the new ones yes. But mine just died on the 18th. So i cant finish the fight until god knows when. They said it would take 10 - 15 days to recieve a box for shipping. My heart is just so broken right now. But you can trust the new models. Mine was a launch system.
my friends 360 broke while my other friend is scared to finish bioshock because it keeps freezing on him and he wants to play halo 3, but others work fine, so take a risk if you want.
Its perfect, its really quiet (unlike the old ones, sounded like the Xbox 360 was an airplane hangar) and has given me absolutely no problems.
Whatever store you get it at, get a store warranty so you can easily just replace it instead of waiting 4 months for it to come back.
xDonRobx
yes for the love of everything held sacred get the warranty. I hate the waiting game. But I also didnt have the warranty money when I got the system at launch. I only had enough for the system. I waited 2 weeks to get my first game. PGR3. But I will just go buy a new one. Then I'll sell my repaired one to a gamestore.
you are better off getting a premium or an elite. premium if you are mostly going to use your console to play games. the 20gb hd should be sufficient for you for saving games and download contents off xbl. elite if you are going to put media files on your 360 such as movies and music as well.
the newer models of the premium come with hdmi and i hear its more reliable.
i think its a ripoff if you end up buying a core since almost all games requires hd and be wasting your money by buying the hd separately.
i had my 360 since december and only problem i ever had with my 360 was my video card dying. they ended up replacing my video card and they were nice enough to put in the new heat sink as well.
Its perfect, its really quiet (unlike the old ones, sounded like the Xbox 360 was an airplane hangar) and has given me absolutely no problems.
Whatever store you get it at, get a store warranty so you can easily just replace it instead of waiting 4 months for it to come back.
akuma303x
yes for the love of everything held sacred get the warranty. I hate the waiting game. But I also didnt have the warranty money when I got the system at launch. I only had enough for the system. I waited 2 weeks to get my first game. PGR3. But I will just go buy a new one. Then I'll sell my repaired one to a gamestore.
Yeah when I first got mine, they asked if I wanted one (at the time I didn't know the problem was this bad) but I thought about it and was like whatever, its a two year warranty and if a new version came outI could always just BS and say its messed up.
And thats exactly what I did. I just returned it and asked for the HDMI one. Once the Elite gets bumped down to $399 i'll be getting that one too.
If you are still unsure and don't wish to wait a weeks for repair if something were to go wrong, buy it from Best Buy and get a Product Replacement Plan. Its only 50 dollars(it was the last time i was there) and you bring in your broken model to the Best Buy you bought it from and they'll give you a brand new one.
if everyone made a thread about how their 360 didn't break, (like everyone does whose 360 does break) it would be impossible to keep the realthreads bumped because so many 360s are completely reliable
The 360 has a 33% failure rate. You might be unlucky and it might break. Then you send it in the M$ and they refurbish the broken part and send it back in a month or two.
I want to buy one but i dont knowwhat model to get or is it good invesment. Since i been hearing stories it malfuntions will MS ever fix this problem?yuku_2000
ask for the newly shipped premium or core ones (if u like) with hdmi, so u know u will get a more reliable package, the hardware that is diffrent may be random tho, its could have the falcon, the dvd drive and heatsink with hdmi, or it could have just one or just hdmi....but just get warranty from the store for 20 bucks, its worth it, lol.
The 360 has a 33% failure rate. You might be unlucky and it might break. Then you send it in the M$ and they refurbish the broken part and send it back in a month or two.AIH_PSP
[QUOTE="AIH_PSP"]The 360 has a 33% failure rate. You might be unlucky and it might break. Then you send it in the M$ and they refurbish the broken part and send it back in a month or two.istreakforfood
[QUOTE="AIH_PSP"]The 360 has a 33% failure rate. You might be unlucky and it might break. Then you send it in the M$ and they refurbish the broken part and send it back in a month or two.akuma303x
where did you get the 33% failure rate from?
it's an estimate. by analyst.
from micro they say 18 and from eb and best buy they say 20..so...yeah
[QUOTE="AIH_PSP"]The 360 has a 33% failure rate. You might be unlucky and it might break. Then you send it in the M$ and they refurbish the broken part and send it back in a month or two.LibertySaint
where did you get the 33% failure rate from?
it's an estimate. by analyst.
from micro they say 18 and from eb and best buy they say 20..so...yeah
The rate is starting to drop, I believe it used to be close to 50% or even higher at one point.
[QUOTE="AIH_PSP"]The 360 has a 33% failure rate. You might be unlucky and it might break. Then you send it in the M$ and they refurbish the broken part and send it back in a month or two.kevy619
where did you get the 33% failure rate from?
it's an estimate. by analyst.
from micro they say 18 and from eb and best buy they say 20..so...yeah
The rate is starting to drop, I believe it used to be close to 50% or even higher at one point.
The rate is starting to drop, I believe it used to be close to 50% or even higher at one point.
Stevo_the_gamer
:lol: What?
Hey this is coming from a hardcore lemming, the launch consoles were horrible. Some had RROD, some scratched discs, and the were all kinds of other things going on. My 360 that was manufactured in august 2006 has been flawless though :).
My Xbox360 sounds like a Harrier Jumpjet on take-off & i swear at times i see flames comin outta the exhaust fan (joke) but mine is 18months old & still going strong.
We don't know that you can trust the new models really..but we'll see. I would still give it a six month period to see if problems start to show up on the new models.
Mine is a launch version. It's loud, freezes occasionally, but still works like a charm. I do not know anyone who has had the red lights yet personally, however, i know many, many people have experienced them through this website. I think the overall design of the console is horrible as it scratches disks when just sitting, which is disgraceful. M$ will not replace the disks for free, which is also pretty suck.
Overall though it's my favourite console out of the 3 because of its wide variety of solid, fun games.
hdd broke and battery broke pack back broke...sounds like your fault LOL!
LibertySaint
Not necessarily, while unlikely and not a common criticism targeted towards the 360 HDDs do fail without warning or explanation and battery packs are sometimes defective.
hdd broke and battery broke pack back broke...sounds like your fault LOL!
Runningflame570
Not necessarily, while unlikely and not a common criticism targeted towards the 360 HDDs do fail without warning or explanation and battery packs are sometimes defective.
battery pack defective...u replace the batteries in the back...lol and hdd is like a laptop hdd, u'd have to drop it or smash it to wreckit , or pull it out when the system is running, which i bet this kid did to wreck is stuffs.
here you go kid...... read carefully, save your self time and skip to the last few pages......those are the most resent one so you'll be able to know which of the SKUs you might want........ I'd personally wait for the Falcon version, but if you want Halo now, then get the HDMI one.....
and you should get the regular Halo version, I've read the other versions have bad cases which cause the discs to scratch.....
battery pack defective...u replace the batteries in the back...lol and hdd is like a laptop hdd, u'd have to drop it or smash it to wreckit , or pull it out when the system is running, which i bet this kid did to wreck is stuffs.
LibertySaint
No, HDDs do fail due to problems with the drive mechanics..although that is rare.
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