Board 8 > Since over 75% of gamers know someone who has had a RROD...

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Why is the XBOX 360 still so popular?

Most games available on it are also on the PS3 and both the PS3 and the Wii have better exclusives than the 360. Neither the PS3 or the Wii have well known hardware problems either.

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the wii had mass DRE's actually

Well, without RRoD, 360 would be last in sales this generation.

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wii having hardware unreliability too aside, the 360's best games are almost all available...and better, on the PC. no console should really be popular at this point with how much better the PC is though

Inviso's XBox 360:

Never RROD'D and only got replaced because it was four years old.

Inviso's PS2:

DRE'D halfway through KH.
Second PS2 DRE'D as well.

So to recap:

Two XBox 360s, the second of which was only bought as an upgrade.
Three PS2s, the latter two were replacements for the first.

I don't see anyone complaining about the PS2 being so popular.

PS2 is last gen. That's why.

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Well PS2s also sold so much because of the fact that they failed massively.

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Yeah, but PS2 never got half the crap 360 got for its own hardware problems.

the PS2 is also noteworthy in that sony had to be forced into fixing its manufacturing defects by a lawsuit(so unlike them), nintendo and microsoft have fixed their defective systems free of charge.

I had 3 RROD's in about 5 months.

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sony had to be forced into fixing its manufacturing defects by a lawsuit(so unlike them)

No, it is like them. My PS1 was within warranty, and the CD-ROM drive was dead on arrival. I sent it to Sony a few times, and they refused to fix it. They then asked for a fee, my mom paid it (this was 1997, so I was 7 or 8 at the time), and they still did nothing but return half the fee and ship it back. This sounds a lot like the PS2 situation (refusal to fix disc reading problems), although it doesn't seem like a common problem with PS1s.

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Zachnorn posted...
sony had to be forced into fixing its manufacturing defects by a lawsuit(so unlike them)

No, it is like them. My PS1 was within warranty, and the CD-ROM drive was dead on arrival. I sent it to Sony a few times, and they refused to fix it. They then asked for a fee, my mom paid it (this was 1997, so I was 7 or 8 at the time), and they still did nothing but return half the fee and ship it back. This sounds a lot like the PS2 situation (refusal to fix disc reading problems), although it doesn't seem like a common problem with PS1s.

it was sarcasm.

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From: Oxbridge | #001
Most games available on it are also on the PS3

So?

both the PS3 and the Wii have better exclusives than the 360

Opinion

Neither the PS3 or the Wii have well known hardware problems either.

Good for them?

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I've known more people with the PS3 YLOD than 360 RROD.

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the wii has a pretty well known disc reader issue amongst the 10% of wii owners that actually played the console for more than a month before packing it into the attic.

it was sarcasm.

I just woke up, my sarcasm detector isn't completely running yet,

>_>

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From: Oxbridge | #001
Why is the XBOX 360 still so popular?

Most games available on it are also on the PS3 and both the PS3 and the Wii have better exclusives than the 360. Neither the PS3 or the Wii have well known hardware problems either.

Most games available on the PS3 are also on the 360 and the 360 has better exclusives than the PS3 and the Wii. Opinions, dude.

As to why the 360 is popular, many people agree with the statement I just made. Hell, even many people who prefer Wii and PS3 still got a 360 to use as a Halo machine. Also, it has the highest quality online service (yes, you pay for it, but there's no denying its the best). Some XBLA exclusives are absolutely outstanding as well. Finally, some people prefer the controller to the other two systems.

There's a million reasons why the 360 is popular. I've only had 1 RRoD and the system was over 5 years old when it occurred. Can't complain about that.

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Oxbridge posted...
Why is the XBOX 360 still so popular?

Most games available on it are also on the PS3 and both the PS3 and the Wii have better exclusives than the 360. Neither the PS3 or the Wii have well known hardware problems either.

To answer your question, for me it's a matter of timing.

360 came out, what, six months, if not a year, before Wii or PS3. I bought it then and started building a library of 360 games. Then the Wii/PS3 came out. The Wii was cheap and offered something new that wasn't available for 360. The PS3, however, didn't have games that appealed to me and was 600 dollars. This stayed true for quite some time as the Wii became even less appealing to me (I don't enjoy most of their first party games) and the PS3 took far too long to lower the price.

Now we've reached a point where the PS3 has a decent library, but any multi-platform games, I'm gonna buy them for the 360, because it's so late in the consoles' lifetime to want to pick up a new PS3.

Plus, my 360 never red-ringed on me, so yeah, there's that too.

I've actually had a Wii break but not a 360.

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360's got the better exclusives between it and the PS3 far as i'm concerned. nobody puts Wii in the same sentence as either since the Wii's exclusives really are simply exclusives and there's a good amount of 'em. there's a reason Wii60 and PSWii are words that exist. helps that for a good portion, the 360 was the cheaper console. still is if go the arcade route and don't mind minor tinkering/using usbs.

and outside of board 8, maybe know 1 person who's had the problem.

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Also, everybody's friends play the big popular shooters on 360. Halo, CoD, Gears, millions of people play them, and they're all on 360.

Also, before Sony's recent price drops, its always been cheaper, for most models.

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I have never had a single problem with any of my consoles (or handhelds) and I have generally bought every major console release since the SNES was released (think I've only given original XBOX and the Wii a miss).

Granted there's probably a bit of luck in there but what on earth do people do to their consoles to make them fail so often.

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My 360 died from overuse from by my roommate, pretty much on all the time to listen to his ****ty music.

None of my console failed on me otherwise.

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360 generally has the best version of most multiplatform games (compared to the PS3). 360 has the best online (compared to PS3 and Wii).

Those are the selling points to me. (I did end up buying a PS3, though).

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