Believe me my friend, I treated it like a king. I had it a nice open and free ventilated area. I would constantly dust it, wipe it off, heck I could show you pictures of all the games I've bough brand new and they're in nearly perfect condition. I honestly don't know why it engulfed in flames, there was no sign of hairs or anything that might have gotten in and I never moved it while it was running.Bvenged said:
If you're still willing to sell it send me a msg on how much you're willing to part ways. Yes, they should totally consider making tanks out of gamecube!juyunseen said:
Would've considered if one my mother hadn't thrown it away when I got back from work. I would have taken a picture of the charcoal disk drive. Yes, it spewed a little flame from the air vents.Sougo said:
Nope, Oblivion. This would be the third time and Xbox dies on me because I wanted to play Oblivion.chimpzy said:
Problem being I have opened the system on numerous occasions (Last time was about six months ago). So because of that I tampered with the system, that also being I live in the U.S.Rallus said:
Thank you for that, I've been taking into consideration if it allows a return warranty. If it doesn't, then I'm not taking the chance to find out.Mouse_Crouse said:
Thank you for that, I've been taking into consideration if it allows a return warranty. If it doesn't, then I'm not taking the chance to find out.Mouse_Crouse said:
That's the sad part, I do enjoy a lot of the games I had on the 360. I thought in a few months I could just own both because the PS3 has a few titles I would be proud to own. I'll end up getting another 360 probably but a PS3 will come soon enough.Das Boot said:
Oh! It's not that I don't believe you to any degree... As much as it sucks, I dunno what it is, but it amazes me to see something like this... Electronics fail like that. It's fucked... Like watching a train wreck...x F x said:
No, there isn't. There are some, but not as many. Microsoft pays through the nose for that kind of thing.Ieyke said:
While Blu-Ray is decent, half of the PS3 games require an install, which is ludicrous. Besides, which seems more reasonable - Cheaper hardware and identical, cheaper games on multiple disks, or a more expensive block of hardware and more expensive software for the sake of not having to swap a disk once in a blue moon (if at all).Ieyke said:
No they aren't. Not by any stretch of the imagination. They act as triggers, but are far from it. They're closer to the Z button on the N64 controllers.Ieyke said:
It's more to do with consistency. Some PS3 games have entirely controls that make no sense and are out of left-field. Full button mapping is lacking across all consoles, but at least the others have common consistency.Ieyke said:
Aside from the flawed d-pad, the 360 controller is a very ergonomic controller. The positioning of the d-pad is fine, just the style of it ruins it's purpose. The rest of the controller is great, both from a personal and ergonomic standpoint. Also, your statement doesn't make much sense - The 360 controller is larger than the PS3 controller. Better suited for large hands.Ieyke said:
Well, actually since moving it to another TV my little brothers have grown rather attached to it. Sorry about that.x F x said:
...So it's the Xbox messiah? I mean seriously? It's still going after all that?Revnak said:
Hm. Two online services. One hardly ever goes down, has almost never had a security breach, and includes system-wide voip. Not hard to see which is the better service. "They didn't know was a problem" is utter fucking bullshit. They didn't use the same standard of security that almost any online service should be using. I'm sorry, you don't get to leave your front door open and then say it's not your fault when someone comes in.Ieyke said:
I have reason to think otherwise. The least of which being BF3 and MW3 DLC (even those who paid for Elite on their PS3). Then there was Netflix, etc etc. The list goes on, developers just have more faith in the 360 than they do the PS3, as that's where the money is going. In fact, within four days of launch, Battlefield 3 for the 360 out sold the PS3 version by almost two to one. [http://www.gamezone.com/products/battlefield-3/news/battlefield-3-xbox-360-sales-nearly-double-ps3]
I'm so tired of hearing this... Excepting Mass Effect 2 and Battlefield 3, I cannot remember when the last time was that I bought a multiplatform game that was 1 disk on the PS3 and two or more on the 360, and even if it was the case, I can't remember ever finding two disks any more stressful than one.
The 360 seems to have done just fine with just one-disk games so far. I suppose then Blu-Ray was to solve a problem that didn't exist?
I'm well aware of that? I didn't say that the controller did not have triggers...
Seeing as I don't need to change the controls I play with on the 360, this is a con to me, yes. The draw of the console to me is that I get the game, I put it in, I play. The more effortless it is, the better. The more natural and flowing things feel, the better. You can trivialize it as much as you want, but then, seeing as you obviously prefer the PS3, I'm sure you'll be trivializing all of my complaints, so I don't know what you expect me to say to this.
That's not true at all. The 360 controller was built bottom up to contour to your hands, whereas the PS3 controller.....was made to look like the PS2 controller (which was terribly painful to hold after long amounts of time). I'm now quite sure you've never held one, you've only seen pictures of it. As far as the sticks go, meh, that's your opinion, an opinion I'm sure you've forged from the many years of having two sticks next to each other, and there's nothing really wrong with that. I don't have an issue with where the analog sticks are. I don't know why they're flipped, but it's never bothered me.
Not true at all. In this thread alone there have been several people who've had no real issues. The bigger problem is that people are more vocal about something going wrong than something going right, and I'm inclined to think that this is more true than isolated complaints of people who say something is wrong. At the end of the day, numbers speak louder to me than complaints, because it's clear in the gaming community that complaints are far more acceptable than praise, often sadly so. Right now, the 360 is trumping the PS3 in terms of sales. People would not buy something that continuously breaks, contrary to what the cynical minds of the Escapist forums seem to think.
For what it's worth, if you were looking to trouble-shoot, the most common cause of the RROD scare is actually not thermal warping. You'll get 4 blinking red rings if your AV cables are only partially in, and you'll get 3 (in the wrong combination) if you've bent one of the contact pins on the USB port and said pin is touching any other metal.Screamarie said:
