Xbox broke! Good timing?

Monday November 21, 2005 at 10:23 pm | Filed under General

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Here it is, just two hours before the Xbox 360 goes on sale (at least in my time zone) to geeks all over the planet. Today went to fire up my Xbox to play some Half-Life 2 and the thing doesn’t turn on. I unplugged it and tried another outlet and still nothin. So I do some troubleshooting online and figure I have to buy some part or something. Then I realize that I may have purchased the replacement plan for it when I bought it.. but then I think that it might have expired already. So I go hunting for the receipt and by some miracle I find it. I DID buy the replacement plan! So I quickly check the dates and, lucky again, the plan has 7 days left on it.
So the deal is that I should receive a mailing label for the Xbox in 5-7 business days, then 10 days after they receive it they’ll send out a Best Buy gift card in the amount that I paid, plus tax. With which I’ll probably go get an Xbox 360, as it would be getting one for 50% off. I had actually planned on waiting until I heard a few things…

1. if the 360 would play nice on networks other than one powered by Windows XP Media edition
2. More details on the Sony PS3 (launch date, online strategy, LAN features, actual game play videos)

I still might wait, especially if Sony keeps the “Spring’06″ launch date. Decisions decisions!

I know some of you have had issues with Best Buy in the past, so I’m hoping this goes smoothly for me.

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3 Responses to “Xbox broke! Good timing?”

  1. Scott Says:
    November 22nd, 2005 at 8:46 am

    I wish you the best of luck with the “Best” Buy. If you end up getting a 360 would you let me know how it is. I’m still in the deciding mode on a game console.

  2. Joe Says:
    November 22nd, 2005 at 12:18 pm

    Yeah, I’m kinda in a pickle. I had made up my mind to wait for the PS3, but now I have a ton of Xbox games that I still want to play. I need to go through and see how many of them are playable on the 360 (list here) and then see if that’s worth the $200 I’d need to pay.

    So far what I’ve read about the 360’s launch, it doesn’t seem to be a “I need it right now!” thing. The games seem to be where it’s lacking as they seem to, based on reviews, have one great title (Call of Duty 2) and a bunch of just good ones. Madden 06 may look amazing, but I guess it’s really stripped down and doesn’t have a lot of the features as the one for the Xbox 1 and PS2. The thing is, I’d really like to finish that Half-Life 2! And to think, all of my saved games are on that sucker. RATS!

    In related news, Sony announced today that the PS3 will cost no more than $400, which is great news, and another reason to wait.

  3. Pat Says:
    November 23rd, 2005 at 8:30 am

    Yeah, I can’t imagine what happened to your XBOX two hours before the XBOX 360 came out? Just like the little “accident” my PS2 will have before the PS3 comes out.

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