> -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Morphis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 5:08 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Xbox 360 Red Rings of Death. > > This has happened to me 3 times, twice within a 2 week period.. The > second time it happened I had it back in 4 days (they overnighted it > both ways). > They're always real nice on the phone and helpful.. I know it sucks to > have to deal with but they do try to make it as painless as possible.
If you're within Warranty they have made the process painless - of course my first one broke 4 months after I got it and they only had a 90 day warranty (later extended to a year). > Anyways soon that new processor is going to start rolling out in the > 360s and the RRoD will be less of an occurance. > Oh and the 120GB harddrives aren't 200, they're more like 140 > (amazon).. yeah I know still ridiculous for that price. I didn't know they had come down... getting closer to being out of "ass rape" territory. ;^) Of course I replaced my 60 Gig PS3 drive with a 200 Gig drive from New Egg for $75. I think MS is going to have to seriously think about being so closed next time out... if nothing else Sony is showing that even big, DRM-happy companies can still be "open" without losing. > The PS3 may, MAY, have better hardware (I've heard of PS3 getting too > hot and destroying discs?) but the 360 is winning hands down in the > games department in my eyes. I can't see a PS3 could get so hot as to destroy a disk unless somebody was being an ass (covering all the vents - been known to happen) or the fan died (I've never heard of it happening, but it's a fan - I'm sure it could). Even then the system has thermal protection... it'll shut itself down if it gets too hot. > With the price drops, the new processor, and great games... the 360 is > definitely a better deal IMHO.. Oh and with them partnering up with > Netflix.. I'm going to love watching movies on my 37" inch HD LCD > instead of my 21" monitor.. The outlook for the 360 is good.. The hardware problems of the 360 just set my jaw against it early on. I'm not convinced that it's a "better" deal - but I don't think anybody buying either console will feel disappointed (as long as the damn things keep running). The only console that I feel has completely failed to live up to the hype this time has been the Wii. Both the 360 and PS3 are vastly more capable now than when they were released (with lots more coming) and both are showing a nice trend for innovation (MS is a little late here, but the latest crop of stuff is incredibly promising). I do think that the more open nature of the PS3 is leading to more innovation than the 360 - at the very least more developer experimentation. But the "movie making" game on the 360 is going out-Eye the Eye (at least until Eye Pet is released) and "Lips" may very well out SingStar SingStar (not so sure on this one). As far as games go I think they're pretty even. MS has generally catered to a more hardcore crowd (that's changing) but they each defiantly have enough A-List titles to satisfy and the gimmicky titles are pretty evenly matched across the board. Most big titles have been cross platform and each has had its gems (although I'd buy a console simply to have "LittleBigPlanet"). I do think that the PSN has a bit of an edge over MS Arcade. You have the option of several "big" games (Burnout Paradise is really the perfect "pick and play" without having to change discs kind of game) and the support the smaller titles has seen has been truly impressive. Nearly ALL PSN games have had additional downloadable content, much of free. The more popular games (Pain, High Velocity Bowling, Super StarDust, High Stakes Poker, etc) have gotten several updates. That said PSN still hasn't found it's "Uno" either. The PSN is making itself a name for more "artsy" work (Flow, Everyday Shooter, Linger in Shadows, etc) but it does need a laid back social game (I think online "Cosmic Wimpout" would be a great idea). Sony also seems much more willing to produce "toys" (like most of the Eye titles) and experiments much more with pricing and distribution. I guess all I'm saying is what I started with: they're both great choices and if you can only get one you'll be happy with either (but really, get the PS3). ;^) Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:276937 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
