QUOTE(Tony42077 @ Apr 15 2007, 02:19 PM)
That sounds like the same montra that Chrysler used back in the 80s. "People want a new car every 5 years, so we'll make the cars last 5 years." One thing that I do know, is that 360s don't last nearly as long as the original Xbox. I've modded over 80 Xbox1s and all but 3 (ver1.0 PS problems) of them are still running fine (aside from a DVD drive problem here and there). Of the 15 Xbox360s that I have I have first-hand knowledge of, 4 of them had to be sent back for the 3 rings of death. The parts that they use are either of less quality, or the nature of the part allows for a higher failure rate.
I have no doubt that most of people's problems are from heat issues. All of my friends that stand their 360s up vertically have yet to have any problems, while all of the '3rod' 360s sat horizontally.
Hopefully the new smaller CPUs will cut down on the number of hardware failure rates, because the current rate is unacceptable. 3-5% my ass. If every 360 out there was played for an average of 2 hours a day, we would be seeing numbers closer to 15-20%. Overall, I would have to say that MS has made more lemons with the 360 than any other hardware they've produced.
With all of that being said, you shouldn't have to baby a game system to keep it running longer than a year.
i gotta agree with tony... cause the bottom line is ... when u pay 300-400 dollars for some electronic device it damn sure better last a while (3-5years minimum, closer to 5+) ... cause if a xbox360 dies within a year or two thats just bs and should be replaced for free.
and i to think the original xbox is much more reliable than the xbox360 from what i can tell so far... cause even though my xbox360 still works and dont lock up in games so far... if it's been sitting for a while (in other words completely cooled down) i usually have to power cycle it 2-3times before it shows anything on the screen at all but once it does show stuff on the screen it works perfect fine so far... and i even got a couple "Error 074" screens so far but i usually power it off and back on and it's fine.... but once the system is warm it seems to power on the first time and just work.
im guessing it's a matter of time before it dies?... cause i bought it recently for about 330 dollars (premium system) on half.com which the guy claimed it was new (said there was no box and said he just tested it to make sure it worked) which i think he sorta lied cause there where a couple user profiles on it and some downloaded content to it... but once i took it apart to mod it there was no dust build up in the fans so i think for the most part the system was new.... it was basically doing that power up issue the day i got it.
i just hope to god this system dont die cause 330 dollars for me is alot to shell out if the systems going to die anytime soon and the only reason i bought the system was to play Forza Motorsport 2 which aint even out til may 15th 2007 or so.
so basically as far as i can tell the original xbox is far more reliable then the xbox360 is (atleast in terms of any major issues) ... cause i had my original xbox since around aug 2004 and it was my cousins before this and he got his around the time they came out (it's a v1.0 xbox) and thats still working 100percent perfect to this day (besides the thomson dvd-rom drive died, which i replaced with philips).... plus the heat does feel quite warm going out the back of the system (xbox360)... i wish microsoft would have put faster fans in it... cause i would rather have a little more noise if the cooling is quite a bit better than risk damage to the system cause of lack of cooling just cause microsoft wants the system to be quite
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