South Korean president gifted with mother of pearl Xbox 360

Oh Wait, you did it for me

wow are we still going on about the RROD? That was fixed back in august 07 with the added heatsink, and further fixed in september with the falcon, and will be even further fixed, if its even still possible to get under normal working conditions, when the next model comeaks in august.

While were at it, lets keep talking about faulty ps2 dvd drives.

@ mike: Its definetly better than it use to be, But RROD is a stigma that will follow the 360 for the rest of the generation

Indeed, and while we're at it, let's talk about the Pinto's faulty gas tank, the overall failure of the Yugo...and hell, why not the Edsel just to make sure we cover all the old news bases?

komamura if the stigma continues it will because of Sony fanboys like you.

"Let's just hope the system doesn't become one massive, red-ringed paperweight."

WOW

@Kujel

The stigma continues because its true ... If Microsoft would have come forward with some official numbers it may have been put to rest ... Also, it doesn't help that they never acknowledged other hardware failure issues associated with overheating other than the RROD issue ... There are a few other issues besides RROD which is all the warranty actually covers

Fair enough, it might be time to move on from RROD. Just like it was time to move on from igniting power supplies.

So, for the sake of civility and accuracy, feel free to talk about disc read errors on the 360.

Back to the post, maybe he'll give that 360 to his buddies at Samsung and they'll make a 360 that doesn't break.

The shame and embarrassment Microsoft bears for their CONTINUING RROD problems are well deserved.

It's overpriced and unreliable. You guys deserve your 360 coffins. Suckers.

Just because they accepted PC superiority?

I kid, consoles are great too but nothing you can't do on PCs especially because all console games are programmed in PCs.

PCs are fine for work but consoles are best for gaming.

I prefer my FPSs on PC thank you very much.

its different in asian countries. there are beliefs that to make a product worth buying you must pack as many things as possible into the product (hence japanese phones, ps3 (why did we need blu-ray?), etc). PC's can be more customised compared to conosles.

also, games like half-life and team fortress and WoW are better on pc then on a console. halo 3, cod4, and gta IV are better on colsoles. that's why i have a nice pc rig, 360, and wii

Call of Duty 4 is better on consoles?

...What?

OH GOD, WoW on 360? Are you mad? £50 a year, plus £9 each month?

This is why PC rules in some cases :P

Besides, certain features are easier on PC then consoles.

But unfortunately, the Croc-360 may have had its warranty broken.

It's not bashing, it's a fact. Asia more or less hates the Xbox. :(

Yeah I agree komamura ...

I have had 6 total RRODs (4 natural 2 disc read forced RROD w/towel) ...

Anytime I say that I get called a liar, Sony fanboy and every other name in the book ... Truth be told its not the only problem with the 360 but it is the most notable and it is true no matter what the fanboys want to believe ...

Unless Microsoft releases date we will NEVER know the past or present failure rates of the 360 ... Unofficially it is around 33% and that was just for RROD issues ... I think they never released official data because it was actually higher especially taking into consideration other overheating errors ...

If Microsoft ever came out and published official numbers I am pretty sure the issue would die because then the critics would not have ammunition ...

The only reason I still have one is because it kept getting fixed for free ...

The last RROD I got back had an improper DVD region coding and had to b sent back in ... I don't even include that in my official count of console failures ...

Whatever ...

Its a good console but I have grown to loathe it

"Unofficially it is around 33% and that was just for RROD issues"

No.
It was stated to be 16% of launch consoles. Pull more numbers out of your ass.

@Delgado: I believe the key word there was "Unofficially"

@Delgado

Microsoft has NEVER released official RROD totals ... The 16% your referring to was actually an independant study done by a company in the UK (?) who sells warrantys and repairs consoles but who is not officially affiliated with Microsoft ...

Even if what you said were true it is still not accurate for total console failures because Microsoft only recognizes the RROD as a warranted repair (FAILURE) when its obvious overheating can cause multiple problems not named RROD ... So you see the problem is the data would not be accurate unless your only looking for total percentage of RRODs

Dont shoot the messenger next time!

I understand you have an emotional attachment to your console and you want to defend it by calling anyone who views things differently names ... We all do it sometimes so I won't hold your momentary lapse of judgement against you ...

The majority of people who say that they have had RRODs/Multiple RRODs are Sony/Nintendo fanboys.

They are just preparing for the inevitable alien invasion, thats all, is that so wrong?