NorfolkNChance

Yes, it has finally happened to me and just they way I expected it to.

Thanks to some manufacturing issue, my Xbox 360 has finally went to the console resting place somewhere in the sky. On the eve of Halo 3: ODST launch, and on my birthday I decided to have a little warm up with Halo 3 in advance of the midnight ODST launch. I tried to boot my machine up and then it was no more.

How did I feel? Utterly lost, angry, upset. Then I remembered it was only a games console, life could be worse - I already expected my 360 to die when Gears 2 was about to launch.

So like any good customer I phoned up Xbox support where I eventually got through the automated racist system (doesn't understand Scottish) to get to a support agent - who sounded thoroughly pissed off - to be told I purchased the system in August 2006... wait a minute it is September 2009... 1 month over the 3 year warranty. Talk about timing!

Well there is the Sales of Goods Act where I can go back to the retailer and ask for a replacement disputing the known manufacturing error and expectancy of most electronic appliances to last about 6 years. If only I had went to a large well known retailer, not some no-longer-in-existance retailer. Which leaves me with a dead Xbox 360 and shit out of luck.

I'm a fan of Bungie/Halo and Epic/Gears, so I will be getting a replacement - currently my eyes are focussed on the Modern Warfare 2 console bundle: MW2 skinned Elite, 250GB HDD, 2 controllers, 1 headset and basic MW2 game all for £250 and a new 3 year warranty.

Who said a Xbox 360 is cheaper to own than a PS3...