I was just thinking $120 sounds high, but I just remembered I bought the 3 year warranty at BB because friends had - had problems during the first year it was out.

Now I just need some memory cards to back up my stuff in case they just give me another one instead of fixing it.

Best Buy won't fix it, they will replace it, as I believe the extended warranty on consoles is a PRP (product replacement plan) not a PSP (product service plan). Anyway, let us know what happens.

That wasn't console bashing, it was company bashing

Whatever you want to call it, knock it off.

how can one tell if the dvdrom is the 1st generation or 2nd generation on the xbox? is there a menu in the xbox telling you what brand of dvdrom it using?

[runs across the room] XBOX AND PS2 ARE TEH WORST SYSTEMS EVER, GC HAS GAMES ARE ACTUALLY FUN TO PLAY.

Regarding the problems with the GTA pack. The thing I don't understand is how something like this would make it past the testing cycle. Unless the discs were rushed out the door or there was a defect in the manufacturing process.

I would think a recall would be very expensive.

I have a launch Xbox -- didn't have any real problems other than occasional freezes here and there -- a rental Road Rage, the horribly buggy Morrowind, etc.

Then I started having real problems with something last fall -- can't remember what, but it was a game I had always played a lot before and never had issues before. Think some of my movies were freezing too.

Anyhoo, I had thankfully purchased the extended warranty from MS. They mailed me a box, airborne Expressed it out on Tuesday. Thurs. night I get an email saying they've fixed it and are sending it out -- Friday morning on my way out the door to work, AE shows up on my front door with my repaired xbox (saved games 100% intact) -- total cost $0. Dunno if they swapped the drives or not though. Never found out.

So far, I haven't had as much as a hiccup with GTA3.

This is a good policy, I hope other people take note so there will be less company bashing in other threads.

With the exception of Nokia