Another ethics question

[skaar]

Hey, if you're getting 3 years of 100% reliability out of a PC you're lucky - even with top notch components. A failure rate is inevitable.

I'd be pissed if I was the kind of person that went "God dammit I didn't get my $200 worth of entertainment out of you yet!" when my console dies. If it's done its duty for a few years and it conks out I'm upset... but hey, stuff dies all the time.

For the cost of the console versus the number of usage hours I've gotten out of it I've gotten a pretty sweet deal for my dollar. I've already bought a second pro to replace my launch console two years after I got it (yep, it died) and a cheap Arcade for upstairs. If one dies... so be it. I'm still not going to be a dick and deliberately break something to milk a warranty. That's like dropkicking a laptop to get a new one under a Best Buy "anything goes" warranty... you're just a dick.

Granted it would be different if I was a lot younger..... I still firmly believe we're in the era of disposable electronics. They just don't last like they used to. But they're also millions of times more complex. So it goes.

[skaar]

Microsoft isn't being honest with consumers, even today. They're giving you the rules to play by. They say that if your console displays 3 rings, you get a free repair. They know full well you can induce a 3 ring error intentionally. I don't really see anything wrong with taking them up on their offer.

Just don't mod it

[Gameguy]

Hey, if you're getting 3 years of 100% reliability out of a PC you're lucky - even with top notch components. A failure rate is inevitable.

If your PCs only last for 3 years, something is wrong with what you're buying. My current PC which I use daily for several hours at a time is about 8 years old and still working fine. The only times it ever had problems was with software issues(like spyware once), and updates that didn't work right(uninstalling that and reinstalling the old stuff fixed that issue). When something goes wrong, at least PCs are user serviceable.

I do agree that most stuff made now is poor quality garbage . When I buy something I expect it to last for a good amount of time, I don't just have low expectations and accept it.

I thought the whole point of buying consoles was so you wouldn't have to deal with the problems of PCs, if they fail just as bad(or worse) why not just get a more powerful PC and use that for games?

[gepeto]

The one I recieved over a year ago has been performing fine never had a problem. I also have 2 spare 360's that I got on the cheap. One mfg date 8/5/2007 pro hdmi A guy sold me sept 07 for 125 and a halo system mfg 8/7/2007. A guy sole me for 100 in early 08.

Anyone know what was the failure rate around this time frame for these revisions considering that they are not part of the launch?

[WhatsMyUsername]

I got mine not even a year after release and mine is still working fine. I guess I must just be super lucky?