Article from kotaku.
The crapped-out Xbox 360 frustrated consumer train continues! This time it's an employee at Texas-based Tek Republik, a full-service computer shop that also doubles as a gaming center. According to employee Chris_Tom:
"Yes, every Xbox 360 I bought at launch is bricked with the 3 red flashing lights. Microsoft despite the widely reported policy of repairing hosed 360s for free that were manufactured in 2005 refuses to do so".
In a world where Gambit thrived, Destiny 2’s seasons, storylines, and even its endgame might’ve revolved around PvEvP as a core foundation.
Destiny already has the pretty hyper 'raid' fixation and then they added legendary raid dungeons. Hyperfixating in PvEvP wouldn't work as well because you need a lot more than 2% of the userbase to keep that going unlike raids that are propped up by streamers who make running them their whole job. Most players don't play all the raids let alone run them over and over. And most who play PvP don't want structured PvE elements.
IGN : How does the new The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered, released in 2025 for Xbox Game Pass, Xbox Series X|S, Windows PC, Steam, and PS5, compare to the original 2006 Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion released on Xbox 360, played via Xbox Series X/S Backwards Compatibility?
Original Destiny artist Darren Bacon recalls how Bungie reacted to the art style change of Halo 4 by 343 Industries.
Bungie at that time became the most wonderful bunch of hypocrites in the gaming industry. Knowing this now, gosh the entitlement they felt was out of this world.
Nothing like buying yourself from Microsoft because you don't want to be the Halo Studio anymore, and the FIRST THING you do is sign your next IP over to Activision, for a DECADE, while they are in the middle of ousting the heads of Infinity Ward so they can exert even more control over COD while screwing out the devs at IW...
Should've come as no surprise then that Activision gutted the content of Destiny 1 before launch and was a horrible partner through Destiny 2, until history repeated itself and Bungie had to split from Activision only to wind up in the arms of another major conglomerate that also doesn't know how to handle these unmanageable devs.
Tti their credit they praised the technical abilities of 343 and I remember at the time thinking halo 4 was a huge graphical leap above reach everything else was rubbish when I actually got to play it but there was no doubt it looked good for the 360 and is probably the best looking game on the system.
But ultimately I think bungie has always had a leadership problem and going independent ultimately proved this it's only getting worse with studio heads being outed by Sony for abuse allegations seems like all bungies past success has been in spite of management not because of it.
But really I think the bungie we have today is not the same one we had in that Xbox era of Bungie
I liked the artstyle change. For the most part. Something looked worse but most of everything else looked better. Weapons and vehicles for sure. The wraith come to my mind instantly.
And how can they get mad when the bungie changed it with Halo Reach?
I know a lot of people dislike Halo 4’s arts style, but there’s thing about it I like and dislike. Personally, the Halo 4 design of Master Chief’s armour is my favourite depiction of the character’s armour.
Not so isolated now is it. This is getting out of hand. I still cant believe the fanboy in gamespot back in december. Telling me not to buy a PS3 they have a high failure rate. They burn up,shoot sparks and start fires...lol I wonder if his 360 still works.
BTW:
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*Thankz* Wait till you see next months... ahahaha
I love my 360 and luckily have had no issues with it, but three of my close friends have received the rings of death...although Microsoft replaced them quickly with no complaints. I know many consoles have issues with their first batch, but this seems to be out of control. This is really damaging the reputation of the 360.
I still think some of the issues will be out of neglect and improper placement of the machine, but its a worrying trend non the less.
Shame on microsoft if this is true. But lets not shoot microsoft just yet, let wait 1 years until the PS3 and the wii prove themselves. A week ago my cyvershop Sony camera which I love broke, actually only the flash(light for the dark) popped! it cracked. I paid $250 so I said freak it, I am not going to add extended insurance on something that cheap. I called Sony and they are charging me $180 + parts to fix a $250 device. At least microsoft is fixing these for free more than 1 year after purchaced. Let's hope when PS3 start braking(if they do) we are not charged $400 to fix the damn thing.
Theres been a couple of game centers posted now that I really feel bad for. A couple of standard users too. I thought my 360 experience was bad but man some of these other people take the cake.
Bummer for that guy.