How many discs has your xbox 360 ruined?

[No_Remainders]

None, as I've never had the console stood up vertically.

This one.

It's generally a good idea to lay it on its side.

Works perfectly.

 

[Ken Sapp]

So who's idea was to use something that kills discs to play games?

They designed the system under the reasonable expectation that it be installed in a stable position on a stable surface and wouldn't be moved around while on. Heck they even designed the cords for the wired controllers with a mid-line connector that should come apart if someone trips on it(and honestly, don't most people use wireless). The cases of discs being ruined under any circumstances other than the console being moved while it is running are few and far between in my experience falling well within the range of minimal faults within a production line. Unfortunately there is no mass produced product with absolutely zero flaws, just ask any actuary. The key for most companies is to produce a product line in which the flaws are few enough in number that they do not consume more than a small percentage of profits to repair or replace as the case may be. Arguably, MS screwed up with the RRoD but other than that the XBox 360 has been a reliable platform and they have gone above and beyond what any other company would to keep their customers happy. They extended warranties for all customers at least twice that I can recall. Name another company that would or has extended warranties across the board, even for already expired warranties, months or years after the product had been purchased.

 

[Omnific One]

None, but the cases of Assassin's Creed and Modern Warfare 2 partially screwed up the disks; they are unreadable occasionally.

 

[funguy2121]

I want to know, because whoever thought of it should be slapped.
It just ate my sega CD collection, mainly becuase I wasn't expecting it to start playing the disc as soon as I put it in.

Confusion...you put sega CD games into a microsoft product and now feel that someone else should be slapped?

Also, you're upset that you can't play Splatterhouse? Why?

 

[GrimHeaper]

The only time I've ever had a disk break is when I punched the console with Madden 08 inside. I don't blame the Xbox for that though..

I don't blame you either.
That Madden 08 was asking for it.

So who's idea was to use something that kills discs to play games?

They designed the system under the reasonable expectation that it be installed in a stable position on a stable surface and wouldn't be moved around while on. Heck they even designed the cords for the wired controllers with a mid-line connector that should come apart if someone trips on it(and honestly, don't most people use wireless). The cases of discs being ruined under any circumstances other than the console being moved while it is running are few and far between in my experience falling well within the range of minimal faults within a production line. Unfortunately there is no mass produced product with absolutely zero flaws, just ask any actuary. The key for most companies is to produce a product line in which the flaws are few enough in number that they do not consume more than a small percentage of profits to repair or replace as the case may be. Arguably, MS screwed up with the RRoD but other than that the XBox 360 has been a reliable platform and they have gone above and beyond what any other company would to keep their customers happy. They extended warranties for all customers at least twice that I can recall. Name another company that would or has extended warranties across the board, even for already expired warranties, months or years after the product had been purchased.

I don't use wireless for one thing, it's a waste of money constantly buying batteries or paying extra for rechargeable ones that malfunction constantly and the fact I can use it on other things is nice.
360 is the only console that screws up like this while moved that is a bad flaw in itself and I hope they don't do it for their next console, because this is a flaw ALL 360s have.
I could move any of sonys and it would be fine and the gamecube and Wii as well.

 

[JochemDude]

Enough to make me take it apart take, shit in it, put it back together and sent it back to microsoft

 

[subtlefuge]

Significantly less than the number of discs I have ruined and told WalMart that the Xbox ruined.

 

[CleverCover]

None at all.
That's...I didn't know it ruined disks.

Did you have it stand?

 

[Lance Arrow]

A total of three:

- Dead Rising
- Assassin's Creed
- Guitar Hero 3

All of those were some of my favorite games.

 

[nbamaniac]

But alas, we of the PC gaming master race have no such issues!

 

[Gazisultima]

It ruined my Orange box, which cost all of about £2 to fix. Oh the horror.......

 

[Eldritch Warlord]

None. Why the frack are you people compelled to move the thing while it's running?

It shouldn't be that easy to do.
They intentionally made a faulty machine :/

You're being stupid. This is basically an inescapable problem with disc trays in general, if you rotate it while it's working the reader is likely to come in contact with the disc. Sure the old 360's are faulty machines, but the fact that it scratches the disc if you move it is not a fault.

If you don't believe me and happen to have a desktop PC with a disc tray you should play a CD in that and while it's running tip it over.

In rare bits of proper functionality, none of my 8 360's ate any discs. They all bricked, though.

Don't get started on the, but you must've stored them foolishly, or they're in a poor environment. No, the system is just flawed and I have, therefore, gave up on them.

To have destroyed 8 you must have been doing something wrong or are among the unluckiest creatures in the entire universe. I've only personally heard two 360's breaking (mine because it was dropped and a cooling fan broke, my friend's because he was stupid enough to put it in the middle of the floor during a LAN party). Also, you were just asking for someone to say this by specifically requesting that no one say this.

 

[MetaKnight19]

Mine hasn't ruined any discs, except for one but that was my brothers fault for picking up the console while it was reading the disc. What made it worse is that it was Christmas...

 

[GrimHeaper]

It ruined my Orange box, which cost all of about £2 to fix. Oh the horror.......

Supposedly you can use toothpaste as well.
Worked for a few of my friends.
Besides buffing the disk.

 

[RetardedKitty]

But alas, we of the PC gaming master race have no such issues!

My DVD drive on PC broke more discs than my Xbox360 (xbox360 0 - Dvd drive 3)

 

[The Apothecarry]

My console has never ruined a single disc. Setting the console up vertically is never a good idea. I don't know who said it was and added that feature into the 360's initial design, but they're an idiot.

 

[GrimHeaper]

None. Why the frack are you people compelled to move the thing while it's running?

It shouldn't be that easy to do.
They intentionally made a faulty machine :/

This is basically an inescapable problem with disc trays in general, if you rotate it while it's working the reader is likely to come in contact with the disc. Sure the old 360's are faulty machines, but the fact that it scratches the disc if you move it is not a fault.

If you don't believe me and happen to have a desktop PC with a disc tray you should play a CD in that and while it's running tip it over.

What you just said describes a fault...
And who uses Cds in there computers anymore?
I mean I don't hear the same excuses for laptops and Psps which are moved about 10,000 more times than the Xbox with discs in them.

 

[kouriichi]

2 Disks.
The first was an Original Xbox game that i got for 9 bucks.
And the second was Modern Warfare too.

Im more sad that it ate my copy of Kights of the Old Republic though.

Honestly, it only eats your disks, if you tip it over while its running. So i have a pair of wooden boards propping mine up.

 

[madwarper]

1 disc, Oblivion. I was playing it, when I lifted my horizontal 360 5 degrees, and chew chew chew.

Now, if I have to move my 360, I first make sure it's off and there aren't any discs in it.

 

[Jacob Haggarty]

On its own, exactly none.

HOWEVER, it has ruined viva-pinata, but that was because i kicked it over. While it was still playing. Needless to say there was a loud scratching noise, and i havent played that since.

But without the help of my incompetent feet, it hasnt destroyed anything. Apart from the old xbox which destroyed itself. To be fair, i had got it from the moment it came out, so it had done well to make it that long (it died about this time last year).