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... an XBOX and it has never gone wrong.
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11.29%
... an XBOX and it has gone wrong.
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13.71%
... a PS3 and it has never gone wrong.
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41.13%
... a PS3 and it has gone wrong.
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7.26%
... both consoles and neither of them have gone wrong.
16
12.90%
... both consoles and both have gone wrong.
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1.61%
... both consoles and only the XBOX has gone wrong.
14
11.29%
... both consoles and only the PS3 has gone wrong.
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0.81%
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Old Nov 14, 2009 | 06:31 PM
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Right guys (and girls) going to finally do this to try and settle that old argument. But also mainly for my own curiosity.

Do you own a PS3 and/or XBOX and has it ever failed. Poll above get voting.
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Old Nov 14, 2009 | 06:32 PM
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No poll! Lol.

I've had my PS3 from the day they came out. It's never broken once. Ever
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Old Nov 14, 2009 | 06:33 PM
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Ive got a ps3 not had any problems with it.

Ps there aint no poll
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Old Nov 14, 2009 | 06:33 PM
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Ive got a ps3 its never failed in years,my boys have a 360 the ring of death came on once its been ok since
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Old Nov 14, 2009 | 06:34 PM
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Votes now up, WTF does PF post your post before you have done the poll
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Old Nov 14, 2009 | 06:35 PM
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Mine went for 3 years without a fault then I got the red rings, got a kit for £5 off ebay, spent 2 hours stripping and cleaning it out and doing the repair and its been fine for 6 months so far with a lot of use.

No denying he PS3 is a more reliable unit, I just dont rate it as highly as the 360 for gaming and I was a MASSIVE Playstation fan in the past
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Old Nov 14, 2009 | 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by MadMac
Votes now up, WTF does PF post your post before you have done the poll
shut up you goon
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Old Nov 14, 2009 | 06:48 PM
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had my ps3 the day it come out even got it cheap and still never gone wrong
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Old Nov 14, 2009 | 06:53 PM
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Never say never. I have a PS3 and it hasn't broken YET. Thus none of the above applies to me.
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Old Nov 14, 2009 | 07:20 PM
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my xbox got the ring of death last month,and it doesnt get alot of playing!
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Old Nov 14, 2009 | 07:23 PM
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I'm on my 4th xbox and i put my games on the HD, it's a right pain in the bollocks. and asda only give you a 28 day warrenty after this it's back to xbox europe for the fix.
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Old Nov 14, 2009 | 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted by MadMac
Right guys (and girls) going to finally do this to try and settle that old argument. But also mainly for my own curiosity.

What old argument? I think we all know the Ps3 is quite a lot more reliable than the Xbox even if both do go wrong. The debate is always about what is best not really reliability.

I voted for Xbox owner and it has gone wrong.
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Old Nov 14, 2009 | 07:51 PM
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I'm on my third PS3, first one broke the day after I got it home, wouldn't read the games, second one stalled during an update and wouldn't load past 20%, so now I'm on my third, all within a 12 month period.

My bro has got an Xbox and he's had the ring of death AND a faulty disk drive that scratched the shit out of games.

Believe it or not, consoles arn't meant to be played on for hours on end at a time

Even after my own experiences though, I still think the PS3 is the more reliable of the 2, most of my friends have never had a problem with theirs.

Big-Dan.
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Old Nov 14, 2009 | 08:41 PM
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I had the debate before i bought my console last year. XBOX or PS3. I ended up choosing an xbox due to me being able to download games and burn em to disc, download Hi-Def films and stick em on an 8gb USB stick and watch em, and the fact I could play all my old xbox games on it still. Went out and bought a 2nd hand unit with a flashed dvd drive. Cost me 100 with two controllers and a fair few (cough cough) games. Worked great for months and months of heavy usage. Then one day the colours started going funny on screen. Googled the problem and its heat that kills these things. They get hot and they fuk up. Mine died and wouldn't give off a picture. At all. I've had it in bits and fitted new heat sink screws & thermal grease, got a picture on screen but colours are still a bit fecked. I've found that if i press hard on the heatsink (when switched on) the colours go ok, so just got to find some fine adjustment of the screws to sort it.

PS3 - reliable, but as per most sony ideas - expensive.
XBOX - unreliable BUT! cheap fun & good to mod, have a bash at repairing lol. (kinda like a ford.. lol) - they are good when they work......

Have voted ' i have an xbox and its fecked...'
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Old Nov 14, 2009 | 08:59 PM
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I've had both consoles since the day they came out and neither has ever missed a beat.
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Old Nov 15, 2009 | 10:24 AM
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i did have a xbox 360 untill he red light cum up and fu*ked up a load of games
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Old Nov 15, 2009 | 10:27 AM
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dust is a killder on the ps3

my xbox is ok but my mates has been repaired like 3/4 times now
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Old Nov 15, 2009 | 11:35 AM
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wont let you down and far superior to the other two
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Old Nov 15, 2009 | 12:09 PM
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Don't be gay! Nvidia all the way


I have a 360, Ps3, and pc.
only had the 360 for a few weeks, but iirc the later models aren't so suseptable to breaking? Had the PS3 for over a year now, never let me down. PC? It destroys both of them at everything! (except breaking )
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Old Nov 15, 2009 | 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Slamz
Don't be gay! Nvidia all the way


I have a 360, Ps3, and pc.
only had the 360 for a few weeks, but iirc the later models aren't so suseptable to breaking? Had the PS3 for over a year now, never let me down. PC? It destroys both of them at everything! (except breaking )
dont even make me start posting the benchmark results up we all know ATI is out infront

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Old Nov 15, 2009 | 12:52 PM
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the 5 series cards yes. but i've always found games play better on nvidia cards.
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Old Nov 15, 2009 | 12:58 PM
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Wheres the option on the pole for 'ive had seven 360's, all blew up, had a PS3 since launch day, still going strong' ?
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Old Nov 15, 2009 | 01:12 PM
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i know alot of xbox owners that have suffered the ring of death or whatever its called lol. my ps3 has been great.
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Old Nov 15, 2009 | 01:19 PM
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there is no argument. everyone knows the xbox breaks down more than a ps3 but has better games selection than the ps3.
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Old Nov 15, 2009 | 01:21 PM
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iv got 2 360s and both have had the ring of death the 3 rings and 4 rings now my elite dis drice is on the blink any ideas???
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Originally Posted by Slamz
the 5 series cards yes. but i've always found games play better on nvidia cards.

i use to be an nvidia fan the last one i had was the BFG 7900GTX which was good, but in the last few years ive switched to the ati as i deffo think they have the advantage imo, just got the overclocked xfx 4870 HD 1024mb
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Old Nov 15, 2009 | 06:34 PM
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had ps3 from launch 60gb gets used constantly as i have play tv for it and it still going strong
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Old Nov 16, 2009 | 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Steve_RS
I had the debate before i bought my console last year. XBOX or PS3. I ended up choosing an xbox due to me being able to download games and burn em to disc, download Hi-Def films and stick em on an 8gb USB stick and watch em, and the fact I could play all my old xbox games on it still.
Did you read in the news that any chiped xbox you wont be able to use online anymore
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Old Nov 16, 2009 | 11:52 PM
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I do wonder if these consoles are deliberately made to fall apart just outside warranty to make them extra money the greedy cunts

Except they obviously got the calculations a bit wrong with do many breaking so new

Corporate greed in action!!
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Old Nov 17, 2009 | 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by warrenpenalver
I do wonder if these consoles are deliberately made to fall apart just outside warranty to make them extra money the greedy cunts

Except they obviously got the calculations a bit wrong with do many breaking so new

Corporate greed in action!!
Why thou! It only damages the brand name and it actually costs them more to make and sell a console!
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