I LOVE THE CONSOLE OR SHOULD I SAY THE GAMES THAT ARE REALEASED FOR THIS CONSOLE, HOWEVER, THE HARDWARE AND CUSTOMER SUPPORT ARE TOTALLY HORRIBLE... ONCE UPON A TIME I WAS AN EXCLUSIVE SONY FANBOY, EVER SINCE A LITTLE GAME CALLED FINAL FANTASY 7 WAS RELEASED. THEN FINALLY JUMPED OVER TO X-BOX WHEN THE MASTER CHIEF HAD HIS SECOND ADVENTURE. WHEN THE 360 WAS RELEASED I PURCHASED IT AND SOLD IT WITHIN A WEEK BECAUSE AT THE TIME A $400 HUNDRED DOLLAR UPGRADE THAT ONLY MADE GAMES LOOK MORE SHINY (G.R.A.W AND FULL AUTO) WAS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. THAT WAS UNTIL I PLAYED GEARS OF WAR LATE LAST SUMMER OF '07. I IMMEDIATLY PURCHASED ANOTHER CONSOLE AND IN FACT ALSO BOUGHT A 52" DLP T.V JUST TO PLAY IT LIKE IT WAS MEANT TO BE PLAYED. AND LIFE WAS GOOD... UNTIL 4 MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD, I JUST GOT HALO 3 AND BAM! RED RING OF DEATH... I CROSSED MY FINGERS AND HOPED FOR THE BEST AS I CALLED MICROSOFT, OF COURSE THESE DAYS ALL CALL CENTERS ARE OUT SOURCED IN INDIA OR SOMEWHERE. THEY ACTUALLY MANAGED TO HELP ME OUT, THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REP SAID THAT MY WARRANTY WILL BE EXTENDED FOR ANOTHER 3 YEARS AND THAT THEY WERE GOING TO SEND ME A BOX TO SHIP MY "BOX" IN. SENT MY "BOX" OFF, RECIEVED ANOTHER ONE NO FUSS AND LIFE WAS GOOD. LIFE HAS BEEN REALLY REALLY GOOD WITH GAMES LIKE MASS EFFECT, ASSAIN'S CREED, COD 4, BIOSHCOK, AND RECENTLY GEARS OF WAR 2 AND FALLOUT 3, JUST TO NAME A FEW! UNTIL YESTERDAY, I JUST FINISHED DOWNLOADING THE NEW XBOX INTERFACE THING WHEN SUDDENLY BAM!? RED RING OF DEATH, AGAIN!? IT WAS LIKE BEING IN A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP AND FOUND OUT YOU WERE GETTING CHEATED ON NOT ONCE BUT TWICE! I WANT TO SMASH THE THING AT THIS POINT. SO I TRY NOT TO PANIC, CALLED INDIA AGAIN AND THIS TIME THE REP WAS VERY UNHELPFUL BECAUSE OF THE LANGUAGE BARRIER AND THE VAGUE FEELING OF UNEASE THAT THIS TIME THINGS WILL NOT TURN OUT LIKE THE LAST. THE REP TELLS ME THAT MY 'BOX IS REGISTERED UNDER SOMEONE ELSE'S NAME AND THAT MY WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED... BUT HE WAS STILL GOING TO PUT IN THE SERVICE REQUEST. HE GIVES ME THE SERVICE REQUEST NUMBER AND TELLS ME TO CALL BACK TOMORROW BECAUSE OF SOME TECHNICAL PROBLEMS THEY WERE HAVING IN THEIR SYSTEM (HOW IRONIC NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT). I WAS SO FRUSTRATED BY THE TIME I GOT OFF THE PHONE I WAS REALLY GOING TO SMASH MY 360 AND JUST BUY A PLAYSTATION AND BE DONE WITH IT... SO ANYONE CONSIDERING PURCHASING AN X-BOX 360 "USED" BE AWARE THAT THERE IS A VERY HIGH PROBABILITY OF THE RED RING OCCURENCE, AND THAT YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET IT REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY, THIS IS MY SECOND R.O.D AND BROTHER HAS HAD A COUPLE AS WELL.

I own both. The 360 is now a useless pile of junk in my basement.
It lasted 14 months...and during that time, I had to constantly turn
the sound down to listen if the fan was going....if it wasn't I had
to quickly turn it off and on before it froze up. Finally it died and
then the call to Microsoft...I won't even go into that. The PS3 is about
2 months old and runs flawlessly. You cannot hear the fan, unlike the
lawn blower that is the 360, and it never feels hot....the 360 can be
used as a space heater if your furnace dies.

Of course be logical...what is a software company doing producing hard
ware???? And Sony, well, they know how to make electronics....DO NOT
BUY THIS PIECE OF JUNK. Yes, I am very upset with Microsoft on this product and have become a PS3 fan....but because the 360 is junk....this
is an honest review based on owning both, not a fan boy of the PS3...and
I do miss Forza, but after the rings of death, well that was the end of that anyway right? And I have at least four friends who have converted to PS3...do yourself a favor and don't buy this junk.

Delivery was quick and everything was in there as advertised. Works great.

Thanks.

i wanna know if this xbox is working perfectly and its fine cuz in the description of the 74 more xbox consoles i saw that it said red ring of death-and if u dont lknow wat it means it mean its messed up and u need a new 1

My initial review of the XBOX 360 Pro was a few days after I purchased it in November of 2006. Since that time I have gone through four or five XBOX Pro consoles with problems ranging from no video on the screen to the games freezing for no reason at all. In addition to the XBOX Pro's failing, I have also had to have two XBOX Elites replaced or repaired since purchasing my first one in January of 2008. The problem with the Elite consoles was that the shoddy DVD drives could fail to read Game CD's until after 30 - 40 tries of opening/closing the drives. In fact I have just boxed up my 2nd Elite console to send back to Microsoft. None of my XBOX Pro's have lasted more than seven months, and in terms of my XBOX Elite, it will be my THIRD in less than a year.

I can go into every single reason why my XBOX's have failed but why bother when you can just as easily go to the multitudes of message boards and read the horror stories of this extremely unreliable console. When I purchased my XBOX Elite in December of 2008, it started having problems of not always reading game discs two weeks after purchase, the only reason I didn't return it to Microsoft then was because I knew all they would do is just send me a POS refurb. I dealt the with the problem for several months until finally it started freezing and RROD'ing on me; giving me no choice but to return it. Now my most recent Elite is doing the exact same thing in less than three months!

What makes things even worse is Microsoft's customer support is absolutely useless. As with many companies that don't care about customer service, their XBOX support is somewhere in India and the customer service reps are hard to understand, clueless, unhelpful, and sometimes even downright rude. When I was returning my 4th or 5th XBOX Pro console earlier this year, the rep didn't even want to process the return because he claimed that my warranty expired. This was despite the fact that I had purchased an extended warranty plan THROUGH MICROSOFT and had the actual print out of the warranty certificate that Microsoft sent me. This idiot even tried to tell me that the warranty I purchased for my XBOX Pro console in November of 2006 was for my XBOX Elite console which was purchased in January of 2008. Not only does it make ZERO sense that I could even purchase a warranty for an Elite console I did not even own at the time, the XBOX Elite console was not even out in 2006! I had to fight with him for over an half hour before I got the supervisor on the phone who agreed to let me send it back provided I included a copy of the warranty certificate. Yet even after all of that the geniuses at Microsoft STILL did not apply my warranty to my console so I had to spend another week straightening that out. With me finally sending a letter to the main corporate office stating that I have an extended warranty and I expect them to honor it.

I will admit when working I think the Microsoft XBOX 360 console oflffers the best in terms of overall game play and features, but what good is all of that if the console breaks all the time? I am nearing 32 years old and I have bought tens of thousands of dollars (maybe even more) worth of electronic equipment and only ONCE have I had to return something to the manufacturer due to a malfunction. Yet in under two years of owning the XBOX 360, I am on my eighth one. This is absolutely unacceptable and Microsoft has proven that not only can they NOT make a reliable console, they have also proven that they don't care. Even after Microsoft spends over $1 billion to "correct" the numerous problems with the XBOX 360 console, failure rates are still off the charts. Heck, I can't even get one that lasts a year. I have taken every precaution to ensure I am doing all that I can to help the extremely fragile console function properly but NOTHING helps. I don't plug it in to a power strip, I always lay it horizontal. I ensure it has adequate ventilation, but guess what? it still fails. I know for sure that if I dusted off my old 8 bit Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, Nintendo GameCube, or Sony PlayStation (The VERY first one that came out), they would STILL work flawlessly. Yet in two years time, the amount of XBOX 360 consoles I have gone through is MORE than the total amount of gaming consoles I have owned in my entire life!

As much as I love playing the multitude of fun games on the XBOX 360, once my warranties have expired and they will no longer "fix" the console free of charge, I am done with Microsoft based consoles. If I am unable to fix it myself (which I had to do with the first gen XBOX) then all of my games will be sold or donated. I am not really interested in the PS3 or GameCube, so once my 360 bites the dust for the last time, then its back to PC gaming for me.

In any case, I will never spend another DIME on Microsoft's extremely unreliable pieces of junk that they call the XBOX 360 or any future consoles they plan to make. I urge potential buyers to think long and hard before spending this kind of money on the XBOX 360, if you still insist then I suggest a replacement plan AT THE PLACE OF PURCHASE, I don't even recommend getting Microsoft's service contract as the reps don't even know how to handle that correctly.

For a slogan like, "Its good to play together" I have not seen microsoft taking any steps towards making their user interface any easier or faster for that matter. From signing on to xbox live and then signing into a separate user profile its just simply a pain in the butt. To join a friend thats playing the same game is probably the single most frustrating thing ive ever had to deal with. SIMPLY PUT XBOX 360 NEEDS A WHOLE NEW USER INTERFACE.
It takes 5-10 seconds just to click the button to join a friends game then another 35 seconds to actually get into the same room as them. With a saying like, "its good to play together" they sure dont make it any easier. Even with two xbox live accounts the only game that i own that allows me to play on the same tv as my friend (who is in the same room) is halo three and thats over 2 years old now! Even with two xbox live accounts we arent able to play rainbow six vegas, OR VEGAS 2 (OR CALL OF DUTY 4), together on the same screen, it requires 2 xboxes, 2 tvs and two games! First you need to click on your controller , wait 3 seconds for a menu to pop up (and if you are in the middle of the game, the menu will cover half the screen and will temp. freeze your movement in the game) then you need to go to your friends menu, find which friend is online, click his name, then click join his game. Mind you there is always that 3 second delay between each menu. UGH! Dont get me wrong I love my xbox, but somebody out there working for microsoft is retarded, and they are getting a lot of money to be retarded. I dont own a PS3 but ive sampled their interface and its LIGHT YEARS ahead of this one! When you go from one menu to another menu it actually does it when you tell it to! No lag, no waiting! Its instant and seamless (opposite xbox) brilliant!

I've had my one and only 360, never serviced, since about February 2006 because my local GameStop was out of stock, backordered. My hope was to turn it around online at a profit but by February it appeared the best I could do was break even. Wasn't really interested in a product by a company known for software, not much trust, but looked forward to the multimedia content, music videos, TV shows, movies, and games. The first year my 360 received little use because the multimedia content was almost non-existent. Only games specific to the 360 I have are the two DOA series the remainder are original Xbox titles of which about 2/3 are compatible.

Casual gamer probably best fits my gaming experience even though I currently still have a Nintendo NES, SNES, GameBoy color, Xbox, and Sony PSP. All are still working fine with the exception of the original GameBoy, the LCD display went bad even with light/moderate use. Back then toward the earlier years of LCD displays, they failed frequently. I had Fluke DMM's (Digital Multi Meters) toward the early 80's, the LCD displays would always fail in about a years time.

Last time I checked folks rated the 360 a 3.5/5.0 here. My rating is a 1.0/5.0 because I'm not a hardcore gamer and find the failures unacceptable. The market focus of the 360 appears to be for the mass consumers because of the multimedia content.

I will try to explain why IMO the 360's are dying and depending on perspective it's normal. MS (Microsoft) is a PC focused business similar to that of others, the politics are the same. Probably by the time the Pentium III came about the die size used on the processors shrunk to the point the voltage regulator on the mobo (motherboard) changed from a linear to a switcher for efficiency. Unlike previous mobo designs part of the PS (power supply) is now built onto the mobo, more heat. Toward the end of the Pentium III and beyond heat of the processors became more of an issue; a Pentium III has been said is 50% faster for a given speed than a Pentium IV. Multi-core came about because of heat, a method of working around the issue of heat. In years past it was said processor speed would double about every two years, that came to an end with the Pentium III. Processor speeds are no longer stated clearly upfront.

While makers of PC's, particularly notebooks, don't state not to play video games on a PC, it's common for such items to fail because of games or heavy graphics applications. Nvida recently took a hit of $ millions because of video related failures.

My setup of the 360 consists of a Sony 27" XBR square TV connected via composite video, NTSC, with the audio connected to the same TV. The 360 and original Xbox are connected directly to the TV while other components like DVD, LD, and video tape player/recorder are connected to the TV via a RS (Radio Shack) switch box. Both Xbox's are connected directly because they tend to pull the audio volume down on the other components when connected to a switch box. TV stand is a one piece welded square tubular steel frame with 3 shelves. No side/back panels or doors. Both Xbox's are on the lower shelf with the 360 placed on top of the original Xbox. They are separated by a bracket made of four chop sticks. Xbox's have always been in a horizontal position. Surge suppressors made by APC are used and sometimes an APC 1400 UPS is used for all the components on the TV stand.

My conclusion. I've probably read hundreds of reports and blogs but unfortunately folks generally don't state their setup or software (games) used. IMO the best way to help keep the 360 up and running is to not have the HD (high definition) video connected and limit the 360 game titles used. Also placement of the 360 in a vertical position is a no no, most of the air intake appears to be on that side of the console.

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Updated added info:

I got my lazy self to actually take some line input power measurements of my 360. Comparing my measurements with those from hardware.net yields differences. My TV/display setup is the same as above, standard video (NTSC) composite. I presume those from hardware.net are HDTV.

Objective is to estimate the power consumption of the GPU (graphical processing unit) of the 360 under various functions. The commonly known GPU overheating is the main cause of 360's becoming bricked, RRoD (red ring of death), display distortions, freeze ups, and shutdowns. My estimate of GPU power consumption is based on some fixed parameters (console and its modes/functions) and variable (display device). Maximum power consumption of the GPU is assumed to be 35W, info from the web.

Below, first number/reading, are my measurements using a Sencore PR57. Second numbers/reading are from hardware.net, they are separated by a / (slash). Example: myreading/hardware.net W= watts, NA= not available. Numbers are rounded to 3 digits or less because of resolution error.



1.) Standby (video output is off, power brick has yellow light indicator illuminated, no illumination at console) NA/2.5W

2.) Standby w/active background downloading (video output is off, power brick has green indicator illuminated, console has momentary center green light indicator flash at power switch) 110W/NA


3.) Idle (dashboard, specific area Xbox Live, usual power-up default screen), 141W/158W

4.) DVD (video playback from DVD disc) 120-123W/126-127W

5.) Xbox video (playback of downloaded video on HDD (hard drive)) 136W/139-149W

6.) Game Play (low and high average or just average, low and high peaks omitted) 165W, 172W/185W

7.) Background Download (additional power draw when active) 2W/NA

8.) Fan, high speed (additional power draw when active) 4W/NA



Measurement comments:

1.) Standby, the Sencore PR57 has a low scale of 175W, anything below 20% of this scale would be meaningless or with high error. This is the reason for omission.

2.) Standby w/active background downloading, usually its 110W but with the fan kicking up to higher speed will be 114W. This measurement should be the same regardless of display device. As high as 138W when downloading a demo game. Unknown whether the latter is normal because of no momentary green flash of the center light of the power switch on the console.

3.) Idle, a differential of 17W between standard video and HDTV. Fairly consistent see #6 Game Play.

4.) DVD, output would probably be 480p to a HDTV may explain why power is higher than standard video.

5.) Xbox video, output display device appears to determine processing of video file regardless of format, standard/HD. In other words while an HD file can be used with a standard display, a standard video file would be desirable if available. HD video file is about 4 times the size of that of standard video.

6.) Game Play, unlike most measurements these readings are highly subjective. I've eliminated peak high readings because they are generally of short duration. Should peak high readings be considered than it would be proper to include peak low readings. Peak low readings would bring the average reading down substantially because during game loads (accessing the optical disc) power consumption would drop substantially toward Idle. Demo games on the HDD (hard drive) would average higher because game load times would be shorter. Games I've monitored from disc are DOA Extreme, DOA 4, DOA 3, DOA 2. Demo games on HDD are Portal, Bioshock, Wall E, Doom, and many others. My readings where 165W and 172W, average of these would be 168.5W. Average is needed for comparison with hardware.net's reading of 185W. Differential is 16.5W or 17W. This differential is the same/similar to #3 Idle of 17W.



Conclusion, 17W is about half of the 35W maximum rating of the GPU or the remaining 18W is the power at the GPU with standard video. Sounds like a GPU saver to me.

Previously I mentioned 360 games should be limited but I have a change of mind. Very little difference noticed during measurements. Insignificant compared to the display device used.

Should be clear to most if not all the 360 wasn't designed and executed properly. Eventually I hope to rework/remount the heat sinks on the GPU and CPU.

The xbox 360 is the best! THE BEST! I have owned 2 units. Sold my frist one to get the elite. The games are awsome the unit is awsome!

I have owned an Xbox 360 for more than a year now and it still works excellent! The main reason I got it was because of Halo. But there are other fun games too. I like the wireless controllers, which can be up to 30 feet away! And they work very good. You can also play original Xbox games on your 360! But you need to have a hard drive and special software to do it. Go to www.xbox.com for more information. The games for it are very fun and up to four people can play on most of them! Xbox 360 is just a fun console and I would really recommend it! It is worth every penny!

The title says it all - I am extremely happy with this console. I was always a Playstation guy until my cousin showed me the light with the XBox 360. I was planning on buying a PS3 in the future, but why would I spend that kind of money when I can get the XBox for so much cheaper?? Love it!

I bought a 360 about a year ago. I only feel qualified to review it as a system now because I can safely say I owned this system for the entire length of its functional life, and don't think I'll be getting much more out of it, since it no longer works.

That's an exaggeration. It'll work again. I just have to get an entirely new disc drive for it.

Which brings me to the strange duality of the 360. On one hand, there are some truly great games available for it and only for it. The graphics it's capable of are superb, the standard wireless controllers are outstanding, and they're even designed rather ergonomically. And yet--before something can be good, it has to function.

Let me tell you a quick story for comparative purposes. The first system I ever owned was a Sega Master System. 1986, folks. Being a kid, I kicked the heck out of it. Dropped it. Spilled stuff on it. Treated the cartridges poorly. My brother enjoyed chewing on the electrical cables (seriously). Guess what? It's in the other room right now, still hooked up and functioning perfectly (including the chewed cords; nothing a little tape didn't fix).

On the other hand, my Xbox 360 was treated like it was the statue of a deity. It had its own particular spot, well-ventilated, was never knocked over, spilled upon, or spoken to vulgarly. If I had to move it, I wrapped it up in a blanket so it wouldn't get dinged. And less than a year after buying it...it breaks down.

So--lifespan comparisons. Sega Master System = 22 years and counting. Xbox 360 = 10 months.

Really, if you're going to be charging people hundreds of dollars, at least have the common courtesy to use quality parts. I can understand not building them to military specifications, but can it at least last a year before it breaks down? I may be fixing my 360, but you can bet it's the last time I trust this company with my money.

Next time I'm going with a Playstation--which, given, also break down. But it seems they don't do it with nearly the regularity and predictability of the Xbox. Sorry, Microsoft. You had two chances. (Oh, right, I forgot to mention. I also owned an Xbox. Guess what? It stopped reading discs after...about a year. Seems to be a pattern.)

This is by far the best console of this generation. It has more features and games than both ps3 and wii combined. From the amazing marketplace where you can buy original xbox games, movies, music videos, games, demos and more.

Of all three systems it has the most established and polished online community. There is enough free content in the market place to easily keep you busy for hours a day. And the user interface is smoother than a newborns rump.

the best console of the generation, you can also stream media from your computer via windows live media player without having to have it connected directly to your pc. so i never have to buy movies, just download and watch from my room.

I find it very interesting that Amazon has asked me to review an item that I have not received. I ordered it from a seller named Royalty Entertainment on the 22 of August. It is the 23 of September and it has not arrived. Had to file a claim against seller, but I have been told I will not receive a refund until October 3rd.

This was my last purchase ever from a seller or Amazon. They both have been very unprofessional with me.

I bought this product for Christams last year (my kids had xbox before and we loved it so we decided to upgrade) and I never knew that they have the overheating problem, after my oldest son played overnight it never turned on again (I had it for 9 months, previous model we had for over 4 years and it never had any problems)
my kids love games that work with xbox but we decidet to change it to wii,

this is the greatest video game system that i hardly play video games on it plays so many different media types i can make a dvd data,usb drive best money i ever spent oh and it plays video games which is a plus a guess

I bought my xbox 360 on launch day. It ran fine with no problems for about 14 months and then I fell victim to the dreaded red ring of death (RROD). But, I called Microsoft's support and had a replacement unit in about two weeks. The Xbox 360 is definitely the most fun for me of all the next gen consoles and it has a massive library of quality titles.

The newer 360's have improved greatly as far as the RROD issues go. Is the RROD eliminated completely? I doubt it, but it's close. Additionally Microsoft has a 3 year warranty in place to cover you should you have any problems of that nature.

The 360 has great games like Gears of war, Halo 3, Call of duty 4, Bioshock and many others. And the Xbox live (XBL) community is by far the best online service of the 3 next gen consoles and is well worth the 50 dollars per year or 13 cents per day depending on how you want to look at it. XBL is rich with content from movie, music video, television show, and game downloads to online chat with and without video (If you have the vision cam accessory) It also has a built in MSN interface for chatting with friends on PC, and Pocket PCs, and connects directly to any Microsoft Mediacenter PC you may have in you house for playing movies, looking at photos, or listening to music.

The 360 display/graphics are very high quality and supports 480p - 1080p on most if not all titles. The controllers have a very nice ergonomic design and fits well in my hands and are never awkward.

I would definitely recommend the xbox 360 for anyone looking to buy one.

It's difficult for me to make a recommendation for either the 360 or the PS3 over one another as they are both great consoles. I would give the PS3 the advantage based on past reliability and blu-ray video capability.
But, I give the 360 the advantage in games library, shear fun and online service.

If I would make a recommendation, I would say get one of them (Either one) and then follow up very soon by buying the other. Because there are great games out there for both consoles and other games coming out that are only available on one or the other. Get them both.

I bought my console back in December of 2007. I've never had one problem with it since I've owned the thing.

Its worked like a dream, disk tray is fine, and no sign of the red ring. My friend did get the disk tray error on his Elite console. But they worked very quickly making sure he get his fixed. Free shipping both ways, they sent him a box, he mailed the console. Then few weeks later back in action.

Only problem I've had, if you can call it a problem. Is that I needed more space on the hard drive since I got if for rock band. I upgraded to the 120 GB hard drive which was simple to do. But the good thing is now you can just get the new version which comes with a 60 GB hard drive.
But still a great buy, and a great working console.

Actually microsoft will fix and ship your xbox 360 for free of charge, i got the (red rings of death) on mine , its a harddrive problem, then fixed it and shiped it both ways for free and i got a free month of xbox live.

My cousins play with it every day. It is extremely fun for them. I am an adult and prefer a WII anyway.

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This is the 3rd X-box 360 that has failed on me. I just do not understand why my original X-box bought in 2003 still works fine and the new ones keep dying. This time it was not the rings of death but red and green intermittent flashes on the tv. I am now ready to move on to the PS3.

THE XBOX 360 20GB IS GOOD PRODUCT BECAUSE IT ALLOWS U TO PLAY GAMES UP TO 1080P (FULL HD)LIKE THE PS3. ITS WORTH PAYING 50 A YEAR 4 XBOX LIVE BECAUSE IT DONT LAG AS LONG UR CONNECT IS OK. THIS PRODUCT ENABLES U 2 USE A HDMI CABLE MAKING IT EASIER THEN HAVING ALLL OF THOSE OTHER COLORED CABLES. I RECOMMEND GETTING A INTERCOOLER BECAUSE IF PLAY THIS FOR 2 LONG IT GETS VERY HOT AND THE CHANCES OF GETTING THE RED RINGS GO UP.

I bought the xbox 360 I guess during 2005, lasted about 2 years maybe a little more, before the famous four rings of death ocurred to me, the console got busted, sent it for repair, for free, and got a replacement console, not my original one.

It has been a little over a year after getting the replacement unit, now it is busted again, different problem, now it will cost me about 100 dlls to fix it. After looking for the symptoms in the xbox forum, it seems to be, again, a wide spread common problem, a lot of people have the same problem.

The conclusion is that the average life of the console, before going dead is about one and a half years, then you'll have to send it for a fix. Very poor quality for a [...] dlls machine, buy a playstation 3 if you are starting your game collection, I am kind of stuck with xbox, I have over 30 games for it.

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Great product. I was wary of the contents of the package in terms of chipset and DVD drive, but after ordering about a month ago, I've discovered that this 360 totes the Falcon chipset and a BenQ [quiet] DVD drive. You can't really go wrong with this package. Buy it. Everything worked out of the box for me and I have yet to have any problems with it.

Im very pleased with this purchase. I bought the console, extra controller and a game; amazon shipped it to me incredibly fast. I ordered 3day shipping and they upgraded my shipping for free and it got here a day early. Everything was as described, brand new and factory sealed. Im very pleased with amzon and will be a reeturning costomer.

I had them all I still have my original ps1 I still have the nintendo 64 the ps2, the 1st xbox ,the Dreamcast I Xbox 360 Console Includes 20GB Hard Driveeven still have the sega Genesis. I am a life time gamer my first console was the atari!! And theres nothing in this world better thn my Xbox360 this is the best console ever! The only problem is that it may give you the red ring of death but Xbox has extended the warranty on the machine so I am good. The 360 got the Ps3 for over 150 extra tittles that Ps3 doesn't have the only advantage in the Ps3 is the blue ray tech. I am buying a Ps3 only for that Blue ray fact. any blue ray Dvd player is over $300 when I can get the Ps3 for $450. Not bad.

this was one one the best buys that i have completed! my son plays it every day it has nooooooo problems!!! i love this product you never tire of this product it was awesome!!!

This system, hands down, is the best purchase for your money. The online service for $50 a year is a unbelievable deal. You can play with your friends 24/7 online with quality graphics. I have the other gaming systems, but they do not compare to the Xbox360. I would like to say that Microsoft is doing a fantastic job and to keep up the outstanding work.

Great system. Play it non-stop. I have a nyko inter cooler to prevent over-heating. it helps a ton. graphics are awesome. Xbox live you have to pay for but it is worth it.

I'd like to start by stating that I'm not a "fan boy" of either Sony or Microsoft. I don't own stock in either company and therefore don't feel any special attachment or animosity toward either. In fact, I don't even understand why most people feel that liking one means having to hate the other. I've played both systems and enjoy both systems but, if you can only afford one, I'd have to say it's probably better to get a PS3.

I gave the XBox 360 high marks because it's a great system and I thoroughly enjoy it. However, after tallying up the costs of everything, PS3 has a higher up-front cost but is an overall better value.

I bought the system for $299 thinking I got a great deal. Well, I quickly found out that it doesn't support wireless internet connection right out of the box. I had to buy a $100 adapter, which basically made it cost the same as a PS3. So now I've spent the same amount of money but don't have a Bluray player or a 40 GB hard drive. I wouldn't buy a game system specifically for a Bluray player, but if I'm shelling out $400 anyway I should have gotten the system with the extra features.

I'll agree that XBox Live is a pretty well thought-out idea and is much more engaging than PS3's online stuff, but PS3 gives it to you for free and once you are playing the game itself it is basically the same.

Most of the good games are available on both systems. Each has a few exclusive titles but I haven't found either to be so amazing that it would truly warrant buying one over the other (although that could be argued depending on personal preference).

I know some people gripe about how loud the drive is. Honestly, it is pretty noisy but unless you're playing the games on mute I don't see how it's ever a nuisance. Even on generally low volume settings my TV drowns out any noise produced by the drive.

Again, the XBox 360 is a great system. I can't really give it a bad review because it's not a bad piece of hardware. It's just that at the end of the day, the PS3 is a better value. Although I must admit that the XBox controller is 100 times better (personal preference, I just prefer the way it feels in my hands).

If you've been thinking of getting an XBox for whatever reason then I'd still recommend it because it's great. I can't knock the XBox in any aspect other than it feels like Microsoft is trying to nickle and dime you with everything. If you're stuck trying to choose between XBox 360 and PS3, and only intend to buy one or the other, than the PS3 is probably the better bet. You get a lot more bang for your buck.

Well, I am a Baby boomer, that finally broke down and bought one of these things. I am not a gamer, but do enjoy an occational play, especially the military, and flight games.

1st of all, I have been using Amazon for years now, and have been pleased with them. I ordered this XBox one morning, and it was sitting on my front porch the next afternoon. Very impressive.

2nd. Out of the box, I had a blast setting up and playing the loaded demos. Like someone else said, I have never had so much fun, and things to do with a game console without even buying a game for it. I set up the free month of XBox live, and love that too. I have 3 grown sons whom are all gamers, and 2 of the three live far from me with their own families. I can play them, and comunicate with them like they were sitting in the same room with me. I LOVE that about this box all on it's own. I am very impressed with the XBox, and wished that I had bought one sooner. Within a few hours, I had it as a intergal part of my home network. I stream my own music to it as well as photo slide shows through it to my TV from my network's file server. AND, on a wim, page my son in College 900 miles away, just as I was calling him from the next room. I LOVE it..

The cautious part, I am still on the fence about the horror stories I hear about the heat issues with the XBox. I have not seen any yet, but it has only been about a week. So far, so good. I am keeping an eye out for those issues.

I think it was a great purchase, if for nothing elese but to keep up with my boys, and have that friendly father/son competition with them from long distance.

Have enjoyed this gaming system. Excellent graphics and easy to play. Would recommend to anyone.

Where should I start...
1) Overpricing for the play is worthless
2) Games library sucks... It reminds me of Nintendo releasing their crap sequels like Zelda and Mario, only for a new generation of console
3) Xbox Live can be fun but not worth it, especially since the PS3 is free online and you can play games on the PC online for free
4) Now that HD-DVD is dead and Blu-Ray is the king of all formats in 2 years time the 360 will make its way into the death-bed as one of the earliest consoles to get out of production, and this because Microsoft "thought" that them jumping into the next-gen console market 1 year ahead of Nintendo and Sony would give them an advantage... But it didn't especially when they lost the format war.
5) 20GB HDD... Don't make me laugh... I can go and pick up a 20GB HDD for $[...]
6) The freaking annoying controller always dies... If you want to have any use of it you have to buy the $20 recharger and battery pack... Which is a waste because the initial recharge time takes forever then when you play without the charger I found that on average it dies after 10-12 hours (when it was supposedly 30 hours+)
7) Horrible over-heating (EVEN on the NEW devices that have been made this year!)
8) Has scratched my games because of M$s pathetic attempt at keeping modding of the 360 down they forgot to add protection to protect your games!
9) The console is so dang loud... REEAAAALLLLY loud... TRUST ME!

I've had tons of fun with my xbox and I don't regret buying it at all. I was a little worried about the "ring of death" problem when I got it, but according to cnet.com, that's a problem with earlier versions of the console.

Anyway, the games are very fun, and I'm surprised by how many quality games there are on xbox live arcade.
Even better, msoft is releasing an update in the fall, so you can watch netflix through your xbox....which is pretty cool.
My only complaint is that when it runs a disk, it's quite loud. However, with the fall update you'll be able to install games on the xbox, so that won't be a problem anymore.

I personally like the xbox more than the ps3. The ps3 looks like it's spiderman 3 themed, complete with the evil black grime thing covering it. Also, I prefer the xbox controller over the ps3's, which is basically the same as the ps2 controller.
Although, if you want blu-ray, the ps3 could be a good option.

Let me preface this review by saying that I was (and still am) in love with my 360. That is the problem. I bought my system about 1 year ago and like the other folks, I babied the thing (Seriously). This week I ran headlong into a system failure (RED RING OF DEATH) after 30 minutes of playing during the evening, in an air-conditioned house with good air circulation around the unit. I had been warned by a friend before that failure was "not a question of if but of when". At the time I didn't think it could happen to me, I babied mine. I was wrong. Since then, I have talked to 4 other people who are in the process of repair or who have had theirs repaired. Customer service has been horrible in response to this problem. They changed their policy starting 8/1/08 and no longer mail boxes out for repair. They now email a packing label. After 5 days and 4 phone calls, they are mailing a box. I thought about buying another to tide me over and then selling it on ebay. Look at ebay if you have time. They are being sold in excess, as people have bought extras when confronted with this problem and are trying to unload them. That is because the 360 has a problem. That is why they have set up a program to handle this issue and that is why people are selling them everywhere you look. Do you really want to plunk down 300+ for a machine, if it is going to fail... Who else could market a 300+ maching with such a design flaw and get away with it! At this point, I agree with my friend, failure is almost guaranteed. It is a joy to play, but to be left hanging for 3-4 weeks after it fails is a PAIN. My advice... Think twice about your purchase.