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RROD: An Unhappy Ending

The system was repaired by after the initial warranty expired, and before the new extended 3-year warranty was authorized. He had to glue the magnet back onto the DVD drive. It worked great for a while. However, this constitutes tampering in the eyes of Microsoft, and therefore, when he sent it in for repair for the rings-of-death they returned it un-repaired with the nice letter to XBOX enthusiast stating such.

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Anego Montoya FTMFW5912d ago

Between Warrantys, and LOSING customers.

add it up.

they would have sold WAY more than 17 million in 2 1/2 years, if it weren`t for this.

Anego Montoya FTMFW5912d ago (Edited 5912d ago )

Wageslave must have a "BATSIGNAL" type device for everytime a RROD story is posted.

LOL.

@creepa

LOL.

yes, it is.

TheMART5912d ago

Well don't you get tired of bringing this as news?

Really. The only thing PS3 fans bring on because they're uncertain about their own device, because it's not the best choice for gaming, but hey it plays BluRay movies at least right...

As long as you all feel better keep posting, especially in the PS3 section also which it has nothing to do with. Also put it under the Wii, DS, PSP section and all what's more.

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You bought an Xbox5912d ago

I love the RROD
And every book in the world should have the RROD as an ending
To me them books would be the best ever cause they all would have happy endings

heyheyhey5912d ago

@TheCHILD

and you are back in the gamer zone why?

your copy and paste hate is getting old now

you must have said that "it plays BluRay films" line over 900 times now, all the while not realizing that your actually listing a major plus point of the PS3- and we all know how much you hate those

i mean at least if you were funny like Jaosn 360 or interesting like Bladestar, but no- your just plain annoying

power of Green 5911d ago (Edited 5911d ago )

I don't even know why 360 fans pay *Anego Montoya FTMFW's* posts any attention all he does is hunt for anti 360 news all day and night every day, its all he posts. Dude is getting so rabid he posts first in his own threads to set the tone in them?. lol Posting as if he's concerned for a company he likes. lol

MSFT would have sold way more if it weren't for Sony lieing about the PS3's launch dates twice to steal MSFT's thunder on top of lieing about PS3's capabilites causing millions to wait for PS3.

You shouldn't be allowed to contribute all your news is worthless and causes fans to ditch the site. Mods should be after people like you, you're hurting their site and lowering traffic, they need to figure out a way of controlling members that have anti company habbits and limit folks submitions when they troll news.

heyheyhey5911d ago

yet i get a feeling POG that if title had said "PS3 is a major failure" then you would be perfectly ok with that

the hypocrisy in you is off the charts mate- you just can't get it out

Ice2ms5911d ago

How Come All The Blatent Xbox/Microsoft Fanboys Still Have Like 5 Bubbles When People Like Anego and heyheyhey only have like 3 Bubbles For You Guys !

Also I Gave Up On My Xbox When It RROD FOR The 3rd Time :( But My Next Door Neigbour has one That Didn't RROD even Once So whenever a Good 360 Game Comes out i go next door lol and the agreement works the other way around so im sorted :)

Tarmgar5911d ago

I agree, they would have A LOT more if it weren't for the failures. And I'm one of them that hasn't bought one because of it. If it weren't for the failures, I would've had one by now.

mikeslemonade5911d ago

The 3 year warranty is over by November for the people who bought the 360 at launch, so if Microsoft doesn't fix the issue by then they all get screwed. Also if they fix it all those people who bought it will need to break the 360 to get the "fixed" sku making the failure rate even higher. The 360 owner right now loses either way because it's simply not feasible for Microsoft to correct every single 360 because "it's not if the the 360 breaks it's when".

To Power of Green and Mart: If there were negative PS3 news in the wild you two would post those articles too. It's just that the writing is on the wall and it's PS3's year. You two guys are part of the problem too and it angers you that there isn't more negative PS3 news.

solar5911d ago

@Tarmgar

its the reason why i dont own one. i cant justify buying a product that has that high of a rate. who would buy a car if a huge % had engine or transmission problems?

Thoas5911d ago

I thought about buying a Xbox 360 two weeks ago, but seeing a friend of mine get RROD right when he was going to play Bioshock and then seeing the youtube vid of microsoft have one of there xbox 360's get RROD at GDC '08. That made my mind up right away not to get a xbox 360.

Maddens Raiders5911d ago

is how long can MSFT have such loyal, faithful fans and continue to treat them this way?

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Anego Montoya FTMFW5912d ago

doesn`t REPORTING something 3 times make you feel a bit like a child.

AngryHippo5911d ago

Its just negative article after negative article posted again and again. This always is posted by the fans (losers) of the opposing consoles just to annoy people. This site should have a thing where only news about games gets posted in the respective 360 and PS3 sections. Another tab should be added at the top saying 'FLAMEWAR', where all the idiots can post flamebait articles as much as they want. This open zone and gamer zone seriously do not work. Articles like this once approved can only lead to one thing, bickering between little girls. And i dont know im the only one but i dont want to have to come on this site and see oh ANOTHER RROD article by another Sony fan.

PirateThom5912d ago

He did tamper with it, to be fair.

crazy250005912d ago

Yeah, he shouldn't have bought it and took it out of the box :/

Anego Montoya FTMFW5912d ago

but, you shouldn`t HAVE to fix it in the 1st PLACE.

and THAT is NOT his fault.

Mu5afir5912d ago (Edited 5912d ago )

Going by the Xbox fanboys monthra, you should never play with your system. I don't think disk drive issues, can cause a system to RROD. So, it's not his fault the system decided to go "sentinel" on him. It would be amazing to see, owners of the Xbox actually being outraged about the lack of support for the system. Then going around blaming the victim for once.

Bazookajoe_835912d ago (Edited 5912d ago )

We all know about rrod and it´s a freakin pain in the ass and 360 hardware were somwhat rushed, but why is it under ps3 section?

Edit: Lol, why am i getting disagrees?

travelguy2k5912d ago (Edited 5912d ago )

- edit, just found out it had been switched to industry.

zonetrooper55912d ago

Of course its his fault, he opened his 360 when MS tells you not to but he does it anyways. He voided his warranty and so its his fault he won't get it fixed...

Shankle5912d ago

Well what choice did he have at that time? The 360 had broken! There was no warranty covering it at the time. He didn't break it, it broke itself. He would either have to fix it or buy a new one. By opening it up he didn't void his warranty because there was no warranty covering it at the time. It's MS's fault it broke, they should fix it.

mmj5912d ago (Edited 5912d ago )

That's because at the time of its death Microsoft were still busy yanking everyones chains and flatly denying any major problems even existed.

How was he to know at that time that they'd soon be *forced* into extending the warranty? A games console failure rate of this magnitude was unheard of before Xbox 360.

uxo225912d ago

The 3 year warranty extention has been out for quite some time now. Which means that this 360 has been broken for over 9 months ago. Why is this story now being posted or released.

Whether it was suppose to break or not, can anyone tell me that if you tampered with your PS3 (like opened the case) that sony would honor any warranty work should the system need it. Even if the warranty work had nothing to do with why the case was open. I think not, so some of you guys really need to be a little more realistic and stop being blinded by your hatred for MS.

Had this been a Sony case, the same guys would be call this guy a idiot for opening his case. I know this and so do you. Remember the time when the guy was refused warranty work because his PS3 was dirty. Some of you guys spend your life's wages try to discredit his story. Some even bashed him for not taking better care of his PS3. Dirty or not, should sony have fixed the console...yes they should have especially being the unit was within the warranty period.

Please guys understand, I'm not trying to bash anyone here, I am just trying to make a point, and support it with past behavior. The constant, repeated anti-Microsoft stories should actually be getting boring for the typical PS3 fan. At least the more mature ones.

moparful995911d ago

Ok you didnt read the article properly.... He clearly stated that he had to fix the unit himself because there was no extended warranty at the time. Either he fixed it and hoped it worked(which it did) or buy a new one... Now microsoft up and extended the warranty on the RRoD issue only to 3 years, he said that his fix lasted for a long time until it red ringed on him. So he sent it to microsoft to fix the rrod issue and they refused it because he fixed a problem with the console that microsoft wouldnt recognize as there fault and still dont... You state that if a sony fan opened their case then we'd react the opposite and attack him. Now why would a sony fan open the case in the first place? There are no issues with the ps3 that arent covered by the warranty and all retailers sell an extended warranty. If he doesnt buy that warranty then its his own fault but considering that this guy had to fix a problem that pre-existed means its microsoft fault. Why are people so determined to take the mud off of microsofts face? They knowingly released a faulty product just to beat sony....

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Rocksmith+ Comes To PS And Steam In June

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Report Claims Xbox Is Planning More Cuts Following Studio Closures

"The sudden closure of several video-game studios at Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox division was the result of a widespread cost-cutting initiative that still isn’t finished.

This week, Xbox began offering voluntary severance agreements to producers, quality assurance testers and other staff at ZeniMax, which it purchased in 2020 for $7.5 billion, according to people familiar with the company’s plans. Others across the Xbox organization have been told that more cuts are on the way.

Speaking about the closures more broadly, Booty said that the company’s studios had been spread too thin — like “peanut butter on bread” — and that leaders across the division had felt understaffed. They decided to close these studios to free up resources elsewhere, he said.

Game Pass has not seen the massive growth that Xbox boss Phil Spencer may have been hoping for."

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just_looken12h ago

Sense it seems very few remember that human's were around before 2020 the next studio to close will be bethesda based no doubt on the history of.

Fallout 76
Elder scrolls online
elder scrolls blades mobile
fallout mobile
The vr versions of old games

Then you got starfield pissing out cash nothing to cover it.

I doubt tod's team or any sub team is making m$ cash they are no doubt on the chopping block for job cuts

If you can remember before 2020 even fallout 76 was made with over 4 studios.

purple1018m ago(Edited 5m ago)

pretty sure starfield coming to playstation 2024, nx gamer deep diving on the creation engine update in a recent blog, he seems to think, there is a lot of stuff developed to use on starfield for its Playstation release,

who will buy it though, ?? I think M$ has lost all good will now, after the Activision debacle, and now all these studios closing, people dont want to support them even if the game is half decent

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"Speaking about the closures more broadly, Booty said that the company’s studios had been spread too thin — like “peanut butter on bread” — and that leaders across the division had felt understaffed. They decided to close these studios to free up resources elsewhere, he said"

So what you're saying is...you bought all these studios and you guys can't run them.

Jesus.

Inverno14h ago

Spread thin after firing over 2000 employees a few months prior. So basically they created the problem and their solution was to just fire more people. Absolute geniuses over at Xbox, of course can we even believe this to be the reason for the closures?

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Profchaos12h ago

Leaders can't run them hire more management create new roles don't shutter entire studios cause you can't figure out how to run them.

Unless the reality is this whole consolidation thing was really an excuse for IP harvesting

anast2h ago

He's lying. They are doing it for the shareholders.

Eonjay14h ago

Reports are suggesting that Game Pass will be getting a price hike soon and that Call of Duty may not be added to the day one offering. I honestly have a hard time believing this but it does beg the question why exactly did GP fail? I think the answer is that it just didn't get the growth that it anticipated. Jim was right but I wish he wasn't because at the end of the day, its gamers, devs and other front-line workers who have to absorb the blow for Spencer and team's miscalculations.

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NotoriousWhiz13h ago

And out of the ashes something even better than Xbox will be born.

Eonjay13h ago

Honestly as long as is not a situation where the industry has to contract in order focus wealth on a few people who are already trillionaires..

Barlos7h ago(Edited 7h ago)

It's already here and it was born before Xbox was even a thing. It's called PlayStation.

Tacoboto11h ago

I think 2022 killed the Series X.

2021 was a good year for Xbox though and maybe the best in a long long time, hardware and software and as a publisher. Halo Infinite launched to popularity, Forza Horizon 5 blew everyone away, Psychonauts 2 was so well received, Flight Simulator on console, Deathloop even on PS5 & PC.

But they followed that up with next to nothing. Then 2023 with Redfall, a disappointing Forza, Starfield, and 2024 leads with closures and layoffs. And some tweets reminding us Hellblade is days away.

The only disappointment with the PS5 is not enough Sony games. Xbox followed up no games with disappointing ones.

Scissorman13h ago

For all the armchair executives who were calling for Sony to release its big-budget AAA games on PS+, the same exact thing would have happened at PlayStation. Game Pass has killed Xbox. Congrats.

shinoff218313h ago

There's not many of of us clamoring for Sony to do this because most of us understand it would kill Playstation. I'm sure there's a few but I've not seen alot of it myself.

porkChop2h ago

"the same exact thing would have happened at PlayStation"

But the same thing *has* been happening at PS. They've closed, what, 3 or 4 studios so far this gen? Laid off plenty of staff, restructured studios, etc.

BehindTheRows40m ago(Edited 37m ago)

PlayStation isn’t struggling. Xbox is. That’s the difference.

Sony also didn’t buy out multiple publishers with LOTS of studios and leave them in a state of uncertainty.

So, he’s absolutely right that Sony not following Game Pass in its entirety was smart as this very thing could have happened. Name a team, like Tango, who wasn’t struggling (like Tango) that Sony closed. Every closure was because of a studio who wasn’t pulling their weight.

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