As you may have heard I've problems with the online connection on my 360.

Whereas before I sent it to repairs (for faulty USB ports and not a RRoD, to boot! Only reason I use those is because of my arcade stick), I could play online and it would be fun and all that jazz, now everything works except online. It detects the network, but it cannot connect. After restarting the router and the modem six times each (and everything else connecting except the 360, obviously), I pretty much called Xbox support and lo and behold, they think the wireless doohickey is broken (granted, the sheer fact that you have to buy a wireless doohickey in these times is complete crap but I digress). After barely two tests (and them being a repeat of each other), they figure that it's the doohickey that's broken.

Seriously I'd love to know how they arrived to that conclusion so fast when it was working just fine before I sent my console in for repair. What? Was it scheduled to explode as soon as it got hooked to a refurbished 360?

sounds like its time to buy a PS3

Smazzurco said:

Get your console fanboyism out of this thread. If I wanted to rebuy every single game I have for the 360 for the PS3, where I'm not even guaranteed it would work either way, I would have already done so beforehand.

um, how is that fanboyism. You said MS people are morons basically (the ones having you do tests), which having called various "tech support" lines i can completely understand that being the case.

If i was being a fanboy i would tell you to get a dreamcast the best fighters IMO are all readily available and run flawlessly on DC.

Wake up with your hat on the wrong side today or something? You seem angry today, lol.

also, not sure if your first language is english, but its basically my only one, and i have no idea what you are saying...(btw not trying to sound like a **** if i am, i am just staring at my screen and dont understand what you mean)

"If I wanted to rebuy every single game I have for the 360 for the PS3, where I'm not even guaranteed it would work either way, I would have already done so beforehand."

What do you mean not guaranteed it would work either way?

I used to have an xbox and a 360. The xbox basically for homebrew type stuff, and the 360 i just played FFXI on. IMO the controllers for both systems were terrible. The DC controller is even worse, but the game selection keeps me from tossing mine. Arcade perfect CvS2, MvC1/2, 3S, GG, etc

I am not a FPS fan, and i can't stand Halo. So for me i never really had a reason to get a 360...and whats wrong with KEEPING your 360, and getting a ps3?

Smazzurco said:

The metric ton of cash necessary for me to do such a thing?

Still gonna do as asked if only because hey new one as opposed to one I bought off eBay for little cash.

so does microsoft replace the USB wireless thing or you gotta buy a new one?

Having to replace that once or twice at $100 a pop hurts.

could be worse, you could of paid like $500 for a 1st gen ps3 with no wireless (or as i understand it even an option to add wireless thru usb) lol.

Smazzurco said:

Yeah, well, that's what they're saying, but they're not covering shipping costs. Still, better to pay a little through shipping than a whole metric ton of cash.

Smazz, PS3s have issues too and every company is almost equally inept when it comes to warranty. Repairs cost them money. If they can do anything to avoid doing it, they will.

Tagrineth said:

That's the funny part, they didn't in this scenario. Two tests "Oh device must be busted send it back we'll send you a new one!" "uh lolwtf sure okay."

reasons like this are why I'm pro-computer gaming 0_0

sorry bout your troubles, but if it ends up with you getting a brand-new one, sweet.

quarzark said:

Well, it's just the wireless dongle which I got for cheap off eBay. Honestly, I'd be pro computer gaming if computers held every single game I play on the console (it's getting there, but it's nowhere near close), and if I didn't need to build (read: buy stuff and have someone else I know build) a PC every 6-12 months just to stay in the curve.

quarzark said:

because computers don't fail

Tagrineth said:

Wafflecopter said:

and there's like 10 billion places that will fix a computer... As opposed to send this to Toronto and you'll get it back in a few weeks.

if porn was readily available on consoles there would be no use for PCs

(joking)

Morning Demon said:

And about 9.9 billion that will make your computer worse than it was ;p

Look! i'll draw Hatman fury! ( Do not do this at home kids, i see him twice a week, i'm a professionnal )

Hey Hatman, buy a PS3 ... i got one, so you should get one

Tes fru la?

i should get a ps3 in the coming months. hehe

As an employee at a game store all I can do is give you my opinion based on what I have seen there. Buy a PS3. In my close to 2 years at my job, not a day goes by where I do not either recieve a phone call or get an in-store customer with a broken 360. Wheras I have seen, maybe 2 PS3,s and those were both ones that had been broken at one point, fixed and then resold... PS3 is more reliable, has better hardware built into the system, does not require you to buy a 100 dollar wireless network card, upgrading the hard drive (while easy on both systems) is not limited like the 360, you can buy a laptop hard drive and slide it in and your done.

All in all, they are both good systems, they both have good games. But the PS3 is more reliable, has a better selection of exclusive games, has better graphics and hardware and (for people who want HD Movies) the only HD movie format is Blu0Ray now, and Microsoft has no plans to get a Blu-Ray player for the 360. They'd have to reach a deal with Sony for that. I bought the PS3 I have for 200 bucks, so you can find them cheap if you look in the right places. And before you ask, yes there is a 360 in the house to, so this isn't just fanboyism (just incase more accusations fly around this thread) It's just my opinion after having and playing both systems.

all of that above, and online gaming is free.

OHBABY

Where in the hell do you guys see Mister Moneybags tattooed on my forehead? We've already gone over the fact that I don't have the cash (and due to the inordinate amount of RB DLC I have on the 360 back when I had, y'know, a job over the summer so I'm not exactly enclined to get one) to get a PS3. The only place where I'm money is in the sack.

With y'all's mothers. (This goes out to whomever wanted to see me rage over this topic again. I do this for you guys!)

Only reason I didn't get a PS3 first time around? It wasn't discounted at the time and I didn't like the exclusives. That's it. The rest of the stuff doesn't bother me, as :

a) My 360 didn't red ring and the problem was an inconvenience at best, I just decided to have it repaired because it was under the warranty.
b) There's so much problems with my network that the PS3 would probably fail miserably on it too. And the customer service would have sucked about as much balls.

I don't see why you resurrected the thread because it was mostly an amusing look at MS practices. "Oh, your dongle is broken! It sure as hell cannot be your wonky network that screws up the minute you get called AND YOU'RE NOT EVEN ON A 56K!"

Honestly, I'd probably get a PS3 if I could get my hands on a backwards compatible one. And Blu-Ray player? You're talking to someone who only watches movies in the cinema or if he's invited to do so elsewhere. So that really isn't much of a bother.

Also, eBay is your friend for wireless dongles. Costed me about 20$, and now I get a free new one.