Circuit City flyer shows Xbox 360 price drop on all systems

My Elite has been running like a champ. I'm fairly certain any Elite you buy as of now will have the heat-sink issue fixed. I know my fans kick on a lot less than my old 360.

I've had no trouble with my elite, on the other hand my launch console died a year after i got it and my 2nd premium died last week. So far the elite is holding strong and apparently they somehow revised the internal design in the elites so that the red ring of death wouldn't be as prevalent on them.

On that note, the PS3 does a much better job of upscaling PS2 games than the 360 and its normal Xbox games.

Oh, and I love your pic, but why did you change your name? :)

@sceren: "On that note, the PS3 does a much better job of upscaling PS2 games than the 360 and its normal Xbox games."

Please tell me you're kidding...

Regardless, the PS3 does seem to upscale DVDs better than my old JVC player did, so I'm using the machine for both DVD and BD discs in addition to gaming.

No, I'm not kidding. Final Fantasy 12, and God of War 1 and 2 looks much, much better than any of my old Xbox games. 1080i + smoothing does wonders over HDMI on the PS3.

Because HG rules!!!!

Still being ridiculed and being suggested to be banned.....wwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhhooooooooooo

I believe it is going to be delayed. Partly for development issues and partly for marketing placement.

According to a cnet the DVD drive is still sub-standard and the upscaling on the add-on HDDVD drive is very bad.

They even have screenshots with specific examples as to how jaggy the upscaling is on the 360.

Cnet says quite the opposite of the PS3's DVD/BD drive as a movie player.

VGA connection upscaler for the 360 is pretty decent actually.

your opinion is still not worth it due to the 33% fanboy rate

It is worth it. If you can't handle losing your 360 for a week or two out of the three years you're pathetic.

@ Sceren

i dont buy consoles for 3 years.

I wish it only took me 1-2 weeks to have my Xbox 360 repaired :( Sucker took me 5 weeks of xboxlessness. Maybe I should move closer to Texas.

The point is, if it's going to break, it WILL do it in the three years, and you're taken care of. None of the other consoles have a three year warranty. It's worth it, and you're just a fanboy.

To pass up the amazing titles on the 360 because of the RROD, outside of financial issues is just plain stupid.

@ Sceren,

im taken care of for 3 years. after that, if/when the 360 RRoDs or starts damaging my discs, i gotta pay for the repairs. im not about to spend $350 plus $150 dollars on Xbox Live for only a 3 year guarantee of a working console. also, im not sure how long repairs take (Aex just claimed it took him 5 weeks to get his 360 back) but either way the idea of going through the hassle everytime i get a hardware problem also bothers me. there have been numerous reports, both by users and journalists/media, that the units they recieved after the repairs RRoD'd on them again. some even claimed this happened afew times in a row. a Kotaku blogger claims he's on his 11th 360 or something.

if/when MS releases the 65nm Falcon, and if it runs as smoothly as the PS3, ill get it.

And there's more people who have launch consoles that have had no problem.

Whatever dude, enjoy games like [Insert list of Fall Xbox 360 games here] on your PS3.

Problems are fixed, Falcon is not needed, and the people who had repeat problems also did not receive the current fixes that have been in place since May.

New heat-sinks, mounting the GPU/CPU to the logic bored better, and new clamps holding the heat-sinks down will go a long way to keep your 360 kicking for a long time.

But, none of this will change your opinion, because you are a fanboy. What would fanboys be without their stubbornness?

@ Sceren,

"And there's more people who have launch consoles that have had no problem."

actually, probably not. 33% of 11.6 million units is 3.83 million defective units. MS only managed to ship 1.5 million units by the end of 2005. so there are probably more units that have RRoD'd out there than still-working launch units.


"Problems are fixed, Falcon is not needed, and the people who had repeat problems also did not receive the current fixes that have been in place since May."

really? tell that to Brian Crecente. on July 22nd 2007 his 9th Xbox 360 died on him. check: http://kotaku.com/gaming/xbox-360/another-one-bites-the-dust-281244.php


"New heat-sinks, mounting the GPU/CPU to the logic bored better, and new clamps holding the heat-sinks down will go a long way to keep your 360 kicking for a long time."

even if the above is true, where is the fix for disc damaging, even when the console is stationary? and im a bit skeptical of the hardware fixes you're mentioning because people are still reporting multiple RRoD problems in July 2007. the only thing i heard about hardware fixes is improved heat sinks being put in *some* repaired 360s in certain regions, and ofcourse Peter Moore claiming they've revised the hardware.

the 3 year warranty thing is nothing to feel proud about. this is the first time a home console has extended its warranty to 3 years. hmm, i wonder why. perhaps slowing sales and/or fear of class action lawsuits? and did u know the 3 year warranty only covers RRoD units? meaning if your 360 damages your discs or if you experience any other hardware problems aside from the RRoD, you're gonna get charged even within the 3 years.

the first few versions of PSX and PS2 had hardware problems with their cd/dvd drives. that was it. 360 has taken hardware malfunction to the next level.


"But, none of this will change your opinion, because you are a fanboy. What would fanboys be without their stubbornness?"

yeah im a PS3 fanboy, i dont see anything wrong with that. i also like everything about the 360, minus the hardware defects and the over-priced wifi dongle.