Talk about terrible timing (360 related)

[erehwon]

I finally got my ME2 CE on Thursday, but didn't get around to playing it Friday night. To my dismay, I found that my 360 can no longer read disks. Tried blowing it out with canned air. I took off the hard drive and tried several games. None worked. It's looking like the disk drive is failing. Glad I got the extended warranty when I bought it.

Anyone else ever had their console fail just as a major game is released?

[stonecutter]

I lined up at Walmart for about 1.5 hrs for GTA IV, was first in line, got home and suffered the RROD without even seeing the game. The next day I went to Future Shop and bought the Elite with a free copy of GTA IV. So I sold the copy to a buddy for 50 even (was 59.99 before tax in Canada). He got a break of about 17 bucks and I got $50 off my Elite, sent in the original console and now my son has one in his room. Guess I was the only loser in the deal, I ended up buying another console lol.

[swlovinist]

It is stories like this that just make me shake my head and wonder what the hell was MS thinking making a system with so many problems. I own a 360 since day one, still working. It is just a matter of time before mine goes out. I really wish that they would make a "slim" model.

[erehwon]

I was hoping my would last. I've been very careful with mine. My room is pretty dusty so that could be part of the problem.

I just really hope the next xbox is backwards compatible. I don't imagine 360 aging very well.

[DeputyMoniker]

I just really hope the next xbox is backwards compatible. I don't imagine 360 aging very well.

Good point! It seems like they're going to have to make it backward compatible.

[EColeman24]

I finally got my ME2 CE on Thursday, but didn't get around to playing it Friday night. To my dismay, I found that my 360 can no longer read disks. Tried blowing it out with canned air. I took off the hard drive and tried several games. None worked. It's looking like the disk drive is failing. Glad I got the extended warranty when I bought it.

Anyone else ever had their console fail just as a major game is released?

Yeah I can feel your pain for me it was Lost Odyssey not that this game is any big blockbuster like GTA IV or Halo but it was something I had to wait to get and when I finally got my grubby little gamer paws on it...I got the RRoD oh I was pissed...damn thing had been working just the night before