Comments on: FAILbox 360: A Tale of the E79 Error http://www.sidequesting.com/2009/07/failbox-360-a-tale-of-the-e79-error/ We Love to Write About Games... and Beer! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dalibor Dimovski http://www.sidequesting.com/2009/07/failbox-360-a-tale-of-the-e79-error/comment-page-1/#comment-455 Dalibor Dimovski Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:34:53 +0000 http://www.sidequesting.com/?p=1073#comment-455 I've sent my XBox 360 in 4 times already (I'm on #5 right now). When my first one died (I had bought the base system which was $400 back then) I sent it in and received a pro version back... with a hard drive attached to it. OOPS! Microsoft's loss is my gain. :) I’ve sent my XBox 360 in 4 times already (I’m on #5 right now). When my first one died (I had bought the base system which was $400 back then) I sent it in and received a pro version back… with a hard drive attached to it. OOPS!

Microsoft’s loss is my gain. :)

]]> By: tiger-spy http://www.sidequesting.com/2009/07/failbox-360-a-tale-of-the-e79-error/comment-page-1/#comment-429 tiger-spy Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:57:35 +0000 http://www.sidequesting.com/?p=1073#comment-429 I dunno about Microsoft, but when I got my PS2 back from Sony it was my same old system. I assume they'll fix the issue and your Xbox will be as good as new instead of shipping you an altogether new system. Personally I would rather have my system repaired and sent back in supposedly perfect condition than take a chance on a factory new system which will last who knows how long. You should be set for a long while when you get it back. Hopefully. People keep asking about a price drop for the PS3, even publishers are demanding a price drop or they wont make games for the thing *gulp*, but Sony isn't doing it those bastards. At least not yet. Although they keep offering newer incentives to purchase their system. The latest thing going on is getting Killzone 2 AND Metal Gear Solid 4 bundled free with the 80gb system. It's still $400 but with Killzone at $60 and MGS4 at $30 (i think) that's a 90 dollar value. So depending on whether you want those two games, which i think are great Sony exclusives, or would rather pay $300 for the system, it's up to you. I keep hearing about the bundles, as well as retailers offering things with the purchase of the system as incentives to phase out the 80gb system for "something new" coming out. Is it the fabled PS3 Slim...already? So the rumors say. Who knows whether it's true or not. I dunno about Microsoft, but when I got my PS2 back from Sony it was my same old system. I assume they’ll fix the issue and your Xbox will be as good as new instead of shipping you an altogether new system. Personally I would rather have my system repaired and sent back in supposedly perfect condition than take a chance on a factory new system which will last who knows how long. You should be set for a long while when you get it back. Hopefully.

People keep asking about a price drop for the PS3, even publishers are demanding a price drop or they wont make games for the thing *gulp*, but Sony isn’t doing it those bastards. At least not yet. Although they keep offering newer incentives to purchase their system. The latest thing going on is getting Killzone 2 AND Metal Gear Solid 4 bundled free with the 80gb system. It’s still $400 but with Killzone at $60 and MGS4 at $30 (i think) that’s a 90 dollar value. So depending on whether you want those two games, which i think are great Sony exclusives, or would rather pay $300 for the system, it’s up to you.

I keep hearing about the bundles, as well as retailers offering things with the purchase of the system as incentives to phase out the 80gb system for “something new” coming out. Is it the fabled PS3 Slim…already? So the rumors say. Who knows whether it’s true or not.

]]> By: Mike McGarrigle http://www.sidequesting.com/2009/07/failbox-360-a-tale-of-the-e79-error/comment-page-1/#comment-427 Mike McGarrigle Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:28:52 +0000 http://www.sidequesting.com/?p=1073#comment-427 ***UPDATE*** Just got an email from Microsoft and my console is already fixed and being shipped back. I wonder if I'm going to get another refurb back? That is what they did last time and that took 4 weeks. I guess I'll just have to wait and see. I will admit, I was at Best Buy the other day and the PS3 looked pretty good. Sony is making it harder to say "no". ***UPDATE***
Just got an email from Microsoft and my console is already fixed and being shipped back. I wonder if I’m going to get another refurb back? That is what they did last time and that took 4 weeks. I guess I’ll just have to wait and see.

I will admit, I was at Best Buy the other day and the PS3 looked pretty good. Sony is making it harder to say “no”.

]]> By: tiger-spy http://www.sidequesting.com/2009/07/failbox-360-a-tale-of-the-e79-error/comment-page-1/#comment-426 tiger-spy Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:51:29 +0000 http://www.sidequesting.com/?p=1073#comment-426 Um, wow. That sucks, and I'm glad they're fixing it for you, but FAIL is right. You'd think after having issues with their original Xbox they'd know how to deal with their new system. Nope, more issues on top of the same old issues. Red Ring? I never knew that could happen prior to an Xbox. Anyway, you'd even think that after their new 360 system has been out for a little while now they'd resove the issues found. Nope again. That's too bad. I don't know how long you've had your system, or the frequency in which you use it, but something like that should never happen. I've had my original PS2 for 10 years and have sent it back to Sony, on vacation as you put it, once about 4 years ago. ONCE! Once after 6 years of extreme playing without issue. All my discs are fine and ringless, my power chords didn't spark or catch fire, I just had to send it back because of a "disc read error" issue I had. Sometimes games would play and sometimes movies wouldn't, and vice versa. I was told that was caused by the little glass eye that reads the disc becoming misaligned when the system is jostled. Jostled? I don't remember ever "jostling" my system but hey I guess it could have happened. Still, that's it? Wow i kinda freaked at first but "technically" everything else was fine and dandy. It still works today and sits right next to it's little, albeit overweight, brother. I'm crossing my fingers that I have the same results with my PS3. That thing is on ALL the time! Besides watching a ton of movies on it, I constantly play my PS3 games on it, my PS2 games on it, and I even had a PS1 (PSX?) Street Fighter Alpha marathon on it. Yeah I get a little freaked when i go to turn it off and it's like a sauna in my entertainment center, but no issues yet. So far, a year down the road things seem ok. I don't wanna jinx myself though. I'm crossing my fingers that my PS3 lasts as long, even longer, than my PS2. If that's the case I'll be glad i threw down $100 more on a healthy, stable system versus E79. Um, wow. That sucks, and I’m glad they’re fixing it for you, but FAIL is right. You’d think after having issues with their original Xbox they’d know how to deal with their new system. Nope, more issues on top of the same old issues. Red Ring? I never knew that could happen prior to an Xbox. Anyway, you’d even think that after their new 360 system has been out for a little while now they’d resove the issues found. Nope again. That’s too bad.

I don’t know how long you’ve had your system, or the frequency in which you use it, but something like that should never happen. I’ve had my original PS2 for 10 years and have sent it back to Sony, on vacation as you put it, once about 4 years ago. ONCE! Once after 6 years of extreme playing without issue. All my discs are fine and ringless, my power chords didn’t spark or catch fire, I just had to send it back because of a “disc read error” issue I had. Sometimes games would play and sometimes movies wouldn’t, and vice versa. I was told that was caused by the little glass eye that reads the disc becoming misaligned when the system is jostled. Jostled? I don’t remember ever “jostling” my system but hey I guess it could have happened. Still, that’s it? Wow i kinda freaked at first but “technically” everything else was fine and dandy. It still works today and sits right next to it’s little, albeit overweight, brother.

I’m crossing my fingers that I have the same results with my PS3. That thing is on ALL the time! Besides watching a ton of movies on it, I constantly play my PS3 games on it, my PS2 games on it, and I even had a PS1 (PSX?) Street Fighter Alpha marathon on it. Yeah I get a little freaked when i go to turn it off and it’s like a sauna in my entertainment center, but no issues yet. So far, a year down the road things seem ok. I don’t wanna jinx myself though. I’m crossing my fingers that my PS3 lasts as long, even longer, than my PS2. If that’s the case I’ll be glad i threw down $100 more on a healthy, stable system versus E79.

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