So my Xbox 360 exploded.

[Falcondynamite]

How can you be through 4 xboxes? I've had the same one since 2006 I think(I got oblivion with it, when did that come out?) only had to have it repaired once for the mandatory RROD and they fixed it for free.

Still going and I treat it like shit, used to play it all day(until I got a job) in a hot room whilst it sat in a dusty corner.

The funny part is that the game I had in my first two xbox's was Oblivion. Guess what I put in this time...

 

[Revnak_v1legacy]

Hey, my Xbox can do fucking gymnastics. It just does not give a fuck. I have seriously had that thing fall while running like five times and it still keeps running like a champ. My Fallout 3 however is lost forever to the foolish actions of a close friend. Who seriously adjusts a console while a game is running? Hilariously enough I've had other games survive worse though. My friend's Dead Space survived a three foot fall in the Xbox while it was running.

While I'm definitely amazed in the fact that it hasn't keeled over, I'm questioning how in god's name did it find itself in those situations? I'm still laughing over it!

The last one was because of a very absent minded young girl who for some odd reason was running through my living room and tripped over the cords. I could swear that my friend was about to kill her until I set the Xbox back up and checked to make sure the game survived the fall (at this point I had already realized my Xbox was the most badass Xbox to grace this green earth). When it became clear that the game was fine we all had a good laugh. As for the unfortunate destruction of my copy of Fallout 3, we had only had the console for a little while and we were used to consoles that didn't eat games when at an angle.

A few more fun facts about my Xbox, I've had it for three and a half years, it is a shitty arcade Xbox, I usually have it running on it's side, I live in a fairly humid area, and I tend to play with it sitting on the carpet or a box which happens to have a blanket on it. Both of my friends' Xboxs have experienced meltdowns, yet mine still works just fine. There is no explanation for just how fucking crazy my 360 is.

 

[Falcondynamite]

I'm still stuck at "My Xbox exploded."

I wanna see pictures.

Mom tossed it while I was at work, all I can tell you is imagine a charcoal disk drive and a untouched interior, that wouldn't work. I can totally believe that you don't believe what I'm saying is true, I don't blame you. I'm still in disbelief that it happened. I didn't touch it in about a month. I stick in Oblivion, play for about twenty minutes... and well need I go further?

 

[Falcondynamite]

Maybe you don't look after it. Of all my friends, myself included, who have had an xbox, the ones who have had theirs break on them failed to look after it.

I've had a 20Gb silver-tray Premium Xbox 360 since they released that model in early 2007. For about 2 years I was playing it 40 hours a week on top of school (too much, I know). It broken once on me in the past 5 years and that was just the GPU melting. The tray motor got finicky too but that's just tatty age.

Every 3 months or so I unplug it, carry it into the dining room, grab a hoover and suck all the crap and dust out of its air cooling vents. When I plug it back in I lay it flat and make sure all its vents have at least a foot or 2 distance of free space to grab as much cool air as it can. I dust it off every 2 months. This is how you look after it.

The friends of mine who have had problems have their consoles on the carpet, placed vertically. Usually wedged in by other furniture/objects and they never clean it off. They've gone through at least 2, some more, in the time I'm still on the same one. I bought myself the latest one in December for the bigger HDD and gave the older one to my dad, who uses it to play Tom Clancy games and squad-based tactical shooters.

It's all in your care of the product. If you want it to last, look after it. It's the same for anything really but even more for for electronics.

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.

 

[Falcondynamite]

I've never understood anyone's problem with the 360. I've had mine for 3 years, and even bought it refurbished, but it's never had a single issue. I still play it on my upstairs TV, while I got a slim for my downstairs one. I would have sold it, but apperently refurbished 360s are only worth like 20$...
That said though, my GameCube still holds my record as most reliable system. The thing's made of freaking titanium or something.

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!

 

[Falcondynamite]

It exploded? Seriously? Ka-boom?

I don't care much for suing companies or anything, but if the product they sold you literally 'explodes' maybe you should take up the obvious safety issue. Was there a fire or anything?

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.

 

[Falcondynamite]

Who knows, maybe my xbox committed suicide when it found out what game I put inside.

Ok, so just out of sheer curiosity ... which game did you put inside?

It would be funny if it was Duke Nukem Forever. So hellbent on denying itself to the world it bricks consoles.

Nope, Oblivion. This would be the third time and Xbox dies on me because I wanted to play Oblivion.

 

[Eldrig]

I've had three Xbox's, with the first one (one of the first) surviving a good few years before RROD'ing on me, with the second one being given away to relatives when I got a *free* brand-new new-version xbox.

 

[Falcondynamite]

If you're from the UK you could easily get a new Xbox360 for free since it's warranty wouldn't have run out due to it being classed as a consumer durable under EU law. Consumer durables are expected to last quite a few years, 3-4 if I'm not mistaken and Xbox360 could technically class as a high end DVD player and therefore a consumer durable. Happened to me when my PS3 broke and they said my warranty had expired, so I just quoted that little law and got a new slim PS3 with a copy of Little Big Planet because the retailer is still bound by EU law.

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.

 

[Active Schizophrenic]

Im pretty sure my XBox is made out of depleted uranium. I got it on launch, spilled coke on it, dropped it hundreds of times and have left it on for 72 hours straight once. Hasn't given me a single problem. I never play it anymore though because ever since I went PC I cant play shooters on consoles. Its like switching from stone tablets to an iPad im not going back.

 

[Falcondynamite]

I'm considering getting a new one off of ebay.

Be really careful there, ANY 2nd hand console is a risk (working condition or not) because there is quite a few in the used market that are xbox live banned consoles. When a user receives a console ban (for modding and whatnot) it locks the console from xbox live but you wouldn't know because the console still works until you try to get online with it.

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.

 

[Falcondynamite]

I'm considering getting a new one off of ebay.

Be really careful there, ANY 2nd hand console is a risk (working condition or not) because there is quite a few in the used market that are xbox live banned consoles. When a user receives a console ban (for modding and whatnot) it locks the console from xbox live but you wouldn't know because the console still works until you try to get online with it.

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.

 

[Falcondynamite]

On the outcome of this though I prefer the Ps3. It may run slower (but that's because it's trying to look nicer) and not have quite as many online capabilities or little ones (like playing music as you're playing a game). That being said though my brother has had the slim since release and he hasn't had a problem to this very day (the first slim).
Who knows, maybe my xbox committed suicide when it found out what game I put inside.

Well first I will say I think the ps3 is be far the better system, like the 360 is so far behind its not even in the same race.

That being said since you have owned a 360 for the past five years and have not owned a ps3 would getting one not mean you have to rebuy a ton of games? If you have any intention rebuying those games to replay them then getting another 360 is by far the best choice. The new ones can actually be called reliable. If you dont intend to replay them then your cheapest choice of action would be to trade them in towards a ps3. They are just as reliable as the 360, online is free and for me at least the exclusives are miles better, and by that I mean it has ones that dont suck.

So really it comes down to wether or not you care about all of the games you already own. Oh and also how many friends you have on each system. There is no point in getting one if all of your friends play on the other.

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.

 

[BeerTent]

I'm still stuck at "My Xbox exploded."

I wanna see pictures.

Mom tossed it while I was at work, all I can tell you is imagine a charcoal disk drive and a untouched interior, that wouldn't work. I can totally believe that you don't believe what I'm saying is true, I don't blame you. I'm still in disbelief that it happened. I didn't touch it in about a month. I stick in Oblivion, play for about twenty minutes... and well need I go further?

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...

Captcha: "lost love"

 

[Joshimodo]

I own both. 360 wins out in my eyes.


PS3 isn't bad, but it has a less robust (though free and decent) online service. However, due to it being free, there's a significant degree of dodgy shit going on in most online games, since being account banned isn't an issue. Also no parties or free microphone.

360 has a better controller. Worse D-Pad, but everything else is better.

PS3 has a smaller failure rate, though I've been through 8 PS3s as opposed to 11 360s, including 1 Slim PS3 and 1 Slim 360. Generally though, the PS3 dies less.

Both have a bunch of good games (previously wasn't the case). Multiplatform games tend to perform better on 360 (if at all). Either console is suitable for that.




Whoa, fanboy alert!

Uh... There's actually just about an equal amount of content PS3 gets BEFORE 360.

No, there isn't. There are some, but not as many. Microsoft pays through the nose for that kind of thing.

Because it's simply shouldn't be optional..... It's how they manage to store games like RAGE on one disc so you don't have to uninstall the first half and then install the second half.
And just generally they don't have to worry about running out of space for huge games like Skyrim (which they sadly decided to keep cut down so it would fit on a single 360 disc) or Metal Gear Solid 4.

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).

More space is lovely, but the point still stands. If you're going to go on that argument, then any PC gamer can rail off that all titles are chopped down to accommodate consoles. Also, Skyrim wasn't cut down.

......L2 and R2 are triggers.....

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.

So really you just have a problem with developers doing stupid button-mapping, and maybe not giving you the proper option to remap the way you want it?

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.

The 360 controller is so awkwardly shaped and the inane d-pad/analog stick flip is just retarded. Maybe if you have tiny midget hands or something it might be comfortable, but my huge mitts can't stand it. It's almost as bad as the Dreamcast controller.

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.

Aside from shape, the 360 controllers are a much more pleasant thing to use. The Dualshock thumbsticks are awful, and the controller itself feels very cheap and plastic-y. Thankfully controller adapters exist so I can use my Onza TE on the PS3!

 

[Upbeat Zombie]

While I really love some of the exclusives on the PS3. I only have a 360, which I've never had any problems with it for the 3 or 4 years I have had it. I also have a pretty good gaming PC which is slowly becoming my main gaming platform, what with the amazing steam sales and all.

 

[juyunseen]

I've never understood anyone's problem with the 360. I've had mine for 3 years, and even bought it refurbished, but it's never had a single issue. I still play it on my upstairs TV, while I got a slim for my downstairs one. I would have sold it, but apperently refurbished 360s are only worth like 20$...
That said though, my GameCube still holds my record as most reliable system. The thing's made of freaking titanium or something.

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!

Well, actually since moving it to another TV my little brothers have grown rather attached to it. Sorry about that.
But, Nintendo systems are tanks in and of themselves. You know why SNESs yellow with age? That's because of a fireproof chemical in the plastic shell. IT'S FIREPROOF!!!

 

[Screamarie]

Hey, my Xbox can do fucking gymnastics. It just does not give a fuck. I have seriously had that thing fall while running like five times and it still keeps running like a champ. My Fallout 3 however is lost forever to the foolish actions of a close friend. Who seriously adjusts a console while a game is running? Hilariously enough I've had other games survive worse though. My friend's Dead Space survived a three foot fall in the Xbox while it was running.

...So it's the Xbox messiah? I mean seriously? It's still going after all that?

My PS2 has one fall from two feet high and it's spirit was laughing maniacally and flipping me off with both hands as it left the earthly plane. I mean, I know it's not even made by the same company, but...COME ON!

As to the original topic, I got an Xbox 360 and a PS3 around the same time and I have to say I like them both alot.

My biggest problem with my PS3 is the pain in the ass it is just to get into Netflix (I swear it updates twice a day). My biggest problem with my Xbox 360 is that it likes to give me RROD scares and go "ha ha! got you again!"

In the end they both have their strong points and their weak points which is what you would expect, two different companies putting out similar but different products.

 

[Marcus Kehoe]

I play my xbox more I use my ps3 more ad my wii can burn in hell after I finish Xenoblade.

 

[CrimsonBlaze]

The only way that I would buy a Xbox 360 is when they go on sale in bulk at Costo. I would a three pack of Xbox 360s: one that I would regularly play, a back up when the first dies, and a back up for the back up. I'd probably have to buy three more once I'm down to the back up back up, you know, because you never want to be without an Xbox 360.