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  • RockinInCanada
    RockinInCanada Posts: 2,016
    Rygar wrote:
    Yeah, 30% is pretty high but it's an estimate because MS won't release actual figures. It could be much lower or could even be higher.
    My failure rate is 0%, though ;)
    As far as having a good time gaming though, it's worth a potential 2 week layoff...my two cents.

    Yeah two weeks without is not a big deal to me though...are the newer models experiencing these sort of problems...meaning is the "ring of death" problem seen in the newer generations.....say like the Elite.....
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    Rockin'InCanada wrote:
    Yeah two weeks without is not a big deal to me though...are the newer models experiencing these sort of problems...meaning is the "ring of death" problem seen in the newer generations.....say like the Elite.....

    I think the Elite is still at risk, but they're making new models (so far they aren't available in NS) with a quieter processor and different motherboard or something. The new regular 20G HD equipped models have HDMI outputs, so that's the giveaway.
    I think the codename for the new gear is Zephyr, and it is supposedly on the box. Theoretically these will be much less at risk of fault, but I'm really talking out of my ass at this point cause I haven't even seen them.
    Someone posted in the Xbox forum a picture of the box they got at Walmart that said 'Zephyr' on it, though.
  • RockinInCanada
    RockinInCanada Posts: 2,016
    Rygar wrote:
    I think the Elite is still at risk, but they're making new models (so far they aren't available in NS) with a quieter processor and different motherboard or something. The new regular 20G HD equipped models have HDMI outputs, so that's the giveaway.
    I think the codename for the new gear is Zephyr, and it is supposedly on the box. Theoretically these will be much less at risk of fault, but I'm really talking out of my ass at this point cause I haven't even seen them.
    Someone posted in the Xbox forum a picture of the box they got at Walmart that said 'Zephyr' on it, though.

    Cool thanks for all the input....I have heard about this Zephyr as well from various sources....however I am still no closer to a decision then when I started...was leaning towards the Xbox 360 but some of the problems kinda of freak me out (unless I bought a brand new system) with the warranty.....might be the way I go.....
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    Rockin'InCanada wrote:
    Cool thanks for all the input....I have heard about this Zephyr as well from various sources....however I am still no closer to a decision then when I started...was leaning towards the Xbox 360 but some of the problems kinda of freak me out (unless I bought a brand new system) with the warranty.....might be the way I go.....

    Well the big price drop should help :P
    Wait until Xmas - some new 'packages' will be popping up and there should be some crazy deals. Currently the Forza package is the latest that I know of. I don't think these xboxes come with the new equipment but you'd have to figure that part out yourself.
    Also there'll probably be some stores (Futureshop last year) with crazy store-specific sales at or near Xmas time..
    Good luck!
    Have a search on upcoming games for both systems, too, and see if there's anything you like.

    PS: Had a wedding in Onterrible on the weekend and someone gave the bridge & groom a Wii for a pressie...now my GF wants one, after I had her hooked on Viva Pinata :P
  • RockinInCanada
    RockinInCanada Posts: 2,016
    Rygar wrote:
    Well the big price drop should help :P
    Wait until Xmas - some new 'packages' will be popping up and there should be some crazy deals. Currently the Forza package is the latest that I know of. I don't think these xboxes come with the new equipment but you'd have to figure that part out yourself.
    Also there'll probably be some stores (Futureshop last year) with crazy store-specific sales at or near Xmas time..
    Good luck!
    Have a search on upcoming games for both systems, too, and see if there's anything you like.

    PS: Had a wedding in Onterrible on the weekend and someone gave the bridge & groom a Wii for a pressie...now my GF wants one, after I had her hooked on Viva Pinata :P

    Yeah the ladies seem to love the Wii....which is cool in my books.
  • aspoonfulweighsaton
    aspoonfulweighsaton Posts: 2,067
    I will say that I'm on my 4th 360 since launch after the one I just got in June got the RROD two weeks ago. I upgraded to the Elite since the ones made after July 15th are supposed to be less likely to have the issue.

    Now while that sucks, you're basically getting a guarantee from Microsoft that it will work for 3 years and I'm sorry, but I've got a couple of friends with the PS3 and I've played most everything that's out for it and it doesn't hold a candle to the 360. Trust me, even after going through three 360s it never entered my mind to switch over to the PS3. Maybe it's because I play a ton of sports games (which most of them currently run at a better frame rate on the 360) and FPSs, but until Metal Gear, what is there to play that I can't play better on the 360? Lair? Yeah, thought so.

    Actually, if I could afford it I'd get it just for the new Ratchet & Clank that's coming out next month, just because those games are insanely fun.
  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,337
    aspoonfulweighsaton wrote:
    I will say that I'm on my 4th 360 since launch after the one I just got in June got the RROD two weeks ago. I upgraded to the Elite since the ones made after July 15th are supposed to be less likely to have the issue.

    Now while that sucks, you're basically getting a guarantee from Microsoft that it will work for 3 years and I'm sorry, but I've got a couple of friends with the PS3 and I've played most everything that's out for it and it doesn't hold a candle to the 360. Trust me, even after going through three 360s it never entered my mind to switch over to the PS3. Maybe it's because I play a ton of sports games (which most of them currently run at a better frame rate on the 360) and FPSs, but until Metal Gear, what is there to play that I can't play better on the 360? Lair? Yeah, thought so.

    Actually, if I could afford it I'd get it just for the new Ratchet & Clank that's coming out next month, just because those games are insanely fun.

    You are right...currently I would say the 360 has the upper hand on the two. PS3 has great games coming out in the near future. They still have FF, Metal Gear, Gran Turismo, Socom, etc.
    As far as sports games go...most EA games other then Tiger Woods have had slightly better scores on the 360. I would fully expect this to change by next year. It seems the more and more I read about the PS3 is that it is really going to hit hard next year.
    I would advise going out and getting the 60GB PS3 while they still are around...best bang for your buck right now.
    360 is a great system and is probably the best at the moment...but I, and it seems more and more game reviewers and developers, think the PS3 is going to kick some serious ass in the near future.
  • NOCODE#1
    NOCODE#1 Posts: 1,477
    mca47 wrote:
    You are right...currently I would say the 360 has the upper hand on the two. PS3 has great games coming out in the near future. They still have FF, Metal Gear, Gran Turismo, Socom, etc.
    As far as sports games go...most EA games other then Tiger Woods have had slightly better scores on the 360. I would fully expect this to change by next year. It seems the more and more I read about the PS3 is that it is really going to hit hard next year.
    I would advise going out and getting the 60GB PS3 while they still are around...best bang for your buck right now.
    360 is a great system and is probably the best at the moment...but I, and it seems more and more game reviewers and developers, think the PS3 is going to kick some serious ass in the near future.
    elder scrolls dirt and tiger all scored better on ps3

    thats about it though

    great games coming out (although not as many as 360)
    UT 3
    Haze
    Ratchet and Clank
    Uncharted: Drakes Fortune
    assasins creed (also for 360)

    360:
    Halo 3
    Assasins creed
    mass effect (should be huge)
    Let's not be negative now. Thumper has spoken
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    NOCODE#1 wrote:
    elder scrolls dirt and tiger all scored better on ps3

    thats about it though

    great games coming out (although not as many as 360)
    UT 3
    Haze
    Ratchet and Clank
    Uncharted: Drakes Fortune
    assasins creed (also for 360)

    360:
    Halo 3
    Assasins creed
    mass effect (should be huge)

    RS Vegas scored better as well in at least one spot. Review I read was pretty good and unbiased, made it sound like they just fine tuned it and had a better polished product.
    I forgot about Haze and Drake's Fortune, thanks.
  • PJPOWER
    PJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    Any of you watch the new videos of Halo 3 that were put up on IGN yesterday..........I cannot wait for this game to come out next week! My friend at gamestop said that there have been people trading in their PS3 to get a 360 on a daily basis, and hardly anyone trading in their 360s. Evidently there's a lot of people that are only getting the 360s for Halo 3, so that might very well benifit the PS3 in the software race next year. Although, Halo Wars looks interesting too, and there are at least 2 games that I am really looking foward to on the 360. I've never been much of a sports video game player beyond the sega genesis days, so I don't have much of an opinion on which system is the best for them. For the shooters, in my opinion, 360 hasn't even been competed with.
    Go check out these vids!
    http://media.xbox360.ign.com/media/734/734817/vids_1.html
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    PJPOWER wrote:
    Any of you watch the new videos of Halo 3 that were put up on IGN yesterday..........I cannot wait for this game to come out next week! My friend at gamestop said that there have been people trading in their PS3 to get a 360 on a daily basis, and hardly anyone trading in their 360s. Evidently there's a lot of people that are only getting the 360s for Halo 3, so that might very well benifit the PS3 in the software race next year. Although, Halo Wars looks interesting too, and there are at least 2 games that I am really looking foward to on the 360. I've never been much of a sports video game player beyond the sega genesis days, so I don't have much of an opinion on which system is the best for them. For the shooters, in my opinion, 360 hasn't even been competed with.
    Go check out these vids!
    http://media.xbox360.ign.com/media/734/734817/vids_1.html

    The trade in value of the Xbox at EB/Gamestop here in Canada is garbage, that might have something to do with those figures.
    Halo Wars is just another Command and Conquer rip off, so I guess you'd have to be into that kind of game to bother.

    Thanks for the link, I will check them out now. Oh, IGN insider only, screw that.
    EB will be releasing my pre-order at midnight on Monday (I will pick it up, however, Tuesday after work :P).
  • PJPOWER
    PJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    Rygar wrote:
    The trade in value of the Xbox at EB/Gamestop here in Canada is garbage, that might have something to do with those figures.
    Halo Wars is just another Command and Conquer rip off, so I guess you'd have to be into that kind of game to bother.

    Thanks for the link, I will check them out now. Oh, IGN insider only, screw that.
    EB will be releasing my pre-order at midnight on Monday (I will pick it up, however, Tuesday after work :P).
    Same here, lol.........I did the geek thing when Halo 2 came out and waited until midnight to get it and was so tired by the time I got home that I only played it for about 10 min. Gamestop said that they have a guaranteed copy for anyone that reserved it, so my lunch break on the 25th will work out just fine :) I have training that evening until 8:00, but I'm sure I'll be on for a little while that night.
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    PJPOWER wrote:
    Same here, lol.........I did the geek thing when Halo 2 came out and waited until midnight to get it and was so tired by the time I got home that I only played it for about 10 min. Gamestop said that they have a guaranteed copy for anyone that reserved it, so my lunch break on the 25th will work out just fine :) I have training that evening until 8:00, but I'm sure I'll be on for a little while that night.

    I'm not in too much of a rush to play it. My friends are telling me they are number 'x' on the list for preorders, and I only preordered 2 weeks ago so if I show up and they say I have to wait for a new shipment I'll just get a refund :P
  • PJPOWER
    PJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    Rygar wrote:
    I'm not in too much of a rush to play it. My friends are telling me they are number 'x' on the list for preorders, and I only preordered 2 weeks ago so if I show up and they say I have to wait for a new shipment I'll just get a refund :P
    The word is that there are plenty to go around. The guy that I know at gamestop said that if you reserved it, you'll get it that day. They will have at least enough to cover the reserves, but if they run out of the extras, then the people who didn't reserve will have to wait for a copy.
  • RockinInCanada
    RockinInCanada Posts: 2,016
    Rygar found that the failure rate for the 360 was 33%.....through various on-line sources....
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    Rockin'InCanada wrote:
    Rygar found that the failure rate for the 360 was 33%.....through various on-line sources....

    Yeah, pretty much what most estimate.
  • RockinInCanada
    RockinInCanada Posts: 2,016
    Rygar wrote:
    Yeah, pretty much what most estimate.

    Put you on the hot-spot buddy...if you had your choice between either PS3 or 360 for a purely video game experience (throw away movies and internet for that matter) what would you buy.....
  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,337
    Rygar wrote:
    Yeah, pretty much what most estimate.

    That's what I heard too.

    A good number of PS3s crap out too. Mine has worked great so far *fingers crossed*.

    It's just amazing to me how many of these new systems die on people.
  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,337
    Rockin'InCanada wrote:
    Put you on the hot-spot buddy...if you had your choice between either PS3 or 360 for a purely video game experience (throw away movies and internet for that matter) what would you buy.....

    At the moment I would say 360. You cannot count out the fact that the PS3 has a lot of good games coming out in this quarter plus a ton next year.

    I still say

    Now: 360
    Complete history/lifetime of the system: PS3
  • aspoonfulweighsaton
    aspoonfulweighsaton Posts: 2,067
    NOCODE#1 wrote:
    elder scrolls dirt and tiger all scored better on ps3

    thats about it though


    I hate to be a stickler, but going by Metacritic which takes every review out there into account, the 360 Elders Scrolls scored ever so slightly better than the PS3 94-93 and Tiger ended up in a complete deadlock 80-80 while the PS3 Dirt came in ahead 84-83.

    I know it's not that big of a deal but I didn't want anyone to think that any one version was considerably better than the other out of these three games.

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