Xbox Repair Time

My 360 broke and i sent it in for repairs 3 days ago how long should it take for me to get it back?

Couple months.

Give or take a few months. Course the new one you get back will more than likely brake down too you know...

Change is inevitable. Except from a vending machine.

Viva La Revolution! erm, I mean Viva La Wii!

Yeah, I suggest you buy a PS3 if you want dependable hardware that won' t break down, Sony is a company you can trust unlike the crooks at Microsoft.

I had my 360 back within a week from the time I called to the time my new the 360 arrived at my door.

So far my 360 works fine when I use it.
Maybe because I barely use it at all

I Wouldnt be as mad as I am now if only i knew what happened to my 360. its just i was playing it then i stopped to go out for a few hours and then when i came back it wass broke. And i believe a broken 360 is still better then a PS3 anyway.

Am I the only person here to think that Microsoft should be getting ALOT more criticism over the reliability of the 360??

Am I the only person here to think that Microsoft should be getting ALOT more criticism over the reliability of the 360??

No, I' d write them a letter if I thought they' d read it.

And i believe a broken 360 is still better then a PS3 anyway.

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Wait for the PS3 ' s to start crashing then compare, but yes M$' s reliability is a big issue, mainly due to the die size and the heat that generates, maybe " Zephyr" will resolve that.

The man in the know would be Nitro.

Wait for the PS3 ' s to start crashing then compare

Well there weren' t many problems with the PS3 launch units compared to the 360 launch units.

And i believe a broken 360 is still better then a PS3 anyway.

wow, Fanboy comment ... of the year?

Change is inevitable. Except from a vending machine.

Viva La Revolution! erm, I mean Viva La Wii!

PS3 seems to have suffered a few minor isolated GPU overheating and disc drive problems but nothing on the same kind of scale as 360.

360 has been terrible up until recently. Every single unit from the first couple of batches was faulty and that resulted in VX' s, Eddies (or Mass' s), and my own machine dying withing a week of one another. 3 guys in 3 different countries on one of the quietest gaming forums all having machines die within such a small timeframe is too strange to mean nothing.

Their customer service leaves a lot to be desired too and if you send it in as opposed to taking it back to where you bought it then you' ll more than likely get a refurbished unit that will eventually die too.

Both of my replacement units arrived within a week of sending the broken machines off but i still bought a new console with an October manufacture date and that console hasn' t even frozen once yet.

I get my PS3 in 12 days time and i seriously hope it' s fine. If not i' ll start sending letter bombs to executives!

Microsoft is a trash company.

You don' t trust software companies with hardware anyway. They don' t know what the fuck theyre doing.

wow, Fanboy comment ... of the year?

Thats all thats been posted in this thread such as:

My 360 broke and i sent it in for repairs 3 days ago how long should it take for me to get it back?

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Couple months.

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Give or take a few months. Course the new one you get back will more than likely brake down too you know...

Yeah, I suggest you buy a PS3 if you want dependable hardware that won' t break down, Sony is a company you can trust unlike the crooks at Microsoft.

Yeah, and last gen what was the excuse for sony? How much of their ps2s were bought due to broken ps2s that were not under warranty? I dont recall many people i know that had troubles out of the original xbox

Am I the only person here to think that Microsoft should be getting ALOT more criticism over the reliability of the 360??

everyone does. Get with the program. They just dont bring it up unless someone mentions a broken 360

Microsoft is a trash company.

You don' t trust software companies with hardware anyway. They don' t know what the fuck theyre doing.

Thats odd. Last i checked MS had money, and sony was going fucking bankrupt

And? what does that have to do with quality?

EA was rich while Sega was going bankrupt. Are you suggesting EA produced more quality material?

Please. Stop talking. Assets have nothing to do with having what it takes to make quality products. Microsoft clearly demonstrates this - all the money in the world and cant even design a console with a lifespan of over 3 months, they are a TRASH company.

I choose the console that offers superior gaming experiences, not the one who' s parent company has a higher valued stock. If I was investing and had to choose between the two I' d go for microsoft, but I' m not investing - I' m playing fucking videogames, and microsoft cannot deliver quality games, period. I don' t give a fuck how much money they have, they have no games and their hardware is garbage.

they have no games and their hardware is garbage

Um im pretty sure Gears of War is one of the best games out right now man. what games do Ps3 have besides resistance thats a console excluisive?

Motorstorm!
And the 360 has been out for quite a while so it' s no surprise that it has more cool exlusives than the PS3.
But whatever, the 360 is noisy and I hate that! Once the new models with the better disc-drives and stuff arrives I' ll sell my old and buy the new one. I guess in the end that' ll make my 360 as expensive as the PS3 since I don' t expect to get much money for my old 360. All that just for getting a console that has acceptable running conditions. And I still don' t get any next-gen disc format, wi-fi, HDMI, 60gb HDD or grill design. But at least I get lots of cool games. The games are what saves the 360 from failure.

360 has been terrible up until recently. Every single unit from the first couple of batches was faulty and that resulted in VX' s, Eddies (or Mass' s), and my own machine dying withing a week of one another. 3 guys in 3 different countries on one of the quietest gaming forums all having machines die within such a small timeframe is too strange to mean nothing.

I never had the " unpleasant" experience of sending my 360 to the nice folks in India. My 360 was already warrantee free, so I checked out some backwater forums for some info. 1 heat gun & about an hour later I had a working 360. The majority of the problems were from MS' s switch to a more environmentally friendly solder, that had major issues when heated. So I reheated & am still good to go.

I suggest you buy a PS3 if you want dependable hardware that won' t break down, Sony is a company you can trust unlike the crooks at Microsoft.

Do me a favor... stop talking.

I made ridiculous amounts of money repairing the same design flaw that Sony didn' t bother to rectify in multiple models of PS2s. Don' t give me this " dependable hardware" BS. They knew there was a problem & denied its existence. At least MS admitted there was a problem eventually.

.... How much money did you make fixing those ps2' s Eddie? hmmm......


anyway the ps2 break down is nothing compared to the 360 break down, you guys forget that ps2 sold over 100 million. If 360 got that high, Microsoft would want to increase the build qauilty. Seriously, Imagine it, broken 360' s everywhere

Change is inevitable. Except from a vending machine.

Viva La Revolution! erm, I mean Viva La Wii!

.... How much money did you make fixing those ps2' s Eddie? hmmm......

Enough for a Premium 360 and a DS Lite. Don' t bother with it now though, the market is a lot slower than a year or 2 ago when I first got the idea. It' s why I had tons of PS2s in all of my " Gearwhores" pics.

With 9 out of 10 PS2s it was this little white cog that needed to be adjusted. It regulated distance from the laser to the disk & it slipped way too easily. The one PS2 that wasn' t a Disk Read Error was something ridiculous. (I.E. " I dropped it down the stairs & now it don' t go!" )

anyway the ps2 break down is nothing compared to the 360 break down, you guys forget that ps2 sold over 100 million. If 360 got that high, Microsoft would want to increase the build qauilty. Seriously, Imagine it, broken 360' s everywhere

at least 30 million of the ps2s sold were from people who already had one and it broke and had no warranty. And yes it was worse than the issue with the 360s, When my ps2 broke i still had 2 weeks left on my warranty and they told me by the time it got there it would have expired. When my 360 broke it had ran out a month ago, and they let me extend my warranty. Sorry, but id rather have a bunch of consoles break and have a warranty, than to have one wait till 2 weeks are left and then break and still not be able to use my warranty

ORIGINAL: mastachefbkw

at least 30 million of the ps2s sold were from people who already had one and it broke and had no warranty.

Where is your source for that? Or are you just pulling that out of your ass?

Yeah, you are.

Nintendo are the only ones who can make reliable hardware.
I expect to buy three 360' s, four PS3' s and one Wii before the next (next?) generation comes.

Dammit thought Evil man was away hiding under a rock or something.

I got my 360 back in 4 days. The longest wait I have heard of in my region (SW UK) was 2 weeks. (from date collection was arranged)

Regardless of the faults / issues, it' s not like MS hasnt moved to correct the situation. I have to hand it to them, its probably the fastest turn around of hardware on one of the largest scales in the industry.

I think its fair to say that the launch of an earlier machine was a better trade off for MS than launching along side the PS3. Turn that upsade down for a moment and imagine if the PS3 had launched in 2005 along with the 360... I' d imagine their models would have had a fair number MORE faults.

No-one wants hardware failures, fanboys here make out as if MS intended this sitaution... (the same fanboys who think XP is an EVIL operating system) I' d imagine it has cost them tens of millions at least to put right to date. When you have had a PS3 for a year THEN you can make comparisons.

At very worst, their hardware situation brings them about level with the level of cock-ups Sony have made. I' m looking forward to the PS3 too, but I wouldnt make claims about reliability of a car that hasnt been released yet....so I certainly wouldnt do the same for hardware professing to be the bugatti veyron of consoles...

I must be the luckiest man alive then, never had a console go down on me, the only problem I have ever had is 3 dead pixels on my imported PSP which didn' t detract from playing anything. I have probably had more problems with my own built PC than with a console, but I like it that way keeps my diag skills tip top.

ORIGINAL: alijay034

I must be the luckiest man alive then, never had a console go donw on me

funniest thing i' ve read in a while

the same fanboys who think XP is an EVIL operating system

I don' t know too many people who think it' s evil, just a little demeaning is all. I swear I' m going to slaughter that paperclip in cold blood.

Where is your source for that? Or are you just pulling that out of your ass?

Yeah, you are.

No i pull miracles out of my ass And yes im asuming because all the ps2 fanboys in my area who broke their ps2s bought multiple consoles and still thought it was the teh greatzrozzzzzzzest ever. And its not like it didnt happen everywhere else, i have yet to meet one person who had their ps2 more than 2 years without problems

You have no source, shut the fuck up if you can' t backup the trash you' re talking.

You have no source, shut the fuck up if you can' t backup the trash you' re talking.

You dont back anything you say. All you say is MS is shit. Sony is Shit. Breathing is shit. you never add anything to it

ORIGINAL: Evil Man

Yeah, I suggest you buy a PS3 if you want dependable hardware that won' t break down, Sony is a company you can trust unlike the crooks at Microsoft.

Vaio.

The end.

Wasn' t it sony with the exploding laptops though?

Terrak you have a filthy mind

Sony' s laptops are called Vaio. They suck but at least the often look kinda cool.

ORIGINAL: alijay034

Wasn' t it sony with the exploding laptops though?

That was his point.

i have yet to meet one person who had their ps2 more than 2 years without problems

well today is your lucky day, I' ve had my ps2 for over 5 years now. And never ever got one single error.

Saying that, my mates launch 360 is still going, played gears and all. Imagine that!

Change is inevitable. Except from a vending machine.

Viva La Revolution! erm, I mean Viva La Wii!

well today is your lucky day, I' ve had my ps2 for over 5 years now. And never ever got one single error.

No problem what so ever? *GASP!* Everyone i know who were super fanboys around my area, had broken their ps2s and bought atleast one more. The only person i know whos didnt was my cousin, his never broke, but it was never played either

No problem what so ever? *GASP!* Everyone i know who were super fanboys around my area, had broken their ps2s and bought atleast one more. The only person i know whos didnt was my cousin, his never broke, but it was never played either

Lies, all lies. I did play it about once a week.

I dont want to celebrate, I want to sell you hate.

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No problem what so ever? *GASP!* Everyone i know who were super fanboys around my area, had broken their ps2s and bought atleast one more. The only person i know whos didnt was my cousin, his never broke, but it was never played either
Lies, all lies. I did play it about once a week.

COUSINS!!! That' s how you guys are related!

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Sorry, just been bugging me.