Would it be wise for me to buy a Xbox360?
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November 22nd, 2009
I use to own a Xbox360 along side my Wii and PS3, but it bricked on me AFTER the warranty expired. I could of tried to fix it myself, but one of the tabs to open it was stripped. Making it impossible to open and fix. So I said screw it, sold all my 360 games (Except Dead Rising. One of my favorite games. Shame I can’t play it,) became a Sony fanboy and basically gave up on the 360 system.
Now recently, I’ve been kind of thinking about it. I plan on getting a career in the video game industry. Regardless of what I specifically go into, it probably would be wise to have all three of the major systems. So the basic pros and cons are:
Pros:
-Whole new selection of games available to me.
-Career aid.
-I can buy any future exclusives that come out that catch my eye.
Cons:
-$300. Ouch.
-There are maybe only three or so game exclusive to the 360 that I’m really interested in at the moment. Everything else has a PS3 port.
-I remember reading back in August that the 360 has a 55% failure rate (red ring/brick.) I usually properly vent my machines, and I don’t know if that figure is false or outdated, but that number scares me.
Just curious what your opinions would be on the situation.
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If you want it, and can afford it, then get it. I would look at a refurb though and get the extra warranty just because of the RRoD
I thought the 360 had a 5 year warranty. It’s been exactly 4 years since it came out.
Mine got the RRoD and I fixed it. After that, it has worked perfectly. I would say get it because of the awesome online play and the console exclusives like Halo.
No they extended the 1 year warranty when the RRoD issues came out. but not 5 years, thats agges.
Wait for a year or so until they make the one that tracks your movements.
I love the game selection on the xbox 360. Its a powerful machine with great third party backing in terms of media selection. But… The one that I have is loud as hell which really screws up the gaming experience, sometimes freezes up and always keeps me on edge about it bricking (red ring of death). I have never had a system that was more like a ticking time bomb then a kick @$$ entertainment machine. I am tired of paying a monthly subscription for the xbox live after paying the 300 dollars for the machine and I only really play like 3 games. I kinda wish i could have invested in a PS3. Blue ray, quiet machine, the playstation “feel” :-) Plus my xbox ended up melting one of my games!! so mad!.
I don’t understand how having an xbox 360 is going to be a career aid. Unless you are developing those xbox live community games and need a system to test on.
Buy an xbox 360 if you have the money and want to play it, but don’t use the excuse that it’s going to make you a game designer.
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