If you’re looking at it that way, the problem will never be “resolved.” I think if the RROD problem wasn’t already out there, no one would be looking at failure rates of the Falcon.
Also remember, it is worth noting that a lot of people only have themselves to blame for their RROD problems.
Like mentioned before : don’t put your console on shag carpet.
Also don’t put it in an enclosed place, make sure it has lots of breathing room.
Finally don’t move it around after playing.
When the motherboard is at working temperature just don’t touch the thing and let it cool of first.
I am still on my first Xbox360 and haven’t had a problem at all in over 2 years.
Yeah, the anecdotal evidence always seems much higher than the numbers presented. I’m another who of the six people I know who have gotten an X-Box 360 all six have had to send it back at least once and two of them more than that giving it an over 100% failure rate in my direct experience.
This isn’t to discourage the original poster, most of the people I know who got an XBox 360 got it in those dreadful early days.
Gee you’d think he’d give up after the first 5 or so.
I’ve never had a problem with either my Xbox 360 or original Xbox when I had it.
Ya know, I’ve noticed that a lot with the anecdotal evidence. Everyone has either gone through a half a dozen 360s or they’ve never had any problems. It really makes the anecdotal evidence hard to trust.
Justin_Bailey, who’s May 2006 Xbox 360 continues to work fine (although it shares the workload with a PS2 and Wii)
(oh, and knock on wood)
I suspect that those with half a dozen failures keep sticking their new 360’s in the same unventilated location under or on top of 2 or 3 other heat producing devices.
He’s the reason that GameStop doesn’t offer the warranty anymore.
Wouldn’t it have been covered under Microsoft’s own warrenty?
Now is as good of time as any to get a 360. As an avid console owner (used to manage a Gamestop too), I play it more than my other systems by about a three times margin. Although I’ve been playing a lot of Monster Hunter Portable on my PSP lately. Culdcept Saga is indeed most excellent, but make sure you have a rediculous amount of time to spend collecting cards.
The HDMI is nice, but if your tv is under 50 inches the 1080i, or 720p settings work fine. If your tv supports it 1080p is very nice. Many of the games only have 720p graphics anyway, so HDMI is good future-proofing, but not a requirement.
On RRoD: Got a launch system, sold it the following spring during the dry run (only two games came out after Christmas and before Oblivion). Apparently that one RRoDed on the guy I sold it to within a couple months. I bought another system not long before Gears of War came out. When the Elite came out I was motivated by my innate nerdines to needlessly upgrade to the newer product and sold my old system at that time. The Elite has been very good to me, no lock-ups or anything. The old system (my 2nd) apparently lasted about six months before it RRoDed on the guy I sold it to. Moral of the story, get a new system every year! I’m pretty sure Microsoft approves of that moral.
-Eben
p.s. alternate moral of the story, don’t buy a 360 from me! 