John
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http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/16755824.htm?source=rss&channel=siliconvalley_technology
Just came across it on engadget btw, thought all the fanboys would like it.
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willay
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can of worms.
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willay
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PS let me say it before Steve does, he bought his X360 from tescos and has turned it at 9pm or some shit that no one cares about.
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Steve
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willay
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Steve
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PS John, id rather be an xbox360 fanboy then a sony fan boy 
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topshot_2k
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plus thats a freak case, my PS2 broke 3 times. Also it was under warranty so its not like the guy lost anything 
Sony fanboys should beware of the blu ray disk eating sony drives 
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RyanSxi
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we've had 2 xbox's in our house since christmas and both are fine. that is all
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topshot_2k
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i have had 1 since oct. mine is. Thanks.
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Steve
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mine has a 50% failiure rate
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topshot_2k
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but did it cost you anything to get repaired? no so there is no problems accept that Sony fanboys cant accept that for the first time since the N64 the Playstation is not number 1
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Steve
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no it didnt bother me in the slightest
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topshot_2k
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exactly steven.good service on Microsofts part
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Brett
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But they bought the original ones, before they were modified. I don't care, mine is ace.
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abdus
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mine has not yet broken  
and I never had any problems at all with my PS2. Almost 5 years use
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Hammer
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quote:
Originally posted by willay
PS let me say it before Steve does, he bought his X360 from tescos and has turned it at 9pm or some shit that no one cares about.
LMAO
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dave17
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Mine broke, wasnt bothered, went and got a new one, easy.
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Hammer
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See when you take into account the petrol money expersed going back and forth to the shops replacing these fucked consoles, the PS3 actually costs half the price of a 360, just something to keep in mind.
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topshot_2k
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because the PS3 doesnt fail
they just eat disks
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Steve
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there has also been a lot of problems with the overheating and glitchs straight out the box also
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dave17
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quote:
Originally posted by Hammer
See when you take into account the petrol money expersed going back and forth to the shops replacing these fucked consoles, the PS3 actually costs half the price of a 360, just something to keep in mind.
i could walk if i wanted to 
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RyanSxi
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quote:
Originally posted by Hammer
See when you take into account the petrol money expersed going back and forth to the shops replacing these fucked consoles, the PS3 actually costs half the price of a 360, just something to keep in mind.
2 trips to town. 4 miles each way
16 miles in a 1.2 litre corsa.
estimated about 2-3 quid?
almost PRICELESS
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PaulW
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Had my xbox since October, only issue I had was 1 dodgy TDU game disc...
PS3 has its fair share of issues too, and from what I've seen, quite a few more graphical glitches than anything else...
Wii has its issues...
big woo!
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Neil
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One problem with mine, MS sent UPS to pick it up and I got a working out back in a couple of days. No money out my pocket, and a very quick, hasslefree replacement.
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mk4_astra
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i feel for that guy, there are people out there like him that go through several or more with each one breaking. makes me wonder though they could be unlucky, or they could be careless or thick in regards to how its setup.
what people really want to look at the is the total number of faulty 360s compared to the total number of 360s sold. i think its something like 3-5% failure rate which is pretty good
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Neil
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Well his were the very first ones and.. it says they were for his "video game center"
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They put the machines in their gaming center and had a virtual monopoly on the Xbox 360 in their town of 5,000 people. They stood to make a lot of money renting the machines for the local kids to play.
So probably a mixture of abuse, being switched on for hours and hours and hours, and the fact that they were the early ones.
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