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360 is sorta like owning an old sports car
You love the thing, but hate that it breaks down all the time.

The reason people are so loyal to the 360 is that the software and game library are fantastic. The controllers work great and are durable without any gimmicks. When it works, which is most of time, it works great.

All that being said, my first 360 RROD last Friday, for the second time. Since it was out of warranty, we purchased a 360 Arcade with the Jasper rev. Hopefully the new one will be more reliable. I took the first one apart and applied the heat sink fix, which is essential using screws to hold the heat sinks tighter to the motherboard. This cost me about $7 in parts. I crossed my fingers and turned it on. Now I have 2 360s. This, of course, excited my boys because now they can play over system link. happy
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360 is sorta like owning an old sports car  pmcgrath@... | 08/18/09
Yeah that has to be it...  SamCPP | 08/18/09
The loyalty stat isn't surprising.  Nate B | 08/18/09
Own all three systems  xXSpeedzXx | 08/18/09
I will say that my feeling is that the failure rate  GuidingLight | 08/18/09
I assure you...  Stuka | 08/18/09
I don't think so.  Lerianis10 | 08/18/09
Well if we stack the numbers up @ our house...  mrlinux | 08/18/09
Loyal Xbox user...  Fark | 08/18/09
This doesn't mean...  msalzberg | 08/18/09
RE: Xbox 360: Played x5 more than Wii, x5 more likely to fail that PS3  Zyo | 08/18/09
RE: Xbox 360: Played x5 more than Wii, x5 more likely to fail that PS3  rrmcco | 08/18/09
Failure Rate it accurate.  jedaon@... | 08/18/09
Aaron, how the h@ll do you...  ibarskiy@... | 08/18/09
You get what you pay for. MS = crapware nt  T1Oracle | 08/18/09
Go away troll [NT]  bmonsterman | 08/18/09
The main problem with these failures  Lerianis10 | 08/18/09
Dust....  Fark | 08/18/09
I think these failure rates could be accurate, BUT  Qbt | 08/18/09
Headline not backup up by survey results.  msalzberg | 08/18/09
True... unfortunately the original article is not available online N/T  SamCPP | 08/18/09
numbers wrong...  CrashPad | 08/18/09
I have a question...  Rick_K | 08/18/09
re: I have a question  got2btru@... | 08/19/09
Go Adrian, you anti-MS troll...Even with successful MS products you just..  transposeIT | 08/18/09
How exactly does pointing..  Zorched | 08/19/09
These Are 100% Spot On Facts  itanalyst2@... | 08/19/09
Guess There's A Lot Of Fat, Depressed Video Gamers Out There....  itanalyst2@... | 08/19/09
I predict that the underdog shall rule again...  korlortar@... | 08/24/09

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