Launch day Xbox 360s no longer under three-year warranty coverage

xwabbit - 283 days 8 hours ago

I can see some people switching to PS3 now.

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Chug - 283 days 8 hours ago

But that would require me turning the thing on...

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PirateThom - 283 days 8 hours ago

Damnit, now I'm doing it.

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Chris399 - 283 days 8 hours ago

Honestly, people never seem to learn.

Break on me once, shame on you. Break on me twice, shame on me. Break on me thrice, I'm a retard, here's full access to my bank account, take as much money as you want.

If mine breaks again, that's it.

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Danja - 283 days 8 hours ago

I dont think there's that many launch 360's out there that haven't succumbed to the RROD yet ..but M$ is jjst crappy the warranty 4 all 360 should never be expired since they had known about the faulty hardware b4 launch...

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KillzoneKid - 283 days 8 hours ago

with KZ2 inbound ...i can see all of them switching to PS3 since Xbox owners are hardcore gamers who love FPS

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eagle21 - 283 days 8 hours ago

There won't be a working 360 on planet earth. :)

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JoySticksFTW - 283 days 8 hours ago

... and they probably still feel that the PS3 is too expensive

Now maybe if they trade in their 360 and all of their 360 games, maybe PS3 would be in their price range :)

To any 360 fans reading this, make the switch - seriously. You've already played Gears and Halo. Come try some of the PS3's amazing games - WipeoutHD, Uncharted, MGS4, Warhawk, Resistance2 - and some pretty high profile games that are coming this year...

KZ2
Uncharted 2
GT5

And and some planet-busters coming soon after...

GoW3
Versus XIII
SotC (you know it's coming...)

You'll still get all of the multiplats that you love

But personally, I just can't wait for Twisted Metal and the rumored FVII remake (hinted at Crisis Core's end) to finally get announced! :O

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Sitdown - 283 days 7 hours ago

"Or 360 sales get a boost in February :)"

I agree....cause instead of people paying the cheaper repair cost and getting another Microsoft warranty, they will just go purchase another 360. :-/

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Dark_Vendetta - 283 days 7 hours ago

I can confirm this story. My 360 died after the usual 3 year warranty (and I was really pissed off) but MS replaced it with a new one (still doesn't have HDMI but the manufacturing date is nov. 2008) in just 6 days and I got a 1 month XBL gold for free :).

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lokiroo420 - 283 days 6 hours ago

Last day to choke the 360 to death, kill em while you can!

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DutyCalls - 283 days 5 hours ago

lmao

actually i belive that will happen
long live quality consoles

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pixelsword - 283 days 4 hours ago

...nigh-flawless performance out of my Microsoft box.

Now I have to take it easy. :(

The first one was far superior to the PS2 in every way... I don't know what happened this time around. Maybe the 2nd console of everyone is a little wacky, like the PS2... but Nintendo's next console was the Super Nintendo, so that's not really true.

If I can last until ODST, then I'm set. I'll be happy throwing it away and getting Halo 4 on the Next Box or PC. I might put it in storage until then.

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robep3 - 283 days 2 hours ago

If you look at the comments on that articles page in the first dozen posts in the comments the 360 owners are on their 2nd ,4th one guy his 11th 360 LOL what CRAP build quality 360's have!!!
So much for 28m sold more like 18-20m the rest replacements,with the RROD, ERROR 74 and now the HDMI sound problem what else can happen to it.

Rob.

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N4360G - 283 days ago

Perfect timing,just in time to buy a PS3 and enjoy Killzone 2 later this month LOL!!

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Blaze929 - 283 days ago

Does that really make sense when you can:

-Buy an arcade
-have a Jasper unit
-be covered for another 2 years
-still save $200-$300
-have all your games and gamesaves
-only interest would be Killzone 2?

yeah...right.

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LoVeRSaMa - 282 days 21 hours ago

While you heard the Eastenters theme I heard the Jaws theme.

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Shepherd 214 - 282 days 19 hours ago

i dont care. Im perfectly content with playing Halo 3, the superior console version of Fallout 3, Gears, and many other FPS's and RPG's that i own and will continue to buy for my 360 elite. I love my 8 person party chat, its extremely enjoyable to talk and exchange details to my buddies while we are all playing Fallout 3 or our individual favorite games. Video chat is hilarious, avatars are funny to mess around with, playing all the arcade games the marketplace has to offer is also a plus. I prefer 360's controller, its built with a competitive edge over other controllers. multiplats will flood the 360 in 2009 with a couple exclusives like the Fallout 3 exclusive 360 DLC, Halo Wars and Alan Wake on the way this year, im also alright with that.

Yea, things are pretty good for me and my 360 so no PS3, sorry. Killzone 2 looks great but im sick of games that litter the artistic design with blacks, browns and grays. And since i have a good job i can more than afford everything i want this year, so im good.

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ocha84 - 282 days 10 hours ago

get ready to see a 360 sales spike~

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Saint Sony - 282 days 10 hours ago

My launchday 360 has served me more than well. Still is, no RODD what so ever (yea I know hard to believe uh?!!! O__________O!!!!!!! .. stupid)

Thanks to PS3 fantards, RROD issue and 360 is known to the whole universe, right after Michael Jackson.

None on the other hand has heard anything about PS3 except that it's the most expensive thing right after Donald Trumps underwear... and as rare to encounter the owner of one.

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Sheddi - 282 days 9 hours ago

You forgot to add the cost of ur first 360 launch model.
whats that, 299, 399? Cant remember.

And u forgot to add payment for XBL for 3 years.
Dont know how much that is.

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Gamingisfornerds - 283 days 8 hours ago

And then watch them play games they like, and enjoy themselves!

Suckers...

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Foxgod - 283 days 8 hours ago

Actually, it aint that bad if you have to buy a console after three years.
Most consoles prime 5 years.
So that means you invest big money once on launch day, and three years later you buy a cheap arcade with hdmi in it, and you put the hd of your old launch console on it.

EVen tho you bought the 360 twice, a launch day 360 and a todays arcade will sum up to 550 euro's of spend cash.

Thats still 50 euro;s cheaper then a launch day ps3.

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Sayai jin - 283 days 8 hours ago

@farhsa2008- Open zone is just a click away.

On topic, bad news if you have a launch 360 console and it goes belly up. I have two launch 360's so I fall into that category, but for some reason I am not worried and have never been.

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Substance - 283 days 8 hours ago

@ Foxgod...

But it'd be better if you only had to buy your 360 once and have it last 5 years though, wouldn't it? Wouldn't it?

I'm just hoping that Microsoft doesn't ditch the 360 like they did the original. I bought that thing 2 1/2 years into it's life cycle just to find out that they would stop making games for it soon after.

Sucks for me.

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jib - 283 days 8 hours ago

same here prime. same exact numbers too. 3 PS1s and 2 PS2s. but that didn't stop me from getting my PS3. sad reality, but i guess you can say it got me used to it as my replacement 360(warranty) didn't bother me.

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duarteq - 283 days 8 hours ago

I confess that i love Sony and PS3 but they are not dumb, i think you also wouldn't like if Sony for instance would do the same thing if Ps3 had some kind of trouble, so i think that word can be banned. it a company problem that affects consumers. forget the console wars for a moment.

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Death - 283 days 8 hours ago

I'm just curious since I have bought multiple PS1 and PS2's in order to play my existing game library when the consoles failed. Is the Xbox 360 special that the same rules don't apply? I guess it's nice to say I have cool or better hardware when thinking of my system, but in all honesty I play the games, not the system. What are you doing?

-Death

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Sitdown - 283 days 7 hours ago

or does it seem a little odd than an individual would come post about the "same old faulty trash hardware." I am sorry farhsa2008, but, why is this of interest to you?

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vega75 - 283 days 6 hours ago

i agree with you dude. i didn't have much problems with the ps1. except the lid wouldn' stay down or disk read errors. i had to pay twice to get my ps2 fixed. the third time they fixed it for free. i never had a problem with my xbox. and my launch 360(going on 4 years) is still going strong. if my 360 decides to die on me now. i would gladly pay to get it fixed or just get a new one. can't say i would do the same for my ps3.

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DutyCalls - 283 days 5 hours ago

are you in politics? that was some major bull$hit.
first of all, the PS3 has been at $400 since november 2007, and even at launch with its $600 tag and by your stupid math only $50 more than 2 crappy 360 (by the way start saving for the third one) you get a lot for those $50:
Blue Ray, Wi-Fi, free online gameplay, quality console, flash cards media port, 60 gb vs 20 gb(more like 12gb), hdmi from the very beginning, optical output,

some people have just lost all self respect in order to defend the most abusive company in the world, imposing faulty hardware, charging for everything that can be charge, just a terrible experience having to deal with MS.

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BigKev45 - 283 days 8 hours ago

So did I, lol.

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Gamingisfornerds - 283 days 8 hours ago

How old are you? Just curious...

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caffman - 283 days 8 hours ago

just saying......

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jib - 283 days 8 hours ago

yep. believe its called maturity

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Gamingisfornerds - 283 days 7 hours ago

I suppose physical and mental age don't always go hand in hand.

I hope all these idiot fanboys are just 12-year-old chaps, so they might still have a chance to grow out of this nonsense. It just scares me that these silly fanboys might actually be "physical grown ups" with a family and all...just imagine that...how sad really.

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Gamingisfornerds - 283 days 5 hours ago

All he's doing is spouting the usual fanboy trash. We all know the 360 is an unrealiable piece of crap and that the PS3 and Wii are better designed in terms of quality.

If you fail to see what's wrong with his post and that there's no point in having a discussion with him, you're just as bad. Perhaps my "personal attack" serves no purpose either, but I really couldn't give a rat's ass at this poing to be honest. I've done my fair share of 'decent' posts here, I doubt our friend jadnice has.

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silvacrest - 283 days 8 hours ago

did you just pull those numbers out of your ass or something?

a little bit of proof woulf be nice...

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outlawlife - 283 days 16 hours ago

i have been going through my own struggle with their warranty department but that is a different issue

i prefer people be real gamers and own both systems, no reason to shut yourself off from quality titles on both sides

if the ps3 drops in price ill get one but right now i cant afford it

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KillzoneKid - 283 days 8 hours ago

there is just no reason to own an X360 when there is KZ2

i see just no reason to own an X360

You do know that KZ2 is the best fps of this gen and way better than Halo 3/Gears 2

just think about those millions of people who are without warantees and whose X360 might RROD any moment

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lociefer - 283 days 8 hours ago

it seems like m$ wants to triple their installbase and brag all about it , what to do ? cancel three year warranty , 360s red ring , ppl buy another , BOOM more installbase / more money

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NewZealander - 283 days 1 hour ago

my launch console didnt want to die so i forced it to red ring before the warranty ended, smart eh!

so i got my free repair and i can confirm i DID get my actual console back and it is now much quieter and cooler then the launch console i had.

took several attempts over a couple of weeks to finally get it to die, shame it died in the middle of watching heroes on it though.

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morganfell - 282 days 10 hours ago

outlawlife, maybe you should talk to Peggy about the money she is taking out of your wallet.

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NewZealander - 283 days 1 hour ago

im not a fanboy but yes i have two 360 consoles, just because they are so cheap and i wanted one for watchin my media on in the bedroom.

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DavidMacDougall - 283 days 8 hours ago

Microsoft loves taking idiots like you to the bank

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heyheyhey - 283 days 8 hours ago

360 not so cheap now is it?

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Shane Kim - 283 days 8 hours ago

Never breed.

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Magic_The_Celt - 283 days 8 hours ago

^ Shane Kim, nobody would want to with him anyway

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IzKyD1331 - 283 days 8 hours ago

Your name is awesome killzone2flop, its like having the name "grass isn't green", just because you think it's true doesn't mean it actually is

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Sibs - 283 days 7 hours ago

*slaps forehead* So that's the problem! He's colorblind!

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IzKyD1331 - 283 days 6 hours ago

finally, someone gets it!

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N4360G - 283 days ago

LOL I bet you don't even own a next-gen console pp,stop pretending like you do!!

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outlawlife - 283 days 3 hours ago

actually it shouldn't the warranty already in place is unprecedented in the consumer electronics industry, 3 years is plenty

anything beyond that would be a terrible business move, it would cut way too far into profit margins

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heyheyhey - 283 days 7 hours ago

this has got to be at least one of the most stupidest comments i've read on this site

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Queers of War - 283 days 6 hours ago

its not a matter of if, its a matter of when

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outlawlife - 283 days 2 hours ago

the same can be said about any electronic device

devices expire, flawed design or not

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LTC - 283 days 5 hours ago

It also shows how much u love bending over for billy boy Gates. Why dont u go all out and have Alan Greenterd at the same time. PP is bound to envy u.

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WhoaMan - 283 days 3 hours ago

dude bill gates doesnt work at microsoft anymore.

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outlawlife - 283 days 2 hours ago

i love the fact bill gates still comes into discussion, hes retired and honestly has not been calling shots at MS for quite a long while

he actually off using his "evil money" to do good around the word

do some research on bill gates, hes not this evil guy you people make him out to be, hes a very intelligent and very generous man

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Shane Kim - 283 days 1 hour ago

No you don't, you just haven't had the privilage of playing on a PS3 yet so you don't know what you're missing.

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