I know. Bought a fat 360 elite in January 2010. The fear was very much alive before slim model.The revised Xbox 360 ended up being one of the best built systems of that generation.
I know. Bought a fat 360 elite in January 2010. The fear was very much alive before slim model.The revised Xbox 360 ended up being one of the best built systems of that generation.
The PS4 likely won't catch it. I wanna say the 360 sold 47+ million in the US. Don't think the PS4 even hit 30 yet
And to think, Nintendo hasn't managed to come close to a console from over a decade ago in that space360 basically set the ground work for today's consoles. The way the 360 integrated online really was ahead of its time.
Here we go. People act like the PS2 "Disk Read Error" problem didn't force people to buy two or three systems. It's was on par, if not worse than the RROD issue. I had to buy three PS2s because of it.
"Ever gotten those annoying Disc Read Error messages on your Playstation 2? If you have, I'll bet the first time you saw one was on the 31st day you've had it, after the Sony 30-day warranty expired. If you're real lucky, your PS2 might last two or even three years; eventually this error will hunt down your PS2 and settle down there."
Let's stop bringing it up if we are not going to include the PS2's issue. it was horrendous.
OT: I adored my 360. When I first booted Oblivion, I was blown away because it looked better than the PC version. Great system and library.
It was a great console and established online console gaming as we know it, XBLA in particular in 2005 was like a dream come true. Geometry Wars is the best launch title of all time.
But really the highlight for me? 1 vs 100.
No surprise. 360 was absolutely ubiquitous amongst US gamers. If you didn't have one you were fuckin' up.
Then they messed it all up by letting Bungie go and focusing on Kinect.
Yeah people forget (or are in denial) that 360's sales skyrocketed on the back of Kinect. It really was Wii 2.0 for while. Just like people forget that Kinect Sports is Rare's biggest selling game of all time.That's an incredible misread considering the only reason it sold so much was because of Kinect.
Definitely a factor, but it also had a pretty high "attach ratio" so it either overcame it or it didn't matter that much. And they made a boatload off of Kinect at the end of the gen, but of course.. that kinda led to their downfall this gen lolNot even jokingly I do wonder how much RROD rebuys were a factor in it. I know I did and several others at my various workplaces did. It was way, way more widespread than I have ever seen a console issue.
Do we have a final tally on worldwide numbers for last gen Consoles?
Imagine being this fragile.
Guys there was a 3 year warranty for the RROD and even after the warranty it was like a $100 repair.
If you were actually buying a new system instead either you were a pirate or an idiot.
I mean, that's what happens when you stop releasing gamesIts impressive how bad the Wii sold during its final years. It went from highest of highs to nothing after 2010
Not a hot take at all, this is very accurate. There was far too long of a period when MS was not covering RRoD despite how widespread it was. I bought more than 1 because of it, both of my brothers bought more than 1 because of it. Many of my friends did as well so it isn't difficult to imagine that a large portion of sales were from this.Hot Take: 1/4th of them were to replace out of warranty RROD/E74'd consoles.