January 9, 2008 – 12:21 pm
Here is a very well written manifesto to MS about the recent perils of XBL. Its worth the read. Trust me. The forum post has been locked since and mysteriously disappeared. I managed to salvage it because the page was already loaded and I emailed the link to another person who could not access it. His GamerTag, DWells55X, is now mysteriously invalid all… weird. Click more for the entire ‘festo.
I won’t pretend that this is a completely original idea and no one else has ever raised the question of why Xbox Live is a pay service. In fact, I used to be one of the people who argued against them and supported Xbox Live. But, with recent Xbox Live troubles and news, it’s becoming significantly more difficult to do this. Having taken the time to really look at the state of Xbox Live is making me have to start agreeing with the people who I used to argue against.
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December 5, 2007 – 5:51 pm
I swear to God, I’m so fed up with broken Xbox 360’s. This is my f’ing 8th console to die. MY F’ING 8TH!!!!!!! Quality Assurance my ass. This is ridiculous. This is piss poor product development and testing.
Like I’ve said before, I haven’t had any other systems die on me. Ever. The Xbox 360 is the only system ever to break. And now I’ve gone through 8 of them. Tonight, after grabbing the new Fall Dashboard Update, it started making weird noises and froze up in Guitar Hero 3. When I turned it off and back on… guess what? Yep. Red Ring of Death. Good times people. Good times.
It’s not like I treat it like crap. It’s babied. My Xbox 360 has it’s own shelf in the entertainment center, with full ventilation from the front and rear. The power brick also sits on the shelf fully ventilated. The console is never moved when playing (in fact, it’s only moved a tiny bit once a week to dust). The console is kept perfectly clean, as are my other systems. I haven’t had any problems with my PS3 (save long install times) or my Wii. Never had problems with my PS2, Xbox, or Gamecube before that.
I really hope someone from Microsoft reads this. This is unacceptable. Once my Best Buy replacement plan is up, I’m done. Having 8 consoles fail on me in a little over 2 years is ludicrous. I’m sorry Halo and Gears of War, but if I have to worry every time I turn the console on that it might die, it’s not worth my trouble. Which is just really sad. I love the games on Xbox 360. I really do. But until they get the manufacturing issues worked out, it’s not worth the hassle anymore in my eyes.
Here’s to hoping your 360’s don’t die from the update. Cheers.
