Argh 360's have blown my last nerve! Warning rant inside.

Yungstar 2006 · 17 Mar 2009 at 20:02

Alpherah said:
Am i the only person whos had more PS3's break then 360's ? and i dont even use the PS3 very often!
1 360 breakage vs 2 PS3's.

please don't say that, my 60gb PS3 only gets used a couple of days a month. i'm on my 4th 360.

p.s.
perhaps many 360's die with over use? never owned a console (way back to PONG) that gets used so often.

Chong Warrior · 17 Mar 2009 at 20:17

Yungstar 2006 said:
p.s.
perhaps many 360's die with over use? never owned a console (way back to PONG) that gets used so often.

Exactly.... The hardware is crap in terms of build but you have to say MS have played a blinder on the software side of things.

Buckster · 17 Mar 2009 at 20:25

I have to say - the design may have some flaws but hats off to customer service

1st XBOX 360 - original style - sold on after 10 months - no failure

2nd XBOX 360 - at some point headset failed - was replaced no questions asked - brand new one sent in the post

2nd XBOX 360 - (this is a Falcon chipset btw) - failed after 13 months, whole turnaround time was 9 days door to door - and my actual console was repaired (same serial)

excellent service and excellent gaming experience IMO

I have a PS3 as well btw - but only use it for media streaming, find gaming on it very sterile - much more PC like than the 360 experience

Mark.

dannyjo22 · 17 Mar 2009 at 20:43

Buckster said:
I have to say - the design may have some flaws but hats off to customer service.

I agree the only thing I would like is to be able to transfer my DLC more frequently and easier. Once per year isn't enough and when you phone up the operators really dont care or even understand why your bothered.

Red Porsche · 17 Mar 2009 at 22:22

dannyjo22 said:
Theres both of mine. Ventillated enough for you?

Seems to be to me lol

. Very nice setup there pal.

I was asking the op to see if it was where he stored it if that was contributing to the amount of rrods..

Hilly, its vertical, it needs air from the bottom vent afaik.

I think playing a lot contributes to the issues. If your using it several times a day it increases the heat cycles so the motherboard weakens.

Hilly · 17 Mar 2009 at 23:05

360 is designed to work either way! Though, I think this next one will be horizontal rather than vertical. See how I get on

fonzee · 18 Mar 2009 at 00:32

dannyjo22 said:
I agree the only thing I would like is to be able to transfer my DLC more frequently and easier. Once per year isn't enough and when you phone up the operators really dont care or even understand why your bothered.

ill put it simpler as your ignoring.

desk. where you get it.

NokkonWud · 18 Mar 2009 at 03:19

forums. use search. he said before.

NokkonWud · 18 Mar 2009 at 03:21

Heatsinked said:
I just left the Xbox scene in favour of a new PS3. No regrets

If you do decide to go with the PS3, you'll immediately notice the reduction in noise! Yesterday evening I configured my media server. Within minutes, I had the PS3 streaming all media from my PC.

Not necessarily. My last 2 PS3's have been louder than my last 2 Xbox360's. Mine goes to full speed after about 1-2 minutes of being on, even when not doing anything.

Also, as someone said above, I've had a couple of PS3's break, I'm on my 3rd PS3. Also on 3rd Xbox360 though, however I would hazard I've put 1000's of hours into my Xbox360 and my PS3 must be less than 200 hours I'd guess and almost 3/4's would be media playback.