Wow. Actually, and I'm not kidding. At all. My Xbox just died - again - this morning. I was in the middle of a marathon session of Fable 2 - my second character, very evil this time (I'm gonna have to play a goodie 2 shoes next time to get over the guilt!) - and it froze on me. When I restarted the Xbox, I got the RROD. Turned it off, waited a little longer - same thing. S'funny, the 1st time I was all worried that they were gonna give me a new box due to the XBLA drm thing - now I'm hoping they just swap out and send me a jasper. I SO don't want to be one of those ppl that have to make this a regular occurance - which reminds me, I have to put my 360 voice blog on vacation...
RROD is kind of like a big kick in the face directly from Bill Gates himself, eh? "Hahaha! Go buy a Vista PC!" I'd considered getting a 360, but are new consoles still plagued by this problem? Because...you know, I kind of want my shit to work.
It's amazing you made such a fulfilling list like this without including stuff like Doom 3, Too Human, or Gizmodo. Then again, those are topics pretty much beaten to death, aren't they?
I have not had an RRoD yet. i live in constant fear, but i bought the extended warranty from Best Buy so if it does go tits up, I get a brand new one. that means with a 60GB HDD now.
The PS2 network adapter and HD have been great for the homebrew community. My PS2 is a MUCH better media streamer than my 360 (when my 360 doesn't have a case of RROD). And running most of my games off the HD is great for the laser.
So why no mention of the long download times from PSN or the long install times onto the PS3 hard drive, lets at least try and show a bit of non bias....If you can?
I contracted rrod (and yes it was 3 quarters certain n4g posters!). it booted up after repeated atempts at turning it on, then failed shortly after.
turned out the power cable wasnt connected to the xbox properly an so the pins were on only barely connecting.
now i aint a techy but im gona geuss that each pin corresponds to certain components resulting in some with power and others without, hence a perceived 'general hardware failure'
so theres a potential fix for some
Just to Echo KaylaKaze's post I've got the PlayStation 2 Network Adapter set up and with a software disc i got online which means can back up pretty much any ps2 game onto it an play it of the drive for a cost of around £60 it was up and running. Plus it meant i could play Battlefield 2 online without upgrading to the PS2 Slimline.
I think if more people knew what they could have done with the network Adapter i think they would have flown of the shelves But Sony would have never promoted 3rd Party Software