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I'm a 32 year old gamer. I cannot hang out with most of you, and you should not contact me to buy you cheap wine or cigarettes. I do not like jail. Seriously, I own all three consoles and I don't discriminate. Gaming is for fun, not for sissy slapfights. If you consider yourself partial to a particular console, I don't care why you don't own other consoles, I don't want to hear about it. If you're going to bitch about something, you'd better bring some hard evidence of why you're complaining if you want to cry on my shoulder.

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Part 1: Introductions
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Part 4: You're not in Kansas anymore, Niero (TGS07)
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Good news and bad news...
BluDesign | 9:15 PM on 08.07.2008 35 comments


Good news is that I have a working Xbox 360.

Meet the 60 GB.


I'm apparently the harbinger of my own death in this household!

Yeah, I just went out and bought a brand new Xbox 360 60 GB.


Old guard, meet the new guard

That's the good news. Things get to carry on like normal. Whoopee.

As for the second one, it depends. I can sell it at a loss and not be hurting, as pointed out before, MS still isn't turning a profit on these, so I did them no favors by buying one other than stacking another point on their card on who has more units sold.

I can keep it too and just wait for the inevitable RROD, repair it, and then sell it at that point for a substantial gain over what I'd get for a busted ass 20GB with no wireless controllers.


BUT, here's the bad news. And it is bad.

This is the LAST Xbox 360 I'm buying. Period.

If this 60 GB junks on me, I'm done. Cutting my ties. Metalocalypse will fade into the sunset, I cut my losses and make my time with the games I had and enjoy them for what they were at the time. No more.

I just don't have it in me to keep up with this any longer if this keeps going on like this.

Microsoft, you ungrateful sons of bitches, you broke me. Worse than breaking the console, you broke the spirit and enthusiasm I get out of gaming. You've taken all I can possibly enjoy out of your console and consolidated it down to a $99 repair for my happiness. And you know what? It's not worth it anymore. So, you win this round Microsoft, but you have not won the war.



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BluDesign's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/07/2008 21:31
BluDesign
I'd just like to point out that this "end" is inevitable. Unavoidable. Like tying yourself to the tracks of a bullet train. From the time I power this system on here in about 2 minutes, it's starting it's own death clock.
randombullseye's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/07/2008 21:36
randombullseye
Everyday we get to play 360 is a good day. Unless we're playing crappy games.

So than DVDdesign, shall we celebrate with online play?
LostCrichton's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/07/2008 21:37
LostCrichton
It'll be a damn sad day if you ever stop logging into XBL.
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/07/2008 21:37
Samit Sarkar
May the Force be with you -- er, I mean, your 60 GB unit.

But really, I'm glad that you've decided to take a stand. Hearing people say things like "I'm on my eighth 360!" just makes me cringe. I'm amazed that gamers put up with this much shit from Microsoft, and it's good to see that you're as mad as hell and you're not gonna take it anymore.
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/07/2008 21:45
king3vbo
Good luck
Spitfire's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/07/2008 21:46
Spitfire
@Juggernaut
Ben Heck's teardown
I was just looking at this also, hopefully it will severely cut down the RRoD.
the GAMEGOBLIN's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/07/2008 21:49
the GAMEGOBLIN
Dramatic much?
MaxVest's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/07/2008 21:54
MaxVest
Did it RROD, or is this related to that firmware update that broke your wireless controllers?
MaxVest's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/07/2008 21:57
MaxVest
Never mind. Saw the previous post. Have you tried screaming until you pass out?
pendelton21's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/07/2008 21:59
pendelton21
If I was in your situation, I'd come to the same conclusion. No matter what games, peripherals, abilities, etc. that a console might have, if you get fucked over by the console AND it's maiker multiple times, it's time to get out.
Maurice Tan's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/07/2008 22:03
Maurice Tan
Welcome to the 2x 360 club! Good thing they moved some memory around on the board, so it's a bit less likely to RROD than the standard Falcon boards. Only time will tell..
BluDesign's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/07/2008 22:07
BluDesign
Thanks for the link Spitfire and Juggernaut.

I wish I could have more enthusiasm for this POS, but at this point the 360 is just around for exclusives, I'm afraid.

If not for the fact that I JUST finished GTAIV the other day, I'd be very upset about all this.
blehman's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/07/2008 22:12
blehman
Can I have your hard drive after this next red ring? You know, with licenses and everything?
pedrovay2003's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/07/2008 22:16
pedrovay2003
I'm gonna be honest, that Ben Heck thing wasn't impressive. There seemed to be only one difference, and while it seems to be an improvement over the cause of heat, it's still only one thing. That one thing can't be the only cause of the RRoD. That system just has too many problems.

Anyway, good luck, DVD. I hope this one lasts for you. And yeah, I can't imagine how much it would have sucked if you had lost your GTA data. I wish you could hook the memory card to a computer or something.
PetiePal's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/07/2008 22:23
PetiePal
Why don't you wait until the new ones which have the RAM doubled and its placement changed are released. They are supposed to stop the RROD drastically.

I'd say buy a warranty on this 360 immediately...then you don't have to go through MS' bs replacement process.
Bob Muir's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/07/2008 22:48
Bob Muir
The Falcon chips have had relatively few deaths so far. I got one last October and it's been working great. You should (hopefully) be fine.
Brian Szabelski's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/07/2008 23:01
Brian Szabelski
Good luck with this, dvd. And if it doesn't work, I would suggest focusing your time and effort on the PS3 and Wii. Both have been ultra reliable. Plus, Nintendo has spot-on service people, and Sony seems to be picking up their game in the customer service realm, too.
thinkfreemind's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/07/2008 23:01
thinkfreemind
I still have my 1st 360 console working well, but I have been feeling sorry reading about your problems. Hopefully, something good will come of all this. Might I suggest calling them back one more time about the repair and not stopping until you get Bill G. himself? Persistance wins wars sometimes.
Scape's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/07/2008 23:08
Scape
Dude you should have just red-ringed it yourself by heating it up with towels or something, and then sent it off instead of buying a new one.
MechaMonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/07/2008 23:08
MechaMonkey
Vaya con Dios.
kawitchate's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/07/2008 23:22
kawitchate
of course you had to buy a new one. how else are you going to get those AWESOME AVATARS when they come out?!?

seriously though, i fear your story will be mine soon enough (in that my current 360 will crap out on me and i'll have to buy a new one).
Y0j1mb0's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/07/2008 23:24
Y0j1mb0
Tick ... tock.
free touch's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/07/2008 23:40
free touch
Your system is under warranty still.. I don't see why they would charge you to fix the console if something they put on it fucked it up. Clearly you need to bitch more.

Here's a protip: you aren't sticking it to the man by buying another console. You just did what they wanted you to do, so congrats on failing.

Or.. here's a better Idea, go spend $40 on a rechargable battery kit with usb adapter. If the cord is to short, sit closer to your tv.

I really don't see why you would go buy a new system... in what crazy world ass logic would that make any sense.
mistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/08/2008 00:31
mistic
Sure hope your's lives to die of old age rather then RRoD...

I bought a second one to get HDMI on it, then I sold my first one, it RRoD'd a month after that :-) lucky me ;-)
Aurain's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/08/2008 00:51
Aurain
It's true. You aren't sticking it to the man by buying a brand new console. Sticking it to the man in this case would be driving to their headquarters, asking to speak to the head of firmware development, knocking him out with your Xbox, taking his Xbox, and take a crap on his face.

Giving them another 200 bucks is kind of the last anarchistic thing you can do.
superhobo's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/08/2008 01:40
superhobo
At least the new ones are better. Apparently.
Coonskin05's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/08/2008 02:08
Coonskin05
"Giving them another 200 bucks is kind of the last anarchistic thing you can do."

Wait, what? You do realize Microsoft loses money on every 360 they sell right? What offsets that is that it takes them about a buck, if that, to manufacture those nice 60 dollar games we buy.
Aziel13's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/08/2008 03:13
Aziel13
shiggity shweet
hope your new gaurd live an very very long and happy life
Velt's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/08/2008 08:48
Velt
One billion dollars later and the console still has issues... sad.

The hardware is shit, living in south america I cant buy one, because if it dies then I lost my money. Of course, it seems that the new ones dont die so much, but still.. so I wont spend money on one this year. Not until B. Gates comes, gives me one and cum over it for luck.
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/08/2008 18:06
Sharpless
Because I'm such a nice guy, I'll take the old one off your hands for free. Because I love you.
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