Today My Microsoft Xbox 360 Has Red Ring of Death: Glad own Sony PS3 & Nintendo Wii

After I wrote on the 29th of August about ringing Microsoft about my Xbox 360 and trying to get them to replace before the “red ring of death” problem happens, as they said no I left it on for hours and the 360 did not go wrong.

After that test I believed that not all Xbox 360’s will get the 3 red lights, I thought it was just some that will (Microsoft changed my mind).

Today is the day I got the 3 lights and so called red ring of death, and that was after not having the console on for 2 days and then turning on for 10 minutes it died.

This proves to me that ALL XBOX 360’S will die, they sold me a product that is faulty from day one and will only replace when it goes wrong (they know about these problems and 3 years warranty is just not good enough). Maybe newer ones will not get this.

Who thinks Microsoft should do a Global Recall on all Xbox 360’s?

Forget about writing comments saying (they will not) I know this, but it makes me laugh how Microsoft are allowed to get away with selling a console that has hardware faults…just shows what kind of company they are.

I love the Xbox 360 and the range of games, but the company puts profit and money before the customer and they know they sold us all faulty goods.

Following the 40 minute phone call to Xbox 360 support a month ago (before the problem happened) where I said in my last post “In short they will only repair the 360 if I get the 3 red lights (even after telling them it sounds like a tank and gets so hot”.

So now they will collect and fix for free, but you tell me is it right for them to sell me a product with hardware problems from the start and not recall it?

We as the consumer have to have all the hassle just so they do not lose money; I wish a higher authority would step in.

It was interesting what people said a month ago before this problem happened to me: here

Papalazarou said:
Well unless YOU have the three red lights, they’re not going to do squat to help you for free. Repair time for each 360 can stretch to about 6 weeks, so they probably want to concentrate on repairing the ones that are actually dead as dodos.

And bca said:
Well, this is typical Microsoft procedure. Let the customer do the testing and find the bugs. Get a Wii or PS3.

Well I did get a Sony PS3 and a Nintendo Wii, but as I posted the other day (Lack of Sony PS3 games makes me get my Xbox 360 out) I went back to my 360 because of the lack of games on the Playstation 3.

Today I am now playing back on my PS3 because the 360 is dead…Microsoft you have lost another customer due to your attitude to put profit before ethics.

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