Poll: How many Xbox 360 owners have only owned one?

[Janus Vesta]

I've had mine since launch and it's still going strong. The only reason you hear more about broken 360s is because those of use who take care of them are too busy playing to complain.

 

[anNIALLator]

I'm currently waiting for my third 360 to break. I have a Wii in a glass case that says 'in case of 3 red lights break glass'

 

[mkxiii]

only had the one, only for about 9 months though, no problems at all

 

[shamlockz]

im now on my third my last one broke yesterday but both times mine has broken i got a new one back the next day which is pretty sweet

 

[Uncompetative]

Just out of curiosity, I keep hearing about people who have had their Xboxes quit working in various ways and about people who have had to have theirs replaced multiple times, I was wondering just how common this problem was. I seem to be one of the few people who own their original Xbox 360 that they purchased the first time, though I've run into problems with reading discs, this is usually the fault of my local game rental store not checking for scratches. As of this post I've never had a system failure that wasn't caused by a power outage. Am I just really lucky in this aspect or is this problem blown out of proportion?

If this has been done before I'm sorry, but I searched the forums and found no previous posts concerning this.

I'm on my third. So, two, terminal, Red Ring of Death failures. All covered by the now extended 3 year warranty (only for that specific fault).

My tip: Keep the box UPS send it back to you in as you'll need it for when you have to send it away to be replaced/fixed next time - it has nice formed polystyrene insides and is a lot less effort to sort out than the box you have to provide yourself the first time around...

 

[j1-2themax]

I've had my Elite since... October of last year, I believe. Still seems to work fine.

 

[Vidiot]

Janus leads me to my question, out of those of you who have had the RROD or the problem where the game tells you it's a game in 7 languages then chastises you for putting it in a DVD player(the disk is in the 360 mind you), how many of those smoke in their houses? Mine has broken down twice, (one of each of the above errors) and both times were in homes where all 3 of my roommates were smoking weed or cigarettes
or both simultaneously. I haven't had a breakdown since I left that apartment so now it's just me smoking weed and cigarettes in close proximity to the system. (thanks to M$oft for extending the warranty days before each breakdown)

 

[Some_Jackass]

Had the same one forever....encountered the RRoD only once, but that was my own retardedness rather than technical issues. I figure if I encounter a problem, it'll be nothing a fist thrust or a drop kick couldnt fix...fixed my PS2 that way...

 

[Dapper Ninja]

I'm still on my first. I got it for Christmas last year, so I assume the Red Ring of Death problem has been fixed.

 

[Drmortuss]

Somehow through some divine purpose, I have yet to get the RRoD, going on 1.5 years....

I'm surprised to say the least.

 

[kanyatta]

I'm going on 8 months soon and I've never had a problem.

 

[Shadefyre]

I've had my first for 11 months now and I've yet to have a problem. However I have the Halo edition 360 because I read that it had more reliable hardware and indeed it doesn't seem to get as hot as my buddy's original 360.

 

[kingofwolves]

Got mine Christmas of 06' HEAVY use since then, at least an hour a day up to 10 hours straight when I'm really bored. Haven't had a single problem with the actual console, but the HDDVD player kinda sucked, couldn't read discs. Oh well, I got myself a PS3 a few weeks ago, so I haven't played it a whole lot recently.

 

[MonkeySlayer]

I am proud to say i'm still on my first 360..... Doesn't work though. Following a GTAIV related RROD it now lies on my housemates bedroom floor in no less that 8 pieces... but maybe I'm just unlucky, cos I seem to own the only Wii in the world that has Disc read errors...

 

[[zonking great]]

I put down 2, but thinking about it, I don't know if I ever got my actual old xbox back or got a replacement. It might be 1, 2 or 3. And yes, I did have problems.

 

[ike_luv]

Sorry, just thought I'd say, I gave option "1 and got it fixed without replacement", but that's not true. It broke once, and I was so pissed at the fact that I forked out over £200 for it only to have it break because the company couldn't be bothered to test it properly I never even and still haven't considered buying another one. Waste of money and time!! I remember the days when you paid up to £300 for a PS1 and NEVER had to send it anywhere for any reasons, cos it was reliable!!

 

[fluffylandmine]

well I'm still on my ol' Betsy(#1) but I have had strange experiences with it, first off my sister kicked it, it was fine. Then I started to play a bit more and it heated up, so I left my 360 wrapped in ice packs and it never gets hot after 3-4 hours of icing(I took it out it's icy bundle and i never ceased to work)

for some reason that ice treatment kept it in line and it works better than the day I got it. But just incase I will get the 60gig model as back up because my warrenty expired and you never know about them.

Also the people who complain have accounts on multiple sites, and so they update everyone of them, making it seem like the black death. But if you know them in person than your electronics store has some problems.

 

[Sennz0r]

Been going on my first for nearly two years now and still going strong. Had the RRoD once when it powered up but I assume it was a power difficulty 'cause when I restarted it it worked fine.

 

[TOGSolid]

Only one, and this one has even been to sea for a few months and then packed into my checked baggage for the trip home with nary a hiccup.
It's only about a year old though.