I'm in a bit of a pickle at the moment. Whenever I try to use my Wii U the video image on the TV cuts in and out. At first I thought maybe the HDMI was bad, so I wanted to try just regular AV cables, but the Wii U is set to Hi-Def, so I have to change the video settings. This requires the Gamepad, but I cannot for the life of me get my gamepad to charge. At the moment my only means of charging it is with a DreamGear docking station. It's aftermarket and allows me to charge the pad, a pro controller, and two Wii remotes simultaneously. The original charge chord that plugs into the docking station that came with my Nintendo eludes me. I'm trying to figure out if the DreamGear station isn't working right or if the battery is dead. When I put it on the lights flicker pink. It's supposed to turn a constant red, then turn to blue when the remote is fully charged. Would it make a difference if I found the charge chord that went with the pad or is my battery junk? This has pretty much rendered my Wii U unusable. On one end, I can't play a game without the screen blacking out every ten seconds; on the other hand the console loses even basic functions without the gamepad. I got to the point where I'm so frustrated I don't even want to look at the dang thing, so I re-boxed it and put it in timeout. Has anyone had this issue before?

In my opinion if you have a decent pc then why waste your money on a 360.

But, if you dont have such a great pc then go ahead and buy. Since a lot of games that are for the 360 are on the pc also why would you waste money on one.

spyder465

Because one might prefer the feel of a console. It's more layed back (if you want it to be)

[QUOTE="isthisnametakn"][QUOTE="Lazy_Boy88"][QUOTE="death919"]

[QUOTE="Impex"]games are great... hardware not so much. odds are your 360 will crap out on you eventually. but you will get another free. depends on if that matters to you or not. Lazy_Boy88

Actually apparently there's only a 16% chance that it'll break, which isn't too high. :P

That survey was only over a year and didn't specify the use the systems got. Prettymuch completely meaningless statistic. In reality 360's hardware is fundamentally flawed and there's probably a %90 chance any system will die within 5 years of constant use.

Please don't pull numbers out of your arse. And I know that's what you did because it hasn't been out for 5 years so there could be no study done on that. Also there's never been any study concluding a failure rate that ungodly high over any period of time.

At one time it was over 16%. I think I've heard it as high as 30-something. I'm not sure but I think it peaked in either the summer of 06 or 07. There was an article about MS having to sink so many millions of dollars for repairs and replacements in a particular month, it but I can't remember how long ago that was. I've also heard that they've improved on the hardware internally, but I don't know how, when, or if this was done.

Yeah the %16 is also pulled out of an arse. Better numbers are surveys Xbox fanboy sites have taken citing like %56 of people having at least 1 failed system (with over 5000 replys) .

My long term number is obviously just made up but it is reasonable because the problem is overheating which causes degradation over time in any hardware. Graphics cards and RAM in PCs that run hot slowly fail over a few years and the 360 runs at 100C range temps that would scare the crap out of any custom PC builder.

You site 16% percent as if it's something I said. I even said that it has been substantially higher but even still, that's irrelevent because (and I'm taking his word) he implied that it was from a survey. Survey's aren't numbers pulled from one's arse; they're educated guess coming from research be it controversial or not. If you wanted to site a survey or poll that has shown it as high as 90% then by all means do so (makes no difference to me). But don't take wild stabs like that.

[QUOTE="death919"]

[QUOTE="Impex"]games are great... hardware not so much. odds are your 360 will crap out on you eventually. but you will get another free. depends on if that matters to you or not. Lazy_Boy88

Actually apparently there's only a 16% chance that it'll break, which isn't too high. :P

That survey was only over a year and didn't specify the use the systems got. Prettymuch completely meaningless statistic. In reality 360's hardware is fundamentally flawed and there's probably a %90 chance any system will die within 5 years of constant use.

Please don't pull numbers out of your arse. And I know that's what you did because it hasn't been out for 5 years so there could be no study done on that. Also there's never been any study concluding a failure rate that ungodly high over any period of time.

At one time it was over 16%. I think I've heard it as high as 30-something. I'm not sure but I think it peaked in either the summer of 06 or 07. There was an article about MS having to sink so many millions of dollars for repairs and replacements in a particular month, it but I can't remember how long ago that was. I've also heard that they've improved on the hardware internally, but I don't know how, when, or if this was done.

I would like to Know if it is worth buying a 360 in a couple of weeks for my birthday or save up for a new xbox when the eigth gen consoles come out. Does anyone know when the eigth gen is going to start.wiiguy13

It is very much worth the $300. That's assuming if you're an avid gamer. The XBL is great. Some complain about the price, but think of it this way: It's set up so that if you happen to have an extra $7 laying around the house (and most DO) you can run down to Target and get a card that lets you play all you want for an entire month. Basically, they make it easy for anyone to enjoy XBL to some degree.

Other good stuff:

- Great Graphics

- Awsome games

- XBL headset come right out of the box. You can also get a picture cam if that's your kind of thing

- To complement the above, the parental control option are extensive. For the little tikes I suggest you USE THEM!

- Doubles as a DVD and CD player; you can also save music onto the HDD

- Probably the largest library of games and definitely the largest library of acclaimed exclusives

- Comfortable controller with specialties to enhance simulations (superbly realastic, albeit EXPENSIVE, racing wheel)

- Even Silver accounts come with one free month of Gold. afterwards you can still use it to keep in touch with friends and download content from the Marketplace

- Addictive achievements system (merely bragging rights but, hey, it's video gaming!)

It also has the best selection from several genres: Shooters and Racing games

Minor Cons:

- Hardware can be flaky. It is improving but there are still cases of overheating, freezing, RROD, etc. However, it has a good warranty plan and MS replaces them for free. If it breaks after the warranty ends, they'll give you discounts after multiple problems (they even gave me a one month card of LIVE Gold).

- The Child games library isn't as extensive as the Wii. XBL is (in all honesty) no place for children.

- It is expensive. While it's the median for the big three $279 is still a lot of money for some

If after reading the above, you still think the 360 sounds good then you and MS got what eachother want; it'd say go for it.