More Evidence of Faulty Xboxes. (code name fiXbox)

no, people were reporting PS2s breaking because they were having personal experiences with them.

Not because they saw a picture on the internet of a devkit that had a problem, or that a store, where they run the systems for 8 to 14 hours straight, had a problem. Nobody has had personal experiences with X-Boxs breaking, because they don\'t own them yet. Nobody knows why the systems werent on or working.

Somebody could have dropped it. Not plugged in correctly, not given ventiltion for the fan, etc,etc,etc. THey are tons of reasons why an X_Box didn\'t work.

This topic is not designed to inform people that X-Boxs could be faulty, but sub-conciously was made to get a chuckle from people.

In other words, until you people have an XBox and have problems, or see problems first hand, then it is null and void.


BTW, tons of people on here have said they had multiple Sony systems.

Gohan, Sony-Fan, Living-In Clip (I think), me, Luke, Bossieman, etc

some of these people had to trade their old one in, because they didn\'t work, or send it in to Sony to have it replaced, not seeing it again for a month or more. I don\'t get how you havent noticed numerous threads over the past year where a person will say how many SOny systems they have had. THe number has increased from then, also.


Eric Jacob

What about those of us, who fix them ourselves???

I\'m about ready to take mine apart anyways. Since i have the basic knowledge to do so.  


DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME.

BTW, I never had a warrenty to begin with. At least, not an exteneded.

Not because they saw a picture on the internet of a devkit that had a problem, or that a store, where they run the systems for 8 to 14 hours straight, had a problem. Nobody has had personal experiences with X-Boxs breaking, because they don\'t own them yet. Nobody knows why the systems werent on or working.

Somebody could have dropped it. Not plugged in correctly, not given ventiltion for the fan, etc,etc,etc. THey are tons of reasons why an X_Box didn\'t work.

"Gaming Age has an article up about some stores, including Toys R Us and Babbages, Xbox kiosk crashing at various places across the country. "Out of five stores that have playable demos within a ten mile area, only two have working units," says one Babbage\'s employee."

Seems like a lot of Xbox\'s have been dropped then... :rolleyes:

In other words, until you people have an XBox and have problems, or see problems first hand, then it is null and void.

If I read the news correctly, these XBox\'s are probably finalized and the same builds that will be sold on launch. Since the launch is pretty close too, is yet another reason to believe this. While no one own a Xbox yet, it is safe to assume that the launch systems won\'t be any different if there is no delay. If they do delay it, no problem, but if you deny it or not, there is evidence showing that there a lot of faulty Xbox\'s out there.

BTW, tons of people on here have said they had multiple Sony systems.

I own my system since launch and played it on day 1 over 20 hours straight without experiencing any problems what so ever. I\'ve been playing it regularly since then and still haven\'t had any problems yet. Since I was the webmaster of a PS2 site, I was in contact with a lot of members and none of them had any problems as well.

And besides, this post is just to prove that there are faulty Xbox\'s (aswell as some PS2s in the US) -> it\'s a post to those Xboxs fanboys that thought Microsoft would pull this through without a single problem and bashed the PS2 several times.

I don\'t remember anyone saying there would be NO problems with the XBox launch, there are always problems with launches.


Eric Jacob

There\'s a big difference between multiple reports from owners of faulty PS2s and a news story about several Xbox demo stations being out of order. HUGE difference. I would expect the display units to go through very rigorous testing before being sent out, what would be even worse though is if they had tested them thoroughly. For the sake of those looking forward to launch day lets hope this is a few isolated incidents blown way out of proportion.  


On the bright side though, the quicker the xbox is declared legally dead, the sooner PS2 and PC owners will have the chance to play those formerly exclusive titles.

j/k
not funny
I know
Sorry

Looks like M$ has issued a press release regarding this:
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011024/tc/tech_xbox_problems_dc_1.html

Originally posted by AlteredBeast
I don\'t remember anyone saying there would be NO problems with the XBox launch, there are always problems with launches.


Eric Jacob

\'NO\' problems might be a bit blown out of proportion, but those naiv little pricks are around (maybe not on this board). Point is, a lot of those fanboys critized and bashed Sony for something that is mostly comment when a new electronic good is shipped - thinking that Microsoft would do better. As it seems, Microsoft is no exception. There ya go.

Nice try EmperorRob, but I won\'t fall for that.

Here is the real press release from Gaming Age:

A Microsoft representative has responded to yesterday\'s FiXbox story. Here\'s the official company line on in-store Xbox units.
"With over 10,000 playable Xbox kiosks at retail over a month before launch, there are bound to be a few issues that crop up. Microsoft representatives are currently following up with retailers across the country to insure proper functionality of kiosks. Overall, the displays are working great and we are on track to achieve our goal of having 100% of the Xbox interactive displays working correctly and demonstrating the Xbox difference."

GA continues to receive email from readers on the status of in-store Xbox kiosks. We\'ll keep you updated.

link: http://cgi.gaming-age.com/cgi-bin/news/news...170.db

Nice try Ironfist i didnt fal into that one! :P

the reason why many psx2 broke is because when people change disk they are too lazy to wait for the disk to stop spinning , so the just jam the black spinndle which holds the disk in its place. If you read the manual it says NOT to do this. I also  believe  that this is also the reason why Sony chose for a motorized disk ray for ps2.

I have never ever had any problem with any of my consoles other that my n64, even my japanese launch ps2 never gave me problems (including the ridge racer memory card error) I dont care for the xbox problems because every console has them. By the time It reaches europe and I have the money to pruchase the thing all the problems will be solved, right M$?

Note that I have gone through 5 playstations, and have treated every damned one of them like gold.

I still don\'t understand why exactly I keep giving $ony more chances.

no you didn\'t LoD, Sony\'s products don\'t break, you heard it straight from Sony, nobody on this board\'s PSXs/PS2s have broken  


Because of the great games, they know that this equation works -

shoddy hardware + tons of great exclusives = many sales.

Customer doesnt know he is getting bent over every time he turns on the system

If the fanboys were on other boards, post this crap there, we don\'t need it here, because they arent on here to \'inform\'


Eric Jacob

I had 2 of my PSXs fry.  My PS2 is still chugging away though.

anyway the xbox at my local store isnt working correctly and i am not a fanboy of any sort

just informing yall - but it is happening and its not as uncommon as you think - the error was not fatal and just took a little figuring out by the employee and it was up and working the next day

[Living-In-Clip]

Originally posted by AlteredBeast
no, people were reporting PS2s breaking because they were having personal experiences with them.

Not because they saw a picture on the internet of a devkit that had a problem, or that a store, where they run the systems for 8 to 14 hours straight, had a problem. Nobody has had personal experiences with X-Boxs breaking, because they don\'t own them yet. Nobody knows why the systems werent on or working.

Somebody could have dropped it. Not plugged in correctly, not given ventiltion for the fan, etc,etc,etc. THey are tons of reasons why an X_Box didn\'t work.

This topic is not designed to inform people that X-Boxs could be faulty, but sub-conciously was made to get a chuckle from people.

In other words, until you people have an XBox and have problems, or see problems first hand, then it is null and void.


BTW, tons of people on here have said they had multiple Sony systems.

Gohan, Sony-Fan, Living-In Clip (I think), me, Luke, Bossieman, etc

some of these people had to trade their old one in, because they didn\'t work, or send it in to Sony to have it replaced, not seeing it again for a month or more. I don\'t get how you havent noticed numerous threads over the past year where a person will say how many SOny systems they have had. THe number has increased from then, also.


Eric Jacob

Amen. I\'ve owned three PSX\'s, the first two just died on me. ANd please, don\'t anyone tell me I wasn\'t taking care of my consoles, because mine stay in mint condition and I had never have had a problem \'cept for the Playstation.

As for the XBox fiasco, until they ship and people actually buy them and have problems, I\'m not going to worry.  Howevve all this sorted out by launch, because the last thing they need is a bunch of people with units that don\'t play properly , ala PS2 launch.

[GmanJoe]

Originally posted by Living-In-Clip


Amen. I\'ve owned three PSX\'s, the first two just died on me. ANd please, don\'t anyone tell me I wasn\'t taking care of my consoles, because mine stay in mint condition and I had never have had a problem \'cept for the Playstation.

As for the XBox fiasco, until they ship and people actually buy them and have problems, I\'m not going to worry.  Howevve all this sorted out by launch, because the last thing they need is a bunch of people with units that don\'t play properly , ala PS2 launch.

Well, my 6 year old PSX still works and I have a hard time believing you took care of yours. Mint conditions.....puhleez.

As for the Xbox fiasco - the damn kiosks ain\'t working right so you should worry. What would you want to represent your product? A faulty one or one that works?