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Thank you Microsoft for the Red Ring of Death.

I got me a free Xbox 360. Silly bitch of a cousin. Tehe.

how did you fix it ?

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Well you see...my cousin bought an Xbox 360 which got the Red Ring of Death, but at the time, I guess he was unaware that it was a "normal" problem so he went out and bought another one. The same thing happened to that one so I'm guessing he then read up on the problem and found that he could send them in for a working console. So he sent one in, got the working one back, and then gave the other to his friend. His friend decided he didn't want to have to go through the needed steps to receive his working console..so he gave it back to my cousin. My cousin then gave it to me, and now all I have to do is wait for Xbox to ship me a box to put the console in. Then I will be receiving my 360 in about 20 days.

And that's how it was..."fixed."

Just as long as you don't want to use it for HDDVD viewing (at least long term).

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Originally posted by Vampire
Just as long as you don't want to use it for HDDVD viewing (at least long term).

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i've just purchased my first , the spiderman trilogy for £26.99

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Originally posted by Avenue_1 v5.0b
Callin bullshit on this, haven't even seen the picture proof of the ps3 never mind the spiderman trilogy!
Picture Proof or it Didn't Happen!!!

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sony forced the bluray player down everyones throat !!!!!!!!!

did they mention it was a game console also ??? (useless one @ that)

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Originally posted by Darlowad v6.0b
sony forced the bluray player down everyones throat !!!!!!!!!

did they mention it was a game console also ??? (useless one @ that)

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yeah! i've co-produced a documentary on this with michael moore. you see the

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Originally posted by Darlowad v6.0b
sony forced the bluray player down everyones throat !!!!!!!!!

did they mention it was a game console also ??? (useless one @ that)

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Originally posted by bartleby
Ok , will post when they arrive.

Non generic of course.Ill make it personal to you

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How did sony force everyone to have it ?

Do you own a ps3 ? uncharted is an awesome game , metal gear solid 4 is around the corner , all it is lacking is good titles which will be rectified this year.

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Mr D, i agree with you (and own the same) BUT

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uncharted is an awesome game

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Originally posted by Darlowad v6.0b
how ???

well if u wanted a ps3 you were gettin a bluray player no question.

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Originally posted by Darlowad v6.0b

metal gear solid will be on 360 also

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The issue isnt if you use it or not but the fact that you have no choice with regard to purchasing it. (if you wanted a ps3)

example ford making a/c standard across there car range

great in florida

not so in alaska

This was my point nothing more

happy gaming

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We've got Uncharted but I haven't played it yet, watched it tho and it does look good. I might give it a blast later in the week.. I hear the controls are excellent.

Also picked up that Spidey boxset, was in HMV for £30 so treated myself, just a simple cardboard outer but hey. Not bad value really.

Can't believe your cousins friends gave away an xbox360 because they were too lazy to send it off. Wow.

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Can't believe your cousins friends gave away an xbox360 because they were too lazy to send it off. Wow.

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Originally posted by Avenue_1 v5.0b
You have the ps3 now, so post picture proof!

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Ok, so I guess my cousins friend did send it off, but got tired of waiting so decided that he would just buy a new one. And besides, around the time he sent for it was about the time that my cousins other Xbox gave out (so his friend just gave the one he was to receive to him).

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Originally posted by bartleby
Here you go ave , as promised.

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Originally posted by Darlowad v6.0b
That could be anyones ps3 with spiderman trilogy blu-gay dvd on top

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Oh dear, has this turned in to a PS3 vs 360 thread?

I've got both, and my PS3 recently has got way more play time than my 360. The interface is better, the store is better, it's a ton quieter, multi-platform games (barring some of the first) are by and large equal on the 360 and ps3 and it has some damn fucking fine exclusives:

Ratchett and Clank - Beautiful game that happens to play fantasticly too, I had tons of fun with the jello gun creating platforms, and the disco ball making my enemies dance.

Uncharted - Without a doubt one of the best games of last year.

HEavenly Sword - Playing through at the moment, and yes, whilst it's short, it's fucking incredible fun.

Warhawk - One of the most fun online games I have played in ages, it's incredible.

MGS4 IS rumoured to be hitting the 360, but current rumours indicate that it'll be a year after the PS3 release.

Combine that with some truely excellent psn titles, which kick the fuck out of XBLA's 120mb limited game. Just check out Super Stardust HD, Calling All Cars, Tekken and the library of PS1 games that are cheap as hell. Add all that together and you have an awesome system that, with each firmware revision, is rivalling the 360. The only thing I feel it needs now is an in-game XMB friends list, which they've confirmed is being worked on.

And that's all without mentioning that it's an awesome Bluray player, great media center and kick arse DVD upscaler.

Which is more than can be said for the 360s built in dvd player.

I love the 360, but I feel the PS3 gets a bad rap.

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50 points for any pro-photoshoppers who can make it clearer.

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Its amazing what you can do with a bit of brightness/contrast tweaking.

Can I have a fiver instead of 50 points?

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I've got both, and my PS3 recently has got way more play time than my 360.

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Corey Haim?

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Corey Haim?

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I also own a PS3 and a 360 and my reasons for prefering the PS3 over the 360 stem from being able to enjoy the experience of playing the PS3 a lot more than the 360.

The 360 has a lot of amazing games, however the machine itself is a fucking joke. I'm constantly living in gaming fear that when I turn on my 360 I wont get the RROD, and I won't play the thing for any longer than 30 mins incase the thing explodes. Its taken all the fun out of using it.

Sure the 360 has loads more games, but what's the point when your console spends most of its life being repaired!


...of course my Wii with Mario Galaxy pisses over both of them!

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i have a launch 360, thats on for at least 6 hours a day, playing or otherwise. i've never had any problems with it. i also own a 40 gig PS3. that gets played once a week or so w hen i can find some people for a game of warhawk or UT3. my wife owns a wii(and the overrated galaxy) that never gets played. maybe once a month when she has company over. thats about it.

for the record, i'll take "New Super Mario" over galaxy any day of the week. it's just a better game.

"the store is better"

thats the only thing i'll call BS on. THE PSN Store is damn near non existant.

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Give it time, it's got a lot more potential than the seriously size limited 360 xbla games. Also the store in general IS better, whilst the content may be more limited, the layout is better than the clunky market place layout.

Also your Wii should only be off if you've already completed Zack and Wiki and Mario Galaxy, oh and Paper Mario. Three of my favourite games from last year.

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I dunno man. the PSN as a whole is kinda lacking currently. its all very basic. and its not integrated nearly as well as xbox live.

dont get me wrong, its great for free. but so far, i feel i've got what i've paid for.

plus with the whole "XNA" thing, those size restrictions are being lifted. add to that the ability to download AAA Xbox 1 games. like halo, and fable, and i think XBL is still ahead of the game.

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I dunno man. the PSN as a whole is kinda lacking currently. its all very basic. and its not integrated nearly as well as xbox live.

dont get me wrong, its great for free. but so far, i feel i've got what i've paid for.

plus with the whole "XNA" thing, those size restrictions are being lifted. add to that the ability to download AAA Xbox 1 games. like halo, and fable, and i think XBL is still ahead of the game.

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i'm not sure how much they are. i dont pay for downloads. its against my nature. all i know is it exists, and if we're comparing the 2, it needs to be mentioned.

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I won't buy an xbox 360 till the "rrod" is resolved.I heard of two lorries in my area taking a combined load of something like 1100 xbox360s in for repair.But unfortunatley i don't have anything concrete on that.I hate the way that sony are chopping the british ps3 specs when they reduce the selling price in the shops.People think they are getting a better deal but its a 2 edged sword.Fine if you are ditching your ps2 collection but if you want to keep it you will have to keep your original ps2 as well.But the british version was originally only emulated unlike the american version having a chip for that task.

My new Xbox 360 arrived in the mail yesterday with a free month of Xbox Live *GOLD*.

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I admit that when I first read this thread a while back I was like "well thats bullshit no one gives a way a 360 that can be fixed"

BUT

a guy I know from school was apparently selling off his games and I asked him why he said well I got the RROD and my console is out of warranty. I knew that he hadn't had it long enough for the 3yr RROD warranty to be up so I even told him that I'm sure he had more time to send it back.
He assured me that he didn't so I said I would take it.

When I got home I decided to see if he registered his xbox serial number online...he didn't. And when I looked it up its still under the warranty until August of this year. I called xbox support and 3 days later I have the prepaid box to send it back.

jus hope he didn pop the case and invalidate the warranty or u got urself a expensive paper weight there

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Originally posted by Darlowad v6.0b
jus hope he didn pop the case and invalidate the warranty or u got urself a expensive paper weight there

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My new Xbox 360 arrived in the mail yesterday with a free month of Xbox Live *GOLD*.

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All new 360's come with a free month of Xbox Live *GOLD*.

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It came with an additional month.

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