There is epic fail and then there’s Red Rings of Death fail. Believe me, I’ve experienced shades of both. However, the Red Rings thing almost happened right before I went to work.
So, I’m getting my dad’s car from the car wash when I hear the TV flicker. Mind you, it’s an HDTV and sounds like a damn GameBoy has been booted up right before it officially comes on. Last year it was a freak lightning strike that claimed my 360 and gave it the Red Rings of Death. Now, a lesson for those who don’t know about the XBOX 360 and its dreaded system fail.
Out of the big three systems, Wii, PS3 & XBOX 360, it has the HIGHEST RATE OF SYSTEM FAILURE. Which is only true because only kids and adults trying to become cool again get the Wii and nobody besides Mr. Fantastic can legit claim to me that they have a PS3 (is this the Sega Saturn all over again?) Besides, the PS3 just came out with a slim version (the OG PS2 slim version is still sitting in my room, waiting to be played again). Essentially, according to a Game Informer survey – only 4% of folks actually said they would buy another one if their previous 360 crapped out on them.
Makes sense but look – why the hell would you buy another one when Microsoft repairs yours because you have a 3-year warranty the moment you buy the console the first time? I can see where the detractors are, those who follow that whole fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me ideology. I go by what Mr. Fantastic had to say when confronting a dude with two black eyes – he’s already been taught twice.
While nothing was lost on my side when the TV went out, the only thing I did happen to lose was not saving all the stuff I had done in NCAA Football 10. Where’s the auto save when you need it?!
Game Informer: XBOX 360 Has 54.2% Failure Rate [Joystiq]
Tags: failure, game informer, Geek Squad, red rings of death, xbox 360
