tbird2340

Well my 360 died last night.. About 80% of the group of guys I play with have had to send their's in.. Far cry from the 5% M$FT claims.

I am just curious to see the % here that have had their's crap out.

If you could.. Include the date of purchase.

Thanks!

EDIT - Excuse the extra "it" in the poll choices! It's supposed to be "send it in"

tbird2340

Flashed the 3 rings last night (5/20/07).

Purchased 05/15/06. WOW!! Almost on my year anniversary!

alxreys

Bought mine in June of 2006. Sent it last February.

redcat

I got mine in September 2006 and have never had any problems, other than maybe twice when a game froze up on a loading screen. For the record, I don't really play it that much compared to most, and when I do play it's rare that it's for more than an hour or so at a time.

Michael Corvin

Bought at launch, died within 6 months. Sent it in and got a refurb which died about 6 months later. I'm on my third which I received around Nov. last year. So far so good. It appears to be a new unit, manufactured that October('06).

JasonF

Bought one in late January and got the three rings in early February. I exchanged it at the store instead of shipping it off to Redmond. The one I have now gave me the red rings twice a couple of weeks ago and has been working fine ever since, so I have my fingers crossed.

1998Nole

I have had mine since 1/22/06 and have had no issues...yet.

xmiyux

I didn't buy at launch but i know i had mine over a year. I sent mine in for disc drive issues but never received the red rings (it was just lightly scratching some discs and making terrible noises). They sent me my exact unit back just with a new DVD drive installed.

matome

Purchased mine 12/30/05 and have no problems with mine with fairly heavy usage *knocks on wood* Figures I bought the MS extended warranty too, which I generally never do.

nemein

Everytime I get tempted to bite the bullet and buy one, I just come here and read through some of the threads. Thanks for saving me some money

UncleGramps

If I remember correctly, I bought mine in December 2005. I've been lucky enough not to have any problems yet. Judging by what I've read, it's only a matter of time, but I have the extended warranty so I'm not too concerned.

DJ_Longfellow

Well, mine died after the VERY first dashboard update. I had a 360 since launch also. It died then, I got my new one pretty quickly, however, when I got it back I could not get online...there was a glitch in the new system they gave me. They realized the error, so I had to send it back AGAIN.

I did get a FREE wireless controller for my trouble though. So I guess that was ok then.

xmiyux

All that being said i have had more fun with my 360 than i have with any other single console or even in my days of PC gaming. I understand though - had i read all these threads i would be a little wary as well. I completely don't understand those people who buy one now (knowing what we do) and don't get an extended warranty.

matome

Yep, I'm enjoying the 360 more than any other console I've owned, thanks to games like Condemned, Dead Rising, etc. I'd highly recommend it with the extended warranty.

Josh H

Same here. Gave me enough pause to wait for those new chips to get put in and see if those units have less problems. Might as well wait for a price drop as well since I've waited this long.

Michael Corvin

like miyu and matome says, still probably my favorite console in the past decade - even though I'm on my third. I have zero regrets.

matome

Yeah, the Elite looks pretty sweet so maybe you'll find a good deal on that.

xmiyux

Although i would love to see some sort of class action suit to tag MSoft for charging people to have their console repaired when it seems (without seeing any actual statistics) that they have a much higher failure rate.

Mopower

Mine would have been a year old in July but I got the three red lights last week. We'll see if number two makes it a year.

KurrptSenate

with all these 360 dying after dashboard updates, it leads me to believe that you could re-flash the firmware on the DVD drive and it should fix the problem.


I might have to give that a try

Daryl

ditto

goLUCKY

T-bird you will be missed, BTW the third one is the charm.

Jeremy517

Yep. I'd probably have one + GHII by now if it weren't for all the horror stories.

tbird2340

As a ton of others have said. This system is so sweet that it is worth the risk. I knew of how often they broke and I still pulled the trigger. Got a year of almost daily use before she bit the dust...

Josh H

I've been so tempted to get one. But the fact of the matter is that $400 is $200 to much for a console already IMHO given the little I play these days and the fact that it has such a high failure rate which makes it a necessity to drop another $50 on a warranty and probably have to hassle with getting it replaced at some point in time is just too much of a kick in the nuts.

Totally unacceptable pricing/failure rate IMO and I just can't bring myself to shell out $$$ in support of it. I'd rather cast my vote by not buying one until this is resolved.

Though to be fair, it is easier for me than some as I'm not a huge FPS/Racing/online gaming fan so my temptations aren't that strong right now.