RobBright 35 Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 No doubt about that - but its never taken longer than a week to get it sent out and returned and free of charge. Link to post Share on other sites
FatherFred 0 Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 How many times have you had that done then? We have a PS3 and the kids love it. I like a few of the games myself, bit of a racing fan - Motorstorm is a blast. Link to post Share on other sites
@tokyo 14 Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Try the Fifa game this year too. Ace. Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted December 14, 2008 Author Share Posted December 14, 2008 Home has been released on the PS3 (for anyone to download for free). I spent 30 minutes on it this afternoon and got to say it is a total and utter waste of 30 minutes. Given how this has been delayed so much it is just sooooo empty and boring. I know they are getting tons of stuff in there (one day) but right now it's a joke. (But not funny). Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 hahahahahahahahahahahahahhaha Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Fifa is good but again this year there is too big a jump between pro and world class. Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted December 14, 2008 Author Share Posted December 14, 2008 haha, pleased about that Rob? You like the Xbox experience yet? I have both so I'm not particularly fighting for one or the other. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 na hate it mate - except the xmas theme going on now. what's your gamertag? Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted December 14, 2008 Author Share Posted December 14, 2008 tlhInganDochoH Though I am very rarely using that nowadays. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Sounds pretty useless to me, the whole idea of the thing Link to post Share on other sites
alexeiw123 2 Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Originally Posted By: RobBright No doubt about that - but its never taken longer than a week to get it sent out and returned and free of charge. talkin about the xbox? mine is back under warranty at the moment for the third time. each time it has taken around 4 weeks to do a return trip. first time the power button stopped working, second time the controller sync button stopped working, and this time i got the red rings (luckily warranty was extended to 3 years for red rings) PS3 has never missed a beat for me. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 wow - thats slow familia - last time was in september - one week turn around as I phoned them up very angrily and also emailed as well mate's ps3 dropped dead at the same time Link to post Share on other sites
midnightcharger2 0 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Was pretty fond of my 360, have around 100 games for it but no time to play anymore, Just about time to find it a new home as I would only play for about an hour or so at any given time. Link to post Share on other sites
KlingKlang 1 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 100 games?! Thats full on full time! I didn't know they were so unreliable these machines. Link to post Share on other sites
midnightcharger2 0 Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Yeah quite a bit of games I have collected, but now that I have taken up Dj-ing and have had a few gigs and now got a gig to do up in Akakura for new years, so when I am not working I am practicing. besides the winter is ahead, it was last powered on about a month ago to upgrade to the NXE dashboard and play around a bit but starting to realize that not into gaming much. The issue with a percentage of the nex-gen consoles failure is partly due to the amount of power they use which creates heat. The 360 for example can get hot enough to cook an egg on it (I imagine the same for the Ps3). I had a release date console that had solder points that broke on the ram chips. They are BGA (ball grid array( which means the chips sit ontop of the solder. The solder is sandwiched between the chips and the motherboard. I was able to revive that board by reflowing the solder with a heat gun to get the console working again. But if the console is not placed with the cooling being restricted, I.E. a closed small cabinet, It will last much longer. The newest console which has the Jasper motherboard, has 65nm cpu and gpu instead of 90nm which is supposed to run cooler. Not sure if Japan has recieved the newer revisions yet though Link to post Share on other sites
@tokyo 14 Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Actually the PS3 doesn't get too hot and it is also remarkably quiet especially compared to the noisy 360. Failure rate of the PS3 is well below the frankly very poor rate of the 360. Apparently the 360 was basically rush released before they got it set up properly to deal with heat etc. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Quote: talkin about the xbox? mine is back under warranty at the moment for the third time. Thats truly terrible. 3 times?! Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted December 19, 2008 Author Share Posted December 19, 2008 Must cost them an absolute fortune. Link to post Share on other sites
alexeiw123 2 Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Originally Posted By: RobBright wow - thats slow familia - last time was in september - one week turn around as I phoned them up very angrily and also emailed as well mate's ps3 dropped dead at the same time ok so i got my xbox back and it took just under 2 weeks this time, better turn around, and it is once again working fine. hopefully it stays that way now! Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 They did put aside $1bn for repairs. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Thats just crazy. Amazing how Xbox fans aren't just a bit more pissed off than they surely should be about it. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Hell free repairs ain't too bothered really. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Isn't your game machine breaking and having to pack it up and sent it of a bit of bovver? Sounds like more bovver than just playing it. I find it quite strange how MS are so generally hated (so it seems) but at the same time the Xbox has such loyal and unflinching support and people would accept sticks being shoved up their bottoms etc. Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted January 1, 2009 Author Share Posted January 1, 2009 I find that interesting too. People are surprisingly patient and understanding about their exploding shoddily-made Xboxes. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Pack it up - nope no problem. Boxes get delivered to me, I get to chose the date when it gets sent/returned. Am loyal because out of the three right now, it has the games I want to play. Not necessarily the bst, but the ones I want to play. Link to post Share on other sites
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