[Evra-the-ledge]

Was dandering around town yesterday shopping and thought i'd buy myself a new 360 game... saw Kane and Lynch on sale for £29.99 and thought to myself " what a steal" .

Later that night i came home, sat down to play it when i discovered my Xbox was showing three red light instead of the usual green. .

I went online to check it out and apparently 35% of all xbox 360's will at some point need repair due to hardware failure .

I found out my Xbox's original warranty had ran out but was relieved when the tech on the phone told me Microsoft had put and extended warranty of 3 years onto it.

Just waiting for a guy to come out- pick it up and ship it off for repair.. might take up to 3 weeks.

Also wanted to know if anyone else has experienced this? and if not watch out for it!

[R_9-Ronaldo]

same thing happened to me

[SolskjaertheLegend]

same thing has happened to quite alot of my mates, but it hasnt happened to me........why?


Because i did the smart thing and bought a PS3

[Justice]

RED LIGHT OF DEATH.

Your fault for buying an inferior machine tbh.

I only tolerate PS3's as they have some excellent PS3 only games, but 360 owners have no excuse, all 360 games come out on PC, WHICH IS SUPERIOR!!!!

[Evra-the-ledge]

Originally Posted by Justice

RED LIGHT OF DEATH.

Your fault for buying an inferior machine tbh.

I only tolerate PS3's as they have some excellent PS3 only games, but 360 owners have no excuse, all 360 games come out on PC, WHICH IS SUPERIOR!!!!

I don't think anyone who's Xbox showed the red lights was to know that after a year of buying the machine it would break down just because it was inferior to the PS3.

The Xbox 360 in my opinion is a better console because of the online experience and the games released for it.
ONLY FAULT BEING
Microsoft f**ked up by rushing the consoles out in time for christmas when they should have fixed the problem there and then before release, and for that i curse them.

[redmaster]

I had my 360 from launch at so far its still ok, although i know a few people who have had the ring of death.

Still think its a great console and gives hours of enjoyment, its the xbox live service that gives it the edge in my opinion

[reddwarf]

I've had my 360 for 12 months and haven't had a problem yet.

I read a couple of the XBOX magazines and there's been quite a lot of complaints about hardware failures.

Unlucky mate - I hope it's returned to you soon so you can carry on gaming!

[reddwarf]

Originally Posted by reddwarf

I've had my 360 for 12 months and haven't had a problem yet.

I read a couple of the XBOX magazines and there's been quite a lot of complaints about hardware failures.

Unlucky mate - I hope it's returned to you soon so you can carry on gaming!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!

Spoke too bloody soon. I had a hardware failure on Saturday and the warranty ran out in November. £65 to get it fixed

[SolskjaertheLegend]

Dwarf, thats unlucky.


Dont get it fixed, buy a PS3. HD-DVD is more or less dead. Blu-Ray is the way forward.

[rehab]

I got a premium Xbox the week after they first came out never had a problem with it once! So decided to get the Elite last year, still yeet to have any problems.
Love playing on Live though ****ting the yanks on CoD 4 or Fifa/PES

Anyone got live ?

PS3 = ****!

People make out it's great cause of Blu Ray and Free Online play..

Fookin assed! I'd prefere to pay £40 (rather than bein a cheapo) for something that is well known to be better and more fun and also presented much nicer on the dashboard.
As for Blue Ray, it's the same as HD apart from the Blue Ray disks are more expensive!