Still have your first Xbox 360?

mhg83 · 07-10-09, 07:48 PM

I bought my first Xbox 360 a month or two after it launched. After three years and hundreds of hours of gaming, it decided to die on me this week

So I was curious as to who on here still has their fist 360? Or do you still have a launch console? If your 360 bit the dust how long did it last?

Spicollidriver1 · 07-10-09, 08:00 PM

I am currently on my 3rd and it wasn't a launch

dvdsteve2000 · 07-10-09, 08:05 PM

Whoah, major edit! I thought it said first XBox, not 360, lol. I had 2 die on me, my original launch and a Halo 3 one. I had them both returned at Walmart. Now I'm running an Elite and a Halo 3 with a 120 in it.

K&AJones · 07-10-09, 08:38 PM

Still have my first and only one, a Oct 2007 model. Knock on wood but not weird lights or sounds....yet. Of course if I were like some with three or four laying around I wouldn't worry.

Deftones · 07-10-09, 08:47 PM

No. Mine was a year after launch and crapped out on me. I ended up having to send it back for replacement. Bought a newer one then. Gave the replacement to a friend, who gave me his which had spotty performance. Sold that one and washed my hands of all the launch systems.

JasonF · 07-10-09, 08:50 PM

I'm on my fourth since January 2007, each one replacing the previous.

Number one died within a week.

Number two lasted somewhere between six months and a year.

Number three made it until the summer of 2008.

Number four has been going for about a year with no signs of trouble yet (knock on wood).

slop101 · 07-10-09, 08:57 PM

Yes, but it's still in it's coffin from when I got it back from MS's repair shop.

What I've been using is an arcade unit with HDMI (one of the first ones), and that hasn't given me any problems yet.

Michael Corvin · 07-10-09, 09:12 PM

I'm on #5. Most recent is an arcade unit with a Falcon chip.

dtcarson · 07-10-09, 09:18 PM

Third. About 1.5, close to 2 years. One was a video error (lost red), the other was Unreadable Disk. Though I would rather not have had to deal with it, the return process was relatively painless. Except for the fact that they didnt' sync my licences, which we found out when we took the box to a friends house and tried to play rock band off line--half the songs wouldn't play. I had to do the lIcense transfer myself later on, and I had content on three devices.

dvd-fanman · 07-10-09, 09:26 PM

I got my console in August 2006 and I still have it. I had to send it in for repair for RROD, but I got my same console back in less than a week.

emachine12 · 07-10-09, 09:34 PM

I'm waiting for my third one to show up via UPS. 1st died in December of 2007, Red-ringed as is the usual. Second one red-ringed two weeks ago.

Annoyingly, they no longer offer the "coffin" (brown box, pre-labeled). They now have you print out a pre-paid UPS label and provide own your own box.

Mok · 07-10-09, 09:42 PM

I'm on my 6th, my launch broke and was repaired 5 times. I finally gave up and bought a jasper arcade after my last repair. Now I keep my launch for a back up incase my jasper breaks down.

sniper308 · 07-10-09, 09:54 PM

Still have my launch console and it still gets actively played. Had it repaired for RROD under warranty and go the same console back in a week.

I recently got a screaming deal on a second console, its a 60 GB Pro. I wanted the 60 GB drive and a 360 with HDMI for another TV, so I could stream media to both rooms.

REL77 · 07-10-09, 10:06 PM

Currently on my 3rd (4th if you count the one I sold)....

Spicollidriver1 · 07-10-09, 11:31 PM

I would like to say though it is really easy for us to knock the 360 and it deserves it because it is the bigger case of negligence out there for video games. But I had 4 ps2'S 1 I broke the othe ones failed and none of them were warranty replaced. I had 4 psones the first one was a u5 so I'm sure that broke because of me and the other 3 just brokedown none of those were warranty replaced either.

dvdsteve2000 · 07-10-09, 11:45 PM

Seeing this tells me one thing about the 360...it must be one Hell of a machine for people to rebuy the same console repeatedly. I know I couldn't go a week without one, regardless of price. Of the two that died on me, I had it replaced within 12 hours both times. If I had to send mine off to get fixed, I would buy another one just so I wouldn't have to go without for that long.

Mopower · 07-11-09, 12:52 AM

Got mine July of 2006. Got the red rings May of 2007. Got it repaired. It's been working ever since.

Mopower · 07-11-09, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by dvdsteve2000

Seeing this tells me one thing about the 360...it must be one Hell of a machine for people to rebuy the same console repeatedly. I know I couldn't go a week without one, regardless of price. Of the two that died on me, I had it replaced within 12 hours both times. If I had to send mine off to get fixed, I would buy another one just so I wouldn't have to go without for that long.

I would buy one the same day if mine dies again out of warranty. I have a PS3 but the 360 is a much more polished experience.

victant · 07-11-09, 12:57 AM

My second console, non launch.... Apparently, I shouldn't feel so badly about it compared to others' experiences.

fujishig · 07-11-09, 01:25 AM

I still have my first, bought at launch. However, when the Jaspers were getting easier to find, I bought a second one that's become my main 360, I think that was a few months ago; I wanted HDMI, but I was also afraid it was going to kick the bucket soon.

Decker · 07-11-09, 02:03 AM

First one died after 25 months (with two-year warranty purchased from Overstock) in late 2008. Got repaired badly in Texas and sounded like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang upon return. Sent it back, then sold the re-repaired model (same SN# after two repair rounds) to an employee and bought a much quieter Arcade with a Jasper. That's been fine so far.

atxbomber · 07-11-09, 02:35 AM

On my 3rd.

Got the 360 in 07 and it died two days short of a year (disc read error). It was replaced by MS, and that one lasted a few weeks over a year (RRoD). Got that one back and it went two days before it froze up with white static. Just got the replacement in from UPS this afternoon. We'll see how long this one lasts.

Chris_D · 07-11-09, 03:54 AM

I had to send mine in once but the same one came back. Something was replaced but couldn't tell what.

Jeremy517 · 07-11-09, 04:13 AM

No. My Pro lasted about a year and a half. When I got it back from repair, I sold it on Craigslist. Thanks to a Dell coupon, I was able to upgrade to Jasper for around $10 after all was said and done.

Mr. Cinema · 07-11-09, 06:25 AM

My first one was purchased several months after launch. Once the RROD problems started being reported, I sold mine. I waited long enough to purchase a Jasper Arcade.

07-10-09, 07:48 PM	#1
mhg83 DVD Talk Platinum Edition Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 3,000	Still have your first Xbox 360? I bought my first Xbox 360 a month or two after it launched. After three years and hundreds of hours of gaming, it decided to die on me this week So I was curious as to who on here still has their fist 360? Or do you still have a launch console? If your 360 bit the dust how long did it last? __________________ XBL Gamertag: bauer83

07-10-09, 08:00 PM	#2
Spicollidriver1 DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: MN Posts: 5,917	Re: Still have your first Xbox 360? I am currently on my 3rd and it wasn't a launch __________________ "Foley Is GoOd" 360voice

07-10-09, 08:05 PM	#3
dvdsteve2000 DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Home of the 2009 Stanley Cup & Vince Lombardi trophy!!! Posts: 5,723	Re: Still have your first Xbox 360? Whoah, major edit! I thought it said first XBox, not 360, lol. I had 2 die on me, my original launch and a Halo 3 one. I had them both returned at Walmart. Now I'm running an Elite and a Halo 3 with a 120 in it. __________________ XBOX 360 GAMERTAG: Snippy DePini: My old tag, (R.I.P.), SOFA KIN WHAT: Ex-Interim Tag: WiiTards Suck ACHIEVEMENT POINTS: 22,240/74,270 (29.94%) 360 BLOG Last edited by dvdsteve2000; 07-10-09 at 11:33 PM.

07-10-09, 08:38 PM	#4
K&AJones DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: May 2001 Location: Nashville TN Posts: 1,132	Re: Still have your first Xbox 360? Still have my first and only one, a Oct 2007 model. Knock on wood but not weird lights or sounds....yet. Of course if I were like some with three or four laying around I wouldn't worry. __________________ Xbox360 GT - BuzzZaw66 "If there's nothing wrong with me, then there must be something wrong with the universe" -Dr. Crusher-Star Trek

07-10-09, 08:50 PM	#6
JasonF DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 23,905	Re: Still have your first Xbox 360? I'm on my fourth since January 2007, each one replacing the previous. Number one died within a week. Number two lasted somewhere between six months and a year. Number three made it until the summer of 2008. Number four has been going for about a year with no signs of trouble yet (knock on wood). __________________ These are my DVDs ۞ GamerTag: William T Bunny Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere the ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.

07-10-09, 08:47 PM	#5
Deftones DVD Talk Hero Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Arizona Posts: 44,497	Re: Still have your first Xbox 360? No. Mine was a year after launch and crapped out on me. I ended up having to send it back for replacement. Bought a newer one then. Gave the replacement to a friend, who gave me his which had spotty performance. Sold that one and washed my hands of all the launch systems. __________________ John Henson: McDonald's has dumped Kobe Bryant as their spokesperson and have replaced him with Yao Ming. Apparently McDonald's prefers Yao because he is a bigger international star, and he doesn't rape so much. "You are everything that's wrong with this forum".---SleepyW

07-10-09, 08:57 PM	#7
slop101 DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: in your mind Posts: 11,805	Re: Still have your first Xbox 360? Yes, but it's still in it's coffin from when I got it back from MS's repair shop. What I've been using is an arcade unit with HDMI (one of the first ones), and that hasn't given me any problems yet.

07-10-09, 09:12 PM	#8
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07-10-09, 09:18 PM	#9
dtcarson DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Triangle, NC, USA Posts: 7,281	Re: Still have your first Xbox 360? Third. About 1.5, close to 2 years. One was a video error (lost red), the other was Unreadable Disk. Though I would rather not have had to deal with it, the return process was relatively painless. Except for the fact that they didnt' sync my licences, which we found out when we took the box to a friends house and tried to play rock band off line--half the songs wouldn't play. I had to do the lIcense transfer myself later on, and I had content on three devices. __________________ Books I've read this year Books I've read last year Books I've read 2007 My dvds 360 Gamertag: dtcarson I don't blog, but my 360 does.

07-10-09, 09:26 PM	#10
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07-10-09, 09:34 PM	#11
emachine12 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 880	Re: Still have your first Xbox 360? I'm waiting for my third one to show up via UPS. 1st died in December of 2007, Red-ringed as is the usual. Second one red-ringed two weeks ago. Annoyingly, they no longer offer the "coffin" (brown box, pre-labeled). They now have you print out a pre-paid UPS label and provide own your own box.

07-10-09, 09:42 PM	#12
Mok DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 2,444	Re: Still have your first Xbox 360? I'm on my 6th, my launch broke and was repaired 5 times. I finally gave up and bought a jasper arcade after my last repair. Now I keep my launch for a back up incase my jasper breaks down. __________________ Mr. Big: Names is for tombstones, baby.(Live and let die)

07-10-09, 09:54 PM	#13
sniper308 DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 2,624	Re: Still have your first Xbox 360? Still have my launch console and it still gets actively played. Had it repaired for RROD under warranty and go the same console back in a week. I recently got a screaming deal on a second console, its a 60 GB Pro. I wanted the 60 GB drive and a 360 with HDMI for another TV, so I could stream media to both rooms.

07-10-09, 10:06 PM	#14
REL77 DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Manassas, VA Posts: 2,432	Re: Still have your first Xbox 360? Currently on my 3rd (4th if you count the one I sold).... __________________ I Love Michael Bay!!!!! Xbox 360 Live Gamer Tag : REL1203 PS3 Gamer Tag :REL1203 Mario Kart Wii Friends Code = 4167-5985-9644

07-10-09, 11:31 PM	#15
Spicollidriver1 DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: MN Posts: 5,917	Re: Still have your first Xbox 360? I would like to say though it is really easy for us to knock the 360 and it deserves it because it is the bigger case of negligence out there for video games. But I had 4 ps2'S 1 I broke the othe ones failed and none of them were warranty replaced. I had 4 psones the first one was a u5 so I'm sure that broke because of me and the other 3 just brokedown none of those were warranty replaced either. __________________ "Foley Is GoOd" 360voice

07-10-09, 11:45 PM	#16
dvdsteve2000 DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Home of the 2009 Stanley Cup & Vince Lombardi trophy!!! Posts: 5,723	Re: Still have your first Xbox 360? Seeing this tells me one thing about the 360...it must be one Hell of a machine for people to rebuy the same console repeatedly. I know I couldn't go a week without one, regardless of price. Of the two that died on me, I had it replaced within 12 hours both times. If I had to send mine off to get fixed, I would buy another one just so I wouldn't have to go without for that long. __________________ XBOX 360 GAMERTAG: Snippy DePini: My old tag, (R.I.P.), SOFA KIN WHAT: Ex-Interim Tag: WiiTards Suck ACHIEVEMENT POINTS: 22,240/74,270 (29.94%) 360 BLOG

07-11-09, 12:52 AM	#17
Mopower DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The Janitor's closet in Kinnick Stadium Posts: 15,382	Re: Still have your first Xbox 360? Got mine July of 2006. Got the red rings May of 2007. Got it repaired. It's been working ever since. __________________ http://www.twitter.com/andrewveedub

07-11-09, 12:57 AM	#19
victant DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Hughson, CA Posts: 5,136	Re: Still have your first Xbox 360? My second console, non launch.... Apparently, I shouldn't feel so badly about it compared to others' experiences. __________________ "The desire to take Medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals." --Sir William Osler

07-11-09, 01:25 AM	#20
fujishig DVD Talk Hall of Fame Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA Posts: 8,842	Re: Still have your first Xbox 360? I still have my first, bought at launch. However, when the Jaspers were getting easier to find, I bought a second one that's become my main 360, I think that was a few months ago; I wanted HDMI, but I was also afraid it was going to kick the bucket soon.

07-11-09, 02:03 AM	#21
Decker DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: Vegas, Baby! Posts: 11,678	Re: Still have your first Xbox 360? First one died after 25 months (with two-year warranty purchased from Overstock) in late 2008. Got repaired badly in Texas and sounded like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang upon return. Sent it back, then sold the re-repaired model (same SN# after two repair rounds) to an employee and bought a much quieter Arcade with a Jasper. That's been fine so far. __________________ Xbox Live Gametag : Decker 01 PSN Gametag : Decker01 My 360's Blog I haven't seen Evil Dead II...yet. My Countdown Counting down to: The Beatles : Rock Band + The Beatles Remastered Box Set And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.

07-11-09, 02:35 AM	#22
atxbomber Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 226	Re: Still have your first Xbox 360? On my 3rd. Got the 360 in 07 and it died two days short of a year (disc read error). It was replaced by MS, and that one lasted a few weeks over a year (RRoD). Got that one back and it went two days before it froze up with white static. Just got the replacement in from UPS this afternoon. We'll see how long this one lasts. __________________ DVD Collection [DVD Profiler] Game Collection xbl: ultimaton psn: real_ultimaton wii: 4995 6900 4950 3763

07-11-09, 03:54 AM	#23
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07-11-09, 04:13 AM	#24
Jeremy517 DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Newberg, OR Posts: 14,152	Re: Still have your first Xbox 360? No. My Pro lasted about a year and a half. When I got it back from repair, I sold it on Craigslist. Thanks to a Dell coupon, I was able to upgrade to Jasper for around $10 after all was said and done.

07-11-09, 06:25 AM	#25
Mr. Cinema Guest Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 11,950	Re: Still have your first Xbox 360? My first one was purchased several months after launch. Once the RROD problems started being reported, I sold mine. I waited long enough to purchase a Jasper Arcade.