[360] It looks like I'm on my third 360 soon

[leaffan]

I bought the new 360 today. Got it with a three-year service plan.
Just transferring my hard drive stuff now.

Anyone interesting in a 250GB hard drive for their 360?
PM me.

Go return that right now.

Fuckin futureshop selling you useless warranties.

 

[Twigg4075]

I'm aware that I'm probably in the minority, but in my experience, the 360's reliability is much greater than the PS3's. I had a launch 20GB PS3 first. The blu-ray drive in it failed exactly one week after the one year warranty expired. I called Sony and of course they wouldn't give me a break and wanted me to pay $200 to get it fixed. I did and they sent me back a refurbished 40GB which just about sent me through the roof.

I kept it for about 6 months before eBaying it. I then purchased a brand new 80GB. Exactly 1 year and 5 days later the exact same thing happened - it stopped reading discs because the drive broke. Once again, Sony would not honor it. They said I'd have to pay $150 to get it fixed. I took it to Gamestop and actually got full price because they didn't check to see if it reads discs.

I ended up scoring a new slim PS3 about 2 weeks before they even launched. Guess. What. It failed 2 days ago - stopped reading discs. I called Sony and naturally, they would not honor it. It's out of the one year warranty by 2 days and they wouldn't do it. That's 3 PS3s breaking within a week of the warranty having expired and Sony didn't fix a single one of them.

Granted, I'm sure my particular case is very rare. I've actually never had a 360 break on me, but both systems do clearly have problems. Of course, I remember a good many people having issues with PS2s back in the day, and I used mine every day for 4 or 5 years and it never acted up once.

1) Yes you are.

2) How could a PS3 slim be out of warranty? It just came out, in what, May?

 

[dave]

Go return that right now.

Fuckin futureshop selling you useless warranties.

The machine itself only has a 1-year limited warranty.
Given the 360's awful history, I didn't mind paying a little extra for 3-years protection.

I am really loving this thing. It's so quiet. I am astonished that it runs this quietly while playing a game off the disc. My last 360 was louder than a rocket ship.

It is very quiet. I've had mine about 2 days now. I've noticed one thing about it that I don't like, and I don't know if it's an isolated case or all the new slims are like it - but it blows out a TON of hot air from the vents. Kind of worries me a bit.

Yeah, they get hot. I put my own a shelf by itself for as much ventilation as possible.

 

[I OU a Beatn]

1) Yes you are.

2) How could a PS3 slim be out of warranty? It just came out, in what, May?

I believe they officially came out September 1, 2009. I got mine 2 full weeks early, so I am technically out of warranty. I personally don't consider 2 days being out of warranty(especially since it was my THIRD PS3), but Sony does.

 

[Juggernaut]

I believe they officially came out September 1, 2009. I got mine 2 full weeks early, so I am technically out of warranty. I personally don't consider 2 days being out of warranty(especially since it was my THIRD PS3), but Sony does.

That just sounds hilarious to me. 1 or 2 days over warranty is still over warranty.

 

[Twigg4075]

I believe they officially came out September 1, 2009. I got mine 2 full weeks early, so I am technically out of warranty. I personally don't consider 2 days being out of warranty(especially since it was my THIRD PS3), but Sony does.

I stand corrected. I could've sworn the slim came out this past Spring. Weird.

 

[dave]

I stand corrected. I could've sworn the slim came out this past Spring. Weird.

Answer my PM, Twigg.

 

[I OU a Beatn]

That just sounds hilarious to me. 1 or 2 days over warranty is still over warranty.

To a loyal customer who not only purchased a $600 PS3 on release day, but paid the overpriced fee to have one fixed, and then purchased two more PS3s only to have them die within one week of the warranty having expired? I don't know, I personally believe that they should have cut some slack on at least ONE of the times it happened, then I would've been cool with it.

Personally I can't believe I've had 3 PS3s break. I'm the only one I know of that's had that kind of terrible luck.

 

[MmmmBeeeeer]

where in there did i compare the ps3 rates to the 360 rates I said "ps3s have been breaking as well" then joked almost like a timelock

and yet again ps3 fanboys jumped on that post lol

I was just trolling through

 

[Twigg4075]

To a loyal customer who not only purchased a $600 PS3 on release day, but paid the overpriced fee to have one fixed, and then purchased two more PS3s only to have them die within one week of the warranty having expired? I don't know, I personally believe that they should have cut some slack on at least ONE of the times it happened, then I would've been cool with it.

Personally I can't believe I've had 3 PS3s break. I'm the only one I know of that's had that kind of terrible luck.

You just know how to talk to them. I bet if you would've asked for a manager and then said "So much for being a loyal customer. I guess I'll just go get a 360 instead of dealing with this bullshit." Or maybe threaten to send a letter to corporate. I bet that would've worked.