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Diomedes

#1155
September 22, 2006, 04:31:39 PM
They'll drop the price here, too.  Even if they don't, I'm probably buying one.  So much better than an XBox 360...and it will play all PS and PS2 titles.  That alone is worth a premium.  What a catalog.
There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists." - Yosemite Park Ranger

The BIGSTUD

#1156
September 22, 2006, 04:34:54 PM
No way I'm buying one on release. $600 to drop on one thing? I don't have that kinda cash laying around.
Calling it right on the $ since day one.
Just pointing laughing, and living it up while watching the Miami Heat stink it up.

MURP

#1157
September 22, 2006, 04:46:27 PM
the price is nutty, although their online service is going to be free.  I dont know how much Xbox live costs, but at some point buying a 360 and paying for their online service over time will match the PS3 price.

I read a big article about the new Burnout game for the PS3.  totally insane.   hopefully the PS3 price comes down sooner than later.

The BIGSTUD

#1158
September 22, 2006, 04:52:11 PM


Supposedly GT HD
Calling it right on the $ since day one.
Just pointing laughing, and living it up while watching the Miami Heat stink it up.

PhillyPhanInDC

#1159
September 23, 2006, 11:37:40 AM
Not sure if anyone has had this problem with their 360s, mine did it last night as I was about to hand my boss and co-workers a savage beating in G.R.A.W. It's commonly refered to as "the three red lights of death":

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Microsoft cops to 360 repair comps

Software giant will repair any Xbox 360 manufactured before January 1 that has hardware problems gratis and refund repair costs already incurred; newer models not covered.

By Tor Thorsen, GameSpot
Posted Sep 21, 2006 6:32 pm PT
When the Xbox 360 first hit the market, reports swirled that the console was suffering an alarmingly high hardware failure rate. In response, Microsoft executives called for calm, saying a small percentage of all new electronic products are defective and that the 360 was no exception. Purchasers suffering hardware failure--most often indicated by the dreaded red semicircle of death --were urged to contact Xbox customer support (1-800-4MY-XBOX) to have their consoles repaired or replaced.

Nearly 10 months later, Microsoft has now apparently admitted that the initial shipments of Xbox 360s were failing at a greater than normal rate. "As part of our standard and ongoing process of analyzing repair data, we recently noticed a higher than usual number of [360] units coming in for repair," Microsoft said in a statement sent to GameSpot. "Upon further investigation, it was further discovered that the bulk of the units were isolated to a group that was part of the initial manufacturing run of the console. Returns for repair are coming in for a variety reasons, and it's a higher rate than we are satisfied with."

As a result of its findings, Microsoft has "made the decision to comp repairs for consoles manufactured before January 1, [2006] and provide refunds to the small group of customers who have already paid for repairs." As was the case last year, those wishing to get their consoles repaired or replaced should contact Xbox customer support. However, several calls made by GameSpot to the hardware replacement department at 1-800-4MY-XBOX were greeted by a busy signal.

Speaking to GameSpot, a Microsoft rep stressed that the offer to fix pre-2006 Xbox 360s for free was just that. It does not apply to any consoles made after January 1, nor does it affect the free 90-day limited manufacturer's warrantyon the console or the one-year paid warranty Microsoft also offers. The news also does not pertain to replacement plans offered by third-party retailers such as Best Buy.

Like I said, mine took a shtein last night, and I called XBox support. While I was on the phone, I heard to other support types talking to other users with the same problem. What a piece of shtein, mine is barely four months old. I've never had a problem like this with any other console I have owned. That all being said, the support rep was pretty helpful, said they would send me the shipping box via two-day air, and get mine back to me in the same manner. I've read the replacement units that were being sent back out have gone up in smoke as well, but now Micro$oft is fixing the existing unit or replacing it with a new, upgraded piece. fargers. Once I get my console back in working condition, I'm babying it until the PS3 release, then I am trading my XBox in for the Sony.
"The very existence of flamethrowers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.""  R.I.P George.

General_Failure

#1160
September 23, 2006, 12:23:49 PM
I'm skipping this round of consoles. The only one that interested me was the Nintendo offering, but they gave it the most god awful name they could think of. I thought the controller was interesting, but I'm never going to play a game with a Wiimote. Jesus.

The man. The myth. The legend.

MDS

#1161
September 23, 2006, 02:10:18 PM
my ps2 appears to be extreamly farged up. this really sucks. i was looking foward to kicking the shtein out of zanish.
Zero hour, Michael. It's the end of the line. I'm the firstborn. I'm sick of playing second fiddle. I'm always third in line for everything. I'm tired of finishing fourth. Being the fifth wheel. There are six things I'm mad about, and I'm taking over.

Zanshin

#1162
September 23, 2006, 02:23:23 PM
Quote from: MDS on September 23, 2006, 02:10:18 PM
my ps2 appears to be extreamly farged up. this really sucks. i was looking foward to kicking the shtein out of zanish.

Riiiight...kinda hard to cop an excuse and talk trash at the same time.  I'm reasonably sure there isn't one person that reads this thread that thinks it would even be close for you.

Diomedes

#1163
September 23, 2006, 02:23:27 PM
Like I said, MDS won't show.
There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists." - Yosemite Park Ranger

mussa

#1164
September 23, 2006, 02:42:58 PM
oh well you can always spin the dradle MDS

QuoteArtist: Southpark
Song: Dradle Song
Album:
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(kyle)
i have a litle dradle
i made it out of clay
and when its dry and ready
with dradle i shall play
dradle dradle dradle i made you out of clay
dradle dradle dradle with dradle i shall play

(cartman)
heres a little dradle thats small and made of clay
but im not gonna play with it cuz dradles freakin gay
jews......play stupid games
jews......thats why there lame
jews......play stupid games
jews......thats why there lame

(stan)
ill try to make it spin
it fell ill try again

(dad)
courtney cox......i love you
coutrney cox......your so hot on that show
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MDS

#1165
September 23, 2006, 02:48:13 PM
I'm gonna call Sony on monday to see how i can get this fixed. this is the second time im getting nothing but disc read errors for the ps2. farging piece of shtein system.

And yea, i wouldnt expect you gentiles to believe me, but i be tellin the truth. its really farged up.
Zero hour, Michael. It's the end of the line. I'm the firstborn. I'm sick of playing second fiddle. I'm always third in line for everything. I'm tired of finishing fourth. Being the fifth wheel. There are six things I'm mad about, and I'm taking over.

Diomedes

#1166
September 23, 2006, 02:53:12 PM
Sounds like a cd drive failure.  They crap out after a while.  Same thing has happened to two Xboxes I've owned.

Still, it's a zesty excuse.  If you actually mean to play Zanshin, you could surely do so from a friend's house.  Or borrow a PS2. 

But you're gonna punk out no matter what, and we all know that.
There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists." - Yosemite Park Ranger

The BIGSTUD

#1167
September 23, 2006, 04:34:43 PM
Sounds like a lens issue to me. If you send it in they'll replace the lens. Try getting a can of compressed air and blowing it into the front vents. If there is dust build-up on the lens is should clear some of it.

If not then the lens just crapped out on you.
Calling it right on the $ since day one.
Just pointing laughing, and living it up while watching the Miami Heat stink it up.

PhillyPhanInDC

#1168
September 23, 2006, 04:56:37 PM
"The very existence of flamethrowers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.""  R.I.P George.

MDS

#1169
September 23, 2006, 05:21:09 PM
Yea I can't do that. I can barely hold my hand steady to write notes in class.
Zero hour, Michael. It's the end of the line. I'm the firstborn. I'm sick of playing second fiddle. I'm always third in line for everything. I'm tired of finishing fourth. Being the fifth wheel. There are six things I'm mad about, and I'm taking over.
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