WaaghPowa said:
Fappy said:
I for one stopped buying them after it broke the second time, I will never understand why people constantly continue to repurchase Xbox's despite the fact that they constantly brick on them. I work in retail, and there are people I've met or known who've gone through 4 or more. Seriously, after the 4th, you've spent close to a thousand dollars on the damn thing. I could build a pretty bitching gaming pc for that much.
I'm not a fanboy, I just prefer to determine the cost vs value and the way it seems, you're spending way too much money on something so unreliable.
acosn said:
Why is it that Microsoft can't make their console work again? They even knew that the reliability was abysmal when the 360 was in development and they didn't give a crap.
I've noticed that this generation of consoles has the biggest hardware issues, even my PS3 bricked once. I still have all my previous gen consoles in perfect working order.
Yeah it's nuts. My Dreamcast never bricked, and my snes, PS2, Xbox (original) and N64 are absolute beasts.
The 360 should never have gone into production with its current design. It is utterly flawed. If this was a microwave oven, a television set or a car it would be recalled by the thousands. But they know that once we've invested enough in Xbox games and pointless Xbox points etc that we have little choice but to just go and buy another!
The PS3 Slim was made because it was a better aesthetic design (in my opinion) and all around a sleeker and better machine (ok, minus the backwards compat). The Xbox 360 Slim was designed because the original 360 was a piece of junk.
My 360 broke 3 times in 2 years. The last time it did it was the eve of Street Fighter 4's release. I was so pumped for the game and had it on pre-order. The game arrived the next day, and my 360 had to be sent to Germany for 3 weeks to be fixed (I was in UK). Yes, it's only a console; but real gamers invest not only money in games but also a lot of emotion (i.e. expectation, excitement, rage etc; that's why we game).
That day I decided never to buy another 360 product and I ordered a PS3 slim. I love it.
I admit, the graphics on the 360 were sharper (for the multi-platforms), I'm stil yet to see a more graphically lush console game than Uncharted 2. But I would rather have a machine that is reliable than one whih has a little less anti-aliasing.
No point in owning a Lamborghini which breaks down every 3 months, when the Porsche will last for a decade maintenace free.
360 vs PS3 isn't even an issue.
The 360 is a ticking timebomb and a piece of crap (don't forget I own both machines, so don't flame me. I'm qualified to not like a product I have spent thousands on).
