Perfect Timing :/

[thundermuffin]

Just got RRODed!!!! Why, oh Lord, have you crippled me!!! I'm fairly confident that when ever I get excited for an upcoming game, like REALLY excited, I get RROD (last one was for .Skate).

The best part is, Microsoft is telling me that my warranty has expired yet I'm fairly confident that they extended everyones' by three years. WTF, MICROSOFT?!?!?!

This is nearly as bad as when I found out Happy Days was canceled.... 4 days ago!!! :P

But seriously... this blows; hardcore.

[Buggins]

Get a PS3. That's what I did when this happened to me. It's unacceptable.

[Empi666]

Yeah, come to the dark side.

[merro]

Not trying to be a Fan Boy here, i am past that.
Go for a PS3, the Slim is releasing now in september.
We all know that the PS3 still has some things lacking, like party chat and so on, but the ROD was something that kept me from buying a XBox360.
Anyway we all know that graphics are bout the same on both platforms, so i would go with the console which
1; runs (hopefully) stable without breaking down (I still have the first generation PS3 from launch-never had any problems)

2; offers games that i prefer playing (matter of your personal taste, the PS3 offers more for me personally in the future)

Good luck with your decision!

[FireFly]

I just got RROD 2, 3 red lights flashing.

[BadByte]

The best part is, Microsoft is telling me that my warranty has expired yet I'm fairly confident that they extended everyones' by three years. WTF, MICROSOFT?!?!?!

Mine died last month. I filled out the online repair sheet and I got 2 emails, one poorly machine translated saying "you will recive a pre-paid DHL box at your door in the next few days and call DHL when its ready for pickup", the english one said print out this and this (barcodes and stuff) and get your sorry behind to a UPS pickup station and make sure the xbox is packaged but do not use the orginal packing it came in from the store. And just to be more annoying Im getting reminders once a week that Im now a silver member and I should pay for gold membership which I cant use. Way to go microsoft :mad:

Good thing I bought that (ps3) bluray player

[PedroTheGoat]

Good Lord... I definitely can relate. I'm on my 4TH Xbox. I also have had it quit out on me during some great releases. The release of COD I had red rings, then during Fallout's release. It sucks so bad. I would jump over to PS3 but I have invested too much money into accessories and games that I just can't justify it. Nor can I ditch all my gaming buddies.

They have streamlined the process though, I can usually get another XBox within a week from the time I red ring.

Another reason I refuse to jump to PS3 is PSN. It just can't compete with Xbox Live.

[Tomo]

Yup, i too am on my 4th xbox.

Worst things is - you don't get YOUR console back. You get some other poor suckers who RRoD'd. So it's a lottery as far as which brand DVD drive you end up with (some are noiser than others, i'm not sure which though).

[Empi666]

Another reason I refuse to jump to PS3 is PSN. It just can't compete with Xbox Live

Thats one of the reasons I own a PS3 instead of an Xbox, is the free PSN. For me anyway. I don't play all day or even everyday. I just couldn't justify paying to play online games that I could be playing for free on either the ps3 or the PC.

[FireFly]

I have to many 360 games too, and i just preorder COD MW2, 2 copy's of BOP one for my self and another for a gift. I going for the xbox 360 elite september 1, but i want a PS3 to. I don't know what to do. seems like moor will be playing PS3

[PedroTheGoat]

I have to many 360 games too, and i just preorder COD MW2, 2 copy's of BOP one for my self and another for a gift. I going for the xbox 360 elite september 1, but i want a PS3 to. I don't know what to do. seems like moor will be playing PS3

I do play online at least 3 times a week, plus Netflix works great.

It justifies the 50 a year.

[trk29]

I have to many 360 games too, and i just preorder COD MW2, 2 copy's of BOP one for my self and another for a gift. I going for the xbox 360 elite september 1, but i want a PS3 to. I don't know what to do. seems like moor will be playing PS3

Hey nice sig!:o

[PedroTheGoat]

Yup, i too am on my 4th xbox.

Worst things is - you don't get YOUR console back. You get some other poor suckers who RRoD'd. So it's a lottery as far as which brand DVD drive you end up with (some are noiser than others, i'm not sure which though).

Lately they've been repairing the console you send in.

The last one I sent in I marked with a sharpie and copied the serial #, I got the same one back.

[Mr_V]

You should have time to get it fixed before the game releases, no?

I don't know about in the US, but here in Germany they now have the repair pipeline streamlined to the extent that it takes 5 working days (from the day the courier picks up the parcel to the day he drops it off again) to get an Xbox 360 fixed. Where by "fixed" I mean "get the motherboard replaced". You don't even have to deal with a person – not even on the phone: You can do it all via a web form.

Of course, none of this should be happening in the first place, but at least they've now got their act together with fixing it. :-|

Also, if you get your motherboard swapped out now, you ought to get an Opus board if your Xbox doesn't have HDMI, or a Jasper board otherwise, so you ought to be more RRoD-resistant in future.

[trk29]

Just got RRODed!!!! Why, oh Lord, have you crippled me!!! I'm fairly confident that when ever I get excited for an upcoming game, like REALLY excited, I get RROD (last one was for .Skate).

The best part is, Microsoft is telling me that my warranty has expired yet I'm fairly confident that they extended everyones' by three years. WTF, MICROSOFT?!?!?!

This is nearly as bad as when I found out Happy Days was canceled.... 4 days ago!!! :P

But seriously... this blows; hardcore.


Sorry to hear that.

[FireFly]

Hey nice sig!:o

Yea, I liked yours so much i had to do me one.:grin:

[trk29]

Yea, I liked yours so much i had to do me one.:grin:

Did you draw your propeller out or did the pic you find already have it on there?

[FireFly]

Did you draw your propeller out or did the pic you find already have it on there?

no, i done the animation with gimp, 3 layers and then blend. The one im useing now is just for test, im doing a hi-res spitfire MkVB and MkIIA, and P51D animated becouse i dont know which one i like better.

[haitch40]

I have to many 360 games too, and i just preorder COD MW2, 2 copy's of BOP one for my self and another for a gift. I going for the xbox 360 elite september 1, but i want a PS3 to. I don't know what to do. seems like moor will be playing PS3

ps3 is far better just wait till gt5 is out that will be the turning point and ps3 will wipe the floor
ps3 is more reliable as in the only known problems are the Blu ray breaking and the hard drive corrupting the second of the problems is home repairable
just my opinion :)

[Kamak86]

XBox 360 all the way...a friend of mine just had his RROD. Was sent out and returned within a week and a half. It also included a free 1 month xbox live card and when it was repaired it has a extended 3 year warranty for ROD from the time it was serviced. He also recieved the one he sent out, so they didnt switch it out on him. This must be new because mine ROD a year ago and they sent me someone elses without the free month. However with all the problems and the heartaches with Xbox, i dont think i would ever swtich to PS3. Even paying the 50$ a year. Something about XBL that brings friends together that i dont see PSN doing very well. Not to mention Halo, Gears of war and COD4, 2 of which are 360 exclusive. Not to mention that XBox is owned by Microsoft so it has an endless supply of money to develop and maintain. Like most people, im set in my own ways and it just happens to be XBOX.

[mattd27]

ahh man I feel for you, mine RROD'd once, and had a disc drive error too. Problem was on the disc drive error, they sent it back still broken.:mad: I've been running clean since then, I checked out the specs of my console and it looks like they replaced mine with one of the newer patched versions, which also had a new kind of disc drive.:)

But going for a PS3 Slim isn't a bad idea either, I think I might get one anyway down the line, so I can pretty much play any good game that comes out.:cool:

[xNikex]

Just got RRODed!!!! Why, oh Lord, have you crippled me!!! I'm fairly confident that when ever I get excited for an upcoming game, like REALLY excited, I get RROD (last one was for .Skate).

The best part is, Microsoft is telling me that my warranty has expired yet I'm fairly confident that they extended everyones' by three years. WTF, MICROSOFT?!?!?!

This is nearly as bad as when I found out Happy Days was canceled.... 4 days ago!!! :P

But seriously... this blows; hardcore.

As I once said to Lord-Tuinboy,

I am sorry your Xbox died in the feild of gaming.

I feel how weak and fruitless of any words of mine that would attempt to beguile you from the greif of a loss so overwhelming.

I can only say that you should be proud that your Xbox sacrificed itself to keep you happy and entertained for all these wonderful years.

...piece of crap!

[thundermuffin]

As I once said to Lord-Tuinboy,

I am sorry your Xbox died in the feild of gaming.

I feel how weak and fruitless of any words of mine that would attempt to beguile you from the greif of a loss so overwhelming.

I can only say that you should be proud that your Xbox sacrificed itself to keep you happy and entertained for all these wonderful years.

...piece of crap!

I have never heard a more beautiful way of consoling a fallen Xbox... tears came to my eyes :P

Seriously. And, to the guy in Germany, it is fairly fast here, but they are saying that my warranty is expired so i would have to pay 100 freaking dollars!!! That is RIDICULOUS!!

The reason I don't go to PS3 is:

A) I have no money

B) I like XBL

C) GT5 isn't that great compared to Forza, IMHO

D) I have no money

[Riceball]

I'll be thinking about getting a PS3 when I get my income taxes back. But a TV is #1 on the wishlist.

[FireFly]

I have never heard a more beautiful way of consoling a fallen Xbox... tears came to my eyes :P

Seriously. And, to the guy in Germany, it is fairly fast here, but they are saying that my warranty is expired so i would have to pay 100 freaking dollars!!! That is RIDICULOUS!!

The reason I don't go to PS3 is:

A) I have no money

B) I like XBL

C) GT5 isn't that great compared to Forza, IMHO

D) I have no money

Same here, i got my console in 06 and my standerd warranty expird 07 but they said that the warranty was for 3 years with the 3 red flashing lights. But they still want $99 and my credit card No. That dont sound right.

[thundermuffin]

Same here, i got my console in 06 and my standerd warranty expird 07 but they said that the warranty was for 3 years with the 3 red flashing lights. But they still whant $99 and my credit card No. That dont sound right.

Yeah, that is exactly what they are saying to me, but they said it ended in '08 but that was when I last sent a console in. I'm going to call them tomorrow and just bitch my way into getting what I want... I can only assume that will work ;)