People support is because it’s the hardcore gamers machine, has the best online structure in the business, easy to program for, massive support, and the best collection of first party games.

The ring of death isn’t that big of a deal to many owners, for the simple fact that the system is covered for 3 year by Microsoft.

360 is a piece of sh@t! The red ring of death IS a big deal. After my second system crashing I started to give my microsoft crap away! for the price of two system I could have had one working one. Three years ha? you will be waiting half that time to get your system back… Threw the consoles away, why wait for two/three months for a refurbished unit? All 360 system I know of have this problem. Every one of the PS3 I know of are still working. Trust me, you don’t by two system and still be a sony fanboy.

Gamerrr your a f*$# retard. We all know Microsoft only rushed the 360 out to beat the ps3 and that is the only reason so many like the 360. It won their hearts early where there was no ps3 to fill the void. Had the 360 lauched when the ps3 did we might very well have seen a very good 360 unit with no issues…but then the ps3 would have wiped the floor in terms of sales.

my first xbox 360 chewed up games literally, i remember playing fight nights hearing a crack, so i opened up tray to find a big crack in the disc, not to worry went back to the store and they replaced it for me, 6 month later i get screen freezes so i think its just a dirty disc, 7 month later red ring of death, i also find out all my mates xbox 360s have either got e74 errors or red ring of death, my advice do wat we did, sell you xbox to sum mug on ebay for 100 quid and buy a ps3, i bought my 60gig ps3 second hand, had for 1 year now still no problems, i’ll never turn my back on sony again f#&* microsoft crap, i shud of known not to buy an xbox we all know about windows and how bad taht is lol god i really do hate microsoft now!

i’v had my 360 for almost two years know and i had no problem with it you just need to keep it in an open space so air can get to it the only problem i find with is that is f*$king loud.

look everyone i got the ring off death just like all you guys its not that big of a deal if you were smart enough in the first place you would of kept the receipt and took the xbox back i agree tho no game console should behave like this in the first place and they need to sort it out at least Microsoft have the cursory to send you a bran new xbox even if it take up to three months remember they dont have to do this

Red ring not fixed, i heard of people who sent the new versions of the xbox 360 to repair shops only a short time after they were released, i know this because i have one in a shop being fixed atm. mine is an older modle but i told the guy ahout the new versions that were release and he said they already have had some in because of the red ring, from what he knows its not the cpu thats the issue its the graphics card, microsof have missed that, they only worked on the cpu thinking that was the issue and maybe somthing else.

I’m a hardcore gamer the xbox 360 is a great system surprisingly I had the Elite for 3 years and I never got the RED ring of death not once. Instead, I got the single ring (E73) 5 times I believe when you play 12 hours a day or leave your system on for 24 hours or more most likely there’s gonna be a hardware failure and that goes to every technology that mankind create. thats life, get a job and buy a new system and stop crying. PS3 is a wonderful system , for little school girls.

I have had my Xbox for 3 years and I have never had the rrod problem not once. Yes there are a lot of failures, but the games definitely make up for it and I also have a PS3 which is also a really great system. they are both very good very capable machines and the only reason people are getting this rrod error is because they play it too much. take a break once in a while and you wont have a problem.

who are these guys who keep telling us that the issues are over,
they must be working 4 microsoft, the issues are not over yet, an when people start saying oh great ive had an xbox360 for 5 years an its still working.. we will know then that they fixed it, we cant know now and comments to the such are just made up to cover there terrible past and presant. they want us to beleive that they have it all under control and there is nothing to worry about, cause they still need to sell these machines. so do i really need to say more.
i will say i have 3 xbox360s sat on top of my wardobe f’d. an one iam using now which i have managed to fix myself. everyone i know and everyones dog has had a broken xbox360, an its not going out of fashion yet.
so when they start saying that the issues are over, you know its just cause its xmas, an they really need to sell these machines to the little kids for xmas just to do them over when they switch it on and get the 3 red rings xmas day. lol
stop your lies microsoft.

id agree with the rest of the guys , rrod issue is still fucking the gamers , i bought my last elite 2 months ago and it got those red motherf*%king lights in a week , so what i’m saying is waste of investment

I’ve been dealing with Microsoft crap since the 1980′s. I’ve been an IT professional since 1986, and it’s deja vu all over again, except it’s in consoles and consumer entertainment instead of business apps and PCs.

The fiasco with the XBox 360 reminds me of the PC operating system wars during the 1990′s. Everyone knew Unix, Mac and other operartins systems (OS) were vastly superior to Windows at the time.

Windows 3.1 and 95 were technically inferior, buggy, and ungodly unstable compared to other OS of the time.

…BUT….

Microsoft understood that software apps would drive demand for the OS, not the other way around. In other words, write the apps, and they will come.

So Microsoft made better PC development tools at a cheaper price than comparable tools on Unix, Mac, etc.

The OS you were writing for was still crap, but it was just way easier and cheaper to develop apps for it.

So tons and tons of companies developed great apps for a crappy OS, and customers demanded the crappy OS because the apps were so good.

IMHO, Microsoft is doing the same thing with XBox 360.

From what I’ve read (I’m not a professional game developer), it’s much easier and cheaper to program for the XBox than for the WII or PS3.

So game developers are flocking to the XBox 360 platform because it’s cheaper and easier.

This then makes many customers flock to the XBox 360 because that’s where most of the games are. In this case, write the games, and they will come.

I think eventually Microsoft will develop a solid console (just like Windows XP eventually became a decent OS), but in the meantime we’re stuck on a crappy XBox 360 console if we want to run the largest selection of good games (just like I was stuck on Windows 3.1/95 in the 1990′s to use Microsoft Office).

The question is: How many years will it take Microsoft to do it?

That’s my two cents worth.

My second xbox360 just got ring of death. I did not leave it on, in fact I unplugged it when it wasn’t in use. It lasted longer than the 1st one. I made sure to take really good care of the second one, but oh well. I think it happened during a lightening storm while my wife was watching netflix. Ever since then nothing but problems. The power went out and fliked off several times. I cant just go and get a ps3 because I have so many games and accessories. I figure I got my money out of the other 2 so why not get another. Its cheaper than putting quarters in a machine

i am currently on my second xbox and no motherbord or rrod problems so i feel bad for you guys but the only reason i got rid of the first on was to help pay for the slim…..