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random thought of the day :) :
you have to give it to MS. they build a system that hopefully lasts one year. they charge 50.00 a year for Live plus another 140.00 a year to keep replacing your system every year. do the math: XBox360 new - 400.00 Live - 50.00/year repairing your system every year - 140.00/year it's the gift that keeps on taking. |
OUCH! But you have a point.... :(
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Originally Posted by ChrisHicks
random thought of the day :) :
you have to give it to MS. they build a system that hopefully lasts one year. they charge 50.00 a year for Live plus another 140.00 a year to keep replacing your system every year. do the math: XBox360 new - 400.00 Live - 50.00/year repairing your system every year - 140.00/year it's the gift that keeps on taking. Live - 50.00/year 2 year Warranty - 50.00 (for a total of 3 years) repairing your system every year - 0 Foresight to heed peoples warnings and buy the warranty - priceless |
Ya, I bought the warranty Day #1.
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I got the 2 year warranty as well. I'm glad I did.
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Having a launch day 360 with no problems as of yet(knock on wood) -
apparently real lucky Seeing as how my gamerscore is approacing 40K, it definitely is not because I do not play it that much. I do feel for all of you that have had system issues, but if it truly was such a large problem than it would be all over the national media and not just our web forums and there would be an investigation into Microsoft. When I see a statement like ChrisHicks posts above "they build a system that hopefully lasts one year" that honestly just comes off like sour grapes. |
Do you guys still get the get the message, unsupported signal. Adjust your pc output for the VGA for the xbox 360. I still get this after the spring update. Anyone else with this problem?
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Originally Posted by Schloob1
Having a launch day 360 with no problems as of yet(knock on wood) -
apparently real lucky Seeing as how my gamerscore is approacing 40K, it definitely is not because I do not play it that much. I do feel for all of you that have had system issues, but if it truly was such a large problem than it would be all over the national media and not just our web forums and there would be an investigation into Microsoft. When I see a statement like ChrisHicks posts above "they build a system that hopefully lasts one year" that honestly just comes off like sour grapes. Sure, it'll always be the guys who have broken systems that will complain the most, and the ones who have working systems will (hopefully) be in the majority but not make any fuss. They didn't intentionally build a system that breaks, but consoles are so advanced now, and there is such pressure to put them out on the market early, that it's no wonder that we have such problems. I don't think Chris was seriously implying that they make one that breaks intentionally, since they must have spent a bunch of money shipping broken machines back and forth under the free warranty, he was just joking about it. But it is a little ridiculous, at least to me, that the 2 year extended warranty has to be recommended not just for general piece of mind, but because it seems like the consensus here is that more than likely, something will break. I have yet to experience problems with my launch-day 360, but I experienced problems with both the PS2 and PS3, so I'm a little sensitive to the subject. |
considering in my immediate family, there are 3 people that own 360s. out of those 3 people, all three have had problems of some kind with their 360s, and this is within a 3 month period of actually getting the thing.
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Originally Posted by Schloob1
Having a launch day 360 with no problems as of yet(knock on wood) -
apparently real lucky. |
I've got a question. For OG Xbox games, the 360 upscales them to your selected resolution, right? I assume it just pillarbox 4:3 games? I'm just curious how my little babies Panzer Dragoon and Jet Set Radio look in HD is all. Oh, what about 2D games? Is it a crisp scale or a blurry one (sadly, I think I know the answer to that already)?
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Originally Posted by Schloob1
Having a launch day 360 with no problems as of yet(knock on wood) -
apparently real lucky |
considering in my immediate family, there are 3 people that own 360s. out of those 3 people, all three have had problems of some kind with their 360s, and this is within a 3 month period of actually getting the thing. If your system hasn't failed yet, good for you -- but it will, so get your extended warranty now :) |
Everyone I play has had to send their back at least once. Including me. That's horrible quality if you ask me. My system was actually very recent. My poor brother got his at launch and it went back 3 times; Two he paid for.
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Everyone I play has had to send their back at least once |
anyone get their xbox freeze on them?
I've had mine for about 2 months and it froze on me 3 times. I avg about 1-2 hours a day playing it. Is this something to worry about? |
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/new...hp?story=13890
May 11, 2007 OGDC: Microsoft Details Xbox 360 'Chatpad' Keyboard During an OGDC panel on new opportunities in console technology, Microsoft’s GM of Xbox Live JJ Richards further discussed the recently announced Xbox 360 mini-keyboard controller, revealing that the keys can be used for gameplay purposes. During a panel on new opportunities in console technology, Richards showed a slide picturing the recently announced QWERTY thumb-keyboard, which will debut later this summer and is to be used with existing Xbox 360 controllers. As a series of points, Richards stated “I can have chat in my games, now that it’s a proper keyboard.” The moderator, Jeff Pobst of Hidden Path Entertainment interjected, “Are those buttons available for gameplay?” Richards confirmed that they would be. “All of the sudden, I can have a controller with mini-buttons, if I want,” said Pobst. “It’ll be very interesting to see how developers take advantage of that innovation,” commented Microsoft’s Richards. Later in the panel, he spoke about Live as the same service across platforms – the 360, and the PC – adding, “I want to kill the word ‘ports.’ Halo will be the first one to do that. Next month, Shadowrun will be the first one that does cross-platform play.” With Live, Richards hopes that developers will “focus on the story, focus on a great game, everything else will be taken care of.” He concluded with “you build the content, we’ll allow you to ship it on the biggest platform you can.” POSTED: 05.36AM PST, 05/11/07 - N. Evan Van Zelfden |
Richards confirmed that they would be. “All of the sudden, I can have a controller with mini-buttons, if I want,” said Pobst. “It’ll be very interesting to see how developers take advantage of that innovation,” commented Microsoft’s Richards. http://www.computercloset.org/AtariJaguarPad.jpg ? |
bummed my Xbox 360 died after the update. I wanna play guitar Hero 2. It sucks You gotta pay by credit card too for the repair. I am trying to pay off my credit card. I had mine since before the launch since I won mine from Mountain Dew I think I got mine a week or 2 before the launch. and got 2 free games, So I guess I cant complain really I got a free premium system and 2 free games.
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Originally Posted by PixyJunket
http://www.atariage.com/5200/images/..._Atari5200.jpg
http://www.computercloset.org/AtariJaguarPad.jpg ? http://www.gamestop.com/common/images/lbox/802682b.jpg |
I thought that was a standalone device, not an addon for the actual controller.
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What's next, a mouse?
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Originally Posted by timewaster
anyone get their xbox freeze on them?
I've had mine for about 2 months and it froze on me 3 times. I avg about 1-2 hours a day playing it. Is this something to worry about? |
Originally Posted by edstein
What's next, a mouse?
http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/8179/360mouseoo3.jpg |
My system seems fine after the update. I've had a few issues with NBA 2k7, but I think that might be the disc. For instance, the title wasn't showing up in the dashboard but Gears worked fine. :shrug:
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