Well, as of last night it was official: goodbye XBox 360. This was our second unit, the first having suffered the infamous “red ring of death.” That malfunction was under warranty, and I give Microsoft kudos for how efficiently they handled the return and replacement. But now the video output failed, and it’s no longer under warranty. I’m not at all keen to buy another one (hey, we got Macs to get away from Microsoft!), and so…
We ditched all of our Xbox 360 games, trading them in at Gamestop, and replaced them with Playstation 3 (PS3) versions – or entirely new games. We’ve had the PS3 for a while, just using it as a Blu-Ray player (and it’s an excellent one!), but now we’ll use it for what it was mainly designed for.
So, I’m sorry to see the Xbox 360 go, particularly since we all (well, the boys in the house, at least) really enjoyed the Halo games. On the other hand, if we’re only going to have one platform, the PS3 has the benefit of also being a Blu-Ray player, and having built-in WiFi capability if you want to play networked games, or download content (we’re planning on getting Rock Band 2, and there are lots of downloadable songs).
Will it all be PS3 bliss? I don’t know. But I guess we’ll find out!
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Tags: Playstation 3, Xbox 360
