually FIX x360 off ebay, with the SAME x-clamp problem, and insanely high return rate, all indicates that this is indeed a design problem, which mean, all x360 will die

 

[ridgecity]

If you have a good computer,
PS3

If you have a bad computer,
360


I don't understand. Why get a PS3 if you already have a good computer?

You can get xbox360 games running way better in their pc ports. not to mention cheaper than the xbox360 release. I say wait until Christmas since prcedrops, nice games and maybe a few hardware revisions will show up during that time. This year there won't be any out-of-stock problems, at least in other than Wii.

 

[Veho]

it's a design problem, failure rate is 100%

it's not a quality control problem but rather a flawed design, go to the forums, x360 breaks every single day

from the way you speak, (comparing to ds hinge problemÂ

), you have no idea how big this thing is, none of any other console (or even other electronics) has failure rate of this proportion
I see you have your head buried inside a biased forum and refuse to listen to anything else. Of course everyone there had their box break down, but that's because only the people whose boxes broke down post there.

Wait a few months and compare the number of Xboxes sold to the number of sob stories you read in the forum, and you'll see it's only a percentage, not every one. Yes, of course you'll say those consoles "haven't been played" because "if you so much as look at it it will definitely break", but that's just not true.

QUOTE(stop_loading @ Jun 27 2007, 01:23 AM)(comparing to ds hinge problemÂ

)

Yes, I'm comparing it to the DS hinge problem, because it's well known and described around here, and you can see the amount of overreacting in those threads too. Reading those threads could make you believe every single DS broke in half the moment it was opened. Or should I compare it to the PS2 laser problem? Did all consoles break down?

Of course any problem will get blown out of proportions on the Internet

 

[boblen]

Get a xbox 360 with games for the same price as a PS3 with no games...

 

[dr deoxys]

xbox 360 better games coming out for it tom clancys vegas halo 3 gears of war 2 viva pinata