RED RING OF DEATH........

[PaidTimeOff]

If you get a newer 360 with the Falcon hardware (google it) then chances of getting a RROD are greatly reduced. The NXE update allowing you to fully install games on the HD and stream them off that also reduces heat (main culprit for the RROD) and noise.

I own both an Xbox360 and a PS3 and the xbox is by far the better system to me. A system's success is judged by the success of its games. Although there are a few pretty decent exclusives on the ps3 (Resistance, LittleBigPlanet, etc.), the Xbox just has many more, and arguably better, choices.

The PS3 has hands-down the more durable hardware and if you're already in the market for a bluray player, like I was, then you can't get a better bluray player than the ps3. However, the software just isn't there for the PS3 like it is for the Xbox. Hopefully that will change at some point because as much as I love bluray, I'd like my 400 bucks to go a little further than that.

[kou]

its just a shame you have to pay for xbox live.

[PaidTimeOff]

Originally Posted by kou

its just a shame you have to pay for xbox live.

this is true. But less than 5 bucks a month for mostly reliable (definitely more reliable than free PS3 service) service isn't usually that much for most people.

[tk-421]

Originally Posted by PaidTimeOff

this is true. But less than 5 bucks a month for mostly reliable (definitely more reliable than free PS3 service) service isn't usually that much for most people.

It will be in the months to come. Guaranteed.

[PaidTimeOff]

Originally Posted by tk-421

It will be in the months to come. Guaranteed.

If your situation gets to the point that 5 bucks a month becomes a large expense, chances are you probably sold your video game systems for the money quite a while before that...

[tk-421]

Originally Posted by PaidTimeOff

If your situation gets to the point that 5 bucks a month becomes a large expense, chances are you probably sold your video game systems for the money quite a while before that...

Well, I meant more along the lines of paying $5/mo for this, then $10/mo for that, etc... It can add up to quite a big expense at the end of the month, especially for some folks with financial troubles.

[firemachine69]

Originally Posted by PaidTimeOff

If you get a newer 360 with the Falcon hardware (google it) then chances of getting a RROD are greatly reduced. The NXE update allowing you to fully install games on the HD and stream them off that also reduces heat (main culprit for the RROD) and noise.

I own both an Xbox360 and a PS3 and the xbox is by far the better system to me. A system's success is judged by the success of its games. Although there are a few pretty decent exclusives on the ps3 (Resistance, LittleBigPlanet, etc.), the Xbox just has many more, and arguably better, choices.

The PS3 has hands-down the more durable hardware and if you're already in the market for a bluray player, like I was, then you can't get a better bluray player than the ps3. However, the software just isn't there for the PS3 like it is for the Xbox. Hopefully that will change at some point because as much as I love bluray, I'd like my 400 bucks to go a little further than that.

I got to thinking, the arcade version may be the better version, even if you do give up your HDMI port. No hard drive = no heat. Or am I incorrect into thinking there is no hard drive on the arcade version?

[tk-421]

Originally Posted by firemachine69

I got to thinking, the arcade version may be the better version, even if you do give up your HDMI port. No hard drive = no heat. Or am I incorrect into thinking there is no hard drive on the arcade version?

The hard drive's heat output is pretty much a non-issue. The huge problem lies in the CPU's heat output. Just watch this to see what I mean.