Hey Cheapy, love the show. I enjoy your daily adventures the most.
Aside from that, on your last show you mentioned how the 360 is just about the worst piece of electronics ever created. Rightfully so, MS deserves the shot given what has happened over the consoles life cycle thus far. But I think you leave out one important piece of info. Let me explain, I bought a launch unit and sure enough 1.5 years later the thing red ringed. So I sent it in and had to pay a wopper of a fix fee. I was ticked at the time but soon got over it. Soon after i picked up another console since i use my Xbox to stream my MCE recorded tv shows as my primary source of tv in the house and wanted another in a different room. So now i have 2, within a year the second one 3 red ringed and around that time MS announced they were extending the warranty on all 360's and if you had already paid to have one fixed they would refund your money. Lucky for me both my 360's were fixed in timely manners and i did not have to pay a cent. So I was a very happy user now since MS stood by their product. I was so happy I took my refund and bought another 360 so my growing 5 year old son and I could start gaming together side by side. Yeah that's right we have 2 32" LCD's right next to each other and he's limited to a hour a day as long as his chores are done. It's a blast and we have a ton of fun. But back to the story, now prior to any 360's breaking i bought a launch PS3 and like you, I've learned that I prefer most of my gaming on my 360. While I do enjoy the games i have for the PS3 i hardly ever use it. I''ve probably put about 20-30 hours of use and 1 blu ray movie on it since I received it. The other day I noticed that it had a flashing red light on the front. So I tried to turn it on and nothing. So I did all the troubleshooting and after phone call to Sony i found out that something to do with the power on the unit is dead. It won't fire up at all. When i power it off in the back I get 3 beeps and then the flashing red light. Now Sony won't fix it under warranty and they want 159+ tax to to get me a new one and they can't even guarantee I'll get a 60 gig model. What kind of crap is that. Killzone 2 is even stuck in it with no way to open the tray.
So all in all, sure 360's break and they are slightly louder than normal but at least ms honors their warranty. I've had 2 defective 360's that broke and they get played hard and run for at least a hour + a day and probably have hundreds if not thousands of hours on them by now. And i have a PS3 with 20-30 hours that broke while it was off and now I have to pay $150+ to get it fixed and they won't even guarantee to get mine or a = unit back.
Long story short,
MS quality = crap MS support = great
Sony quality = crap Sony support = crap
I don't even feel like shelling out the cash to get my PS3 fixed. I spent $600 plus clams on that piece of crap and i feel like I've been robbed. That's the last time ever that I will by a expensive console. it was not worth it at all.
Oh well that's my 2cents
Aside from that, on your last show you mentioned how the 360 is just about the worst piece of electronics ever created. Rightfully so, MS deserves the shot given what has happened over the consoles life cycle thus far. But I think you leave out one important piece of info. Let me explain, I bought a launch unit and sure enough 1.5 years later the thing red ringed. So I sent it in and had to pay a wopper of a fix fee. I was ticked at the time but soon got over it. Soon after i picked up another console since i use my Xbox to stream my MCE recorded tv shows as my primary source of tv in the house and wanted another in a different room. So now i have 2, within a year the second one 3 red ringed and around that time MS announced they were extending the warranty on all 360's and if you had already paid to have one fixed they would refund your money. Lucky for me both my 360's were fixed in timely manners and i did not have to pay a cent. So I was a very happy user now since MS stood by their product. I was so happy I took my refund and bought another 360 so my growing 5 year old son and I could start gaming together side by side. Yeah that's right we have 2 32" LCD's right next to each other and he's limited to a hour a day as long as his chores are done. It's a blast and we have a ton of fun. But back to the story, now prior to any 360's breaking i bought a launch PS3 and like you, I've learned that I prefer most of my gaming on my 360. While I do enjoy the games i have for the PS3 i hardly ever use it. I''ve probably put about 20-30 hours of use and 1 blu ray movie on it since I received it. The other day I noticed that it had a flashing red light on the front. So I tried to turn it on and nothing. So I did all the troubleshooting and after phone call to Sony i found out that something to do with the power on the unit is dead. It won't fire up at all. When i power it off in the back I get 3 beeps and then the flashing red light. Now Sony won't fix it under warranty and they want 159+ tax to to get me a new one and they can't even guarantee I'll get a 60 gig model. What kind of crap is that. Killzone 2 is even stuck in it with no way to open the tray.
So all in all, sure 360's break and they are slightly louder than normal but at least ms honors their warranty. I've had 2 defective 360's that broke and they get played hard and run for at least a hour + a day and probably have hundreds if not thousands of hours on them by now. And i have a PS3 with 20-30 hours that broke while it was off and now I have to pay $150+ to get it fixed and they won't even guarantee to get mine or a = unit back.
Long story short,
MS quality = crap MS support = great
Sony quality = crap Sony support = crap
I don't even feel like shelling out the cash to get my PS3 fixed. I spent $600 plus clams on that piece of crap and i feel like I've been robbed. That's the last time ever that I will by a expensive console. it was not worth it at all.
Oh well that's my 2cents