RROD :( - Josh Haley

So much promise hindered by some much junk. - Robert Miller

horrible infection. don't they make a cream for that yet? - Yolanda

that's definitely a pain in butt. - Joshua Smith

Some fellow friendfeeders were trying to talk me into getting one earlier this evening. Thing is, I don't even play games.. - Ian May

Microsoft recently bragged about how many consoles they moved this past Black Friday. - Larry

At this point I don't even want to get it fixed. PS3 FTW. - Leo Laporte

those xbox360 -- thats part of the reason i bought and use the PS3 - Bryce Campbell from twhirl

The thing is, I do like the Xbox and really, really hate the PS3. Not sure why, but I have felt no love towards any Sony console ever made. - Robert Miller

Hardware-wise, the 360 is a piece of junk. No way around it. Sadly though, the games that I care about playing are on that system - and not on the PS3 or the Wii. I buy the games, not the systems they are on. And Lost Odyssey, Mass Effect, Tales of Vesperia, Gears of War, Fable 2, etc. are all 360 exclusives. So c'est la vie, non? - Javier Altman

Friend had the red ring of death on his 2 XBOXs and was able to fix one which was caused by weak solder joins on mboard. - Greg

Gotta luv the PS3! - Joe

Javier: I agree. The hardware is poorly designed and built while the games rock and, as with you, the games I care about are 360 exclusive. - Robert Miller

i hear the new ones don't overheat. too bad they won't fix them for free anymore though - Josh Betz

I don't play my 360 at night, the fan is too loud and my 3 year old will wake up. - Larry

The fan is louder than the game? My friends had this theory when their first child was an infant; they said they'd make noise when the kid was sleeping to get the kid to learn to sleep through noise. She's now almost six, and I have to admit it seems to be working. We were at their house a week ago, and we weren't quiet, even after she went (unhappily) to bed. - MiniMage, enterRUPPted

I think your friends are right. - Robert Miller

360 = best software (new update is incredible) and games, ps3 = best hardware and reliability. I'll take a 360 with a warranty plan over a ps3 anyday. - Eduardo Merille

EVERYTHING distracts me from being productive. Even being productive distracts me from being productive! - MiniMage, enterRUPPted

Our Xbox is ridiculously quiet. Sometimes I don't even know it's on. Of course, the fan on our computer is loud as hell, so maybe that's drowning out the noise. - Anika

As much as you want to love the 360, with its shiny new firmware and solid library, the hardware is just too large of a defector. I've owned an Xbox 360 twice in my life and was even thinking about trying out the console again (Netflix & I miss Xbox Live) hoping they would have their hardware failures solved by now but even untouched Xbox's find themselves wearing red. - Chad

text so what about the recent hardware revision? isn't that making a difference? - John Blanton from IM

Ouch. Unlucky Leo. - ralphsaunders

I've been using my Xbox less and less because its fan sounds like a vacuum cleaner. The PlayStation I got? Silent as a mouse. - Robert Scoble

C'mon its not the PS3's fault iut has no games. xD - ralphsaunders from twhirl

That's why I would never get a XBox - Outsanity

I've simply never had a problem with my XBox 360 and I've had it from the beginning. I'm not denying that everyone else is having problems, but add +1 to the list of completely satisfied customers. - Eric Florenzano

This is why I have never gotten around to buying one I keep hearing the same story from everyone. - John D Reasor

I owned a 360 and now own a PS3 and have found the PS3 even though more expensive a much more satisfying experience. The blu-ray player ad's so much value, especially figuring you can watch a movie with out a jet engine running in the background. - Kyle DeFacis

It's not the fan you guys are hearing but the disc drive, when you spin it up with a game or movie in there you can hear it loud and clear. Play a downloaded game or movie file over the network and it's whisper quiet. Sadly the failure rate IS very high on the 360, I avoided the machine until recently I'm just hoping mine never dies I don't think i'd be willing to buy another. - Bryan

Haven't they fixed this yet? - Chris Pugh

Welcome to the glory and power that is Playstaton 3! - Kent Jenkins

Listen I did the same thing you did dumped my Xbox360 after 3 red rings I went to a PS3 bought a 60GB Oct2007 guess what OCT 2008 the bluray player went dead and Sony refused to fix it because I was 2 weeks past my Warranty. Trust Me dont waste the Money I traded it and bought a new 360 the fan noise is gone its actually as quiet as a PS3. The unit is actually a lot better than the launch unit I purchased. In fact just buy an Arcade for 199 and throw your HD on use the Money you save to buy some games. - charles

I just wanted to add one more thing I wont admit this to any of my fellow gamers at work but I admit it I made a mistake I regret ever buying a PS3 not only did it break just like the Xbox it has no games. Now after being a year away I am trying to catch up with Lost Odyssey, Mass effect, Tales of Vespera After playing Uncharted, MGS and Resistance there is nothing to play. Like I said in my other post buy the Arcade use the Money you save and instead of buying games buy a stand alone Bluray player. - charles