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Either a crazy coincidence or the update on Bioshock bricked my 360
TheProphetElijah
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I am so sad. I had a great evening planed with just my sweet 55’ HDTV, my 360, and the long awaited Bioshock. After putting the kids to bed, my woman and I got comfy on the couch in our pajamas, and I fired up the 360. I put the game in only to see a message telling me that I needed to run an update on my 360. Now not being online with my 360 I was not too surprised that a brand new game like Bioshock needed to update my system before running. So I said yes and another message showing me a progress bar showed up. The progress bar ran all the way to completion and then a black screen came up and the dreaded 3 red lights started blinking on my console. NOOOO I cried not now, not when all the games I have been waiting for all summer are finally appearing. NOOOO!
How could you be so cruel too me. On the night my long awaited sweetness finally arrived. Oh sweet, sweet descendent of my most dear System Shock 2, how could you cause me such pain. Were you mad that you only would get a week of solitary time with me before my attentions were torn between you my love and the gluttony of violence that is Stranglehold, not to mention the countless hours I would need to spend with Toriyama’s latest spiky haired kids, and my own oddly CG’d face on a beautifully modeled golfing green. Or where you just reminding me that my first love was not getting enough attention and pushing me towards that blond haired, gun armed, goddess in a robotic suit.
Fine then. I don’t need you 360, or your lovely high definition graphics. You want to leave me, go right ahead. Actually you know what, here let me call a ride for you. Their now a box is coming to pick you up and take you to Texas. I hope you’re happy. But you know what? You’ll be back, and when you get back I am going to abuse the hell out of you. Hell I might even go by one of those ass ugly 3rd party fans and strap it on your butt. Ha, then you won’t look so pretty.
Oh god I am sorry I didn’t mean it, please come back to me baby. Please, baby, baby, please. Oh god, why, oh why has this happened to me. I feel so alone in this cold, cold universe.
How could you be so cruel too me. On the night my long awaited sweetness finally arrived. Oh sweet, sweet descendent of my most dear System Shock 2, how could you cause me such pain. Were you mad that you only would get a week of solitary time with me before my attentions were torn between you my love and the gluttony of violence that is Stranglehold, not to mention the countless hours I would need to spend with Toriyama’s latest spiky haired kids, and my own oddly CG’d face on a beautifully modeled golfing green. Or where you just reminding me that my first love was not getting enough attention and pushing me towards that blond haired, gun armed, goddess in a robotic suit.
Fine then. I don’t need you 360, or your lovely high definition graphics. You want to leave me, go right ahead. Actually you know what, here let me call a ride for you. Their now a box is coming to pick you up and take you to Texas. I hope you’re happy. But you know what? You’ll be back, and when you get back I am going to abuse the hell out of you. Hell I might even go by one of those ass ugly 3rd party fans and strap it on your butt. Ha, then you won’t look so pretty.
Oh god I am sorry I didn’t mean it, please come back to me baby. Please, baby, baby, please. Oh god, why, oh why has this happened to me. I feel so alone in this cold, cold universe.
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*** Sees BIOSHOCK Pre Order Receipt on table ***
*** Looks over at XBox 360***
***Picks up receipt and waives it at Xbox 360***
"See this you bastard? This is your ticket to go back to where you belong!"
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I'll just enjoy Metroid on my very well built and reliable Wii for now. =P
I'd agree with you, except that I had to send my Wii back in December for the overheating problem and my 360's as cool as a cucumber.
Anecdotes are poor barometers for accuracy, and no, the plural of anecdote is not "data." Considering there are about 40 bajillion other people getting the crap scared out of them by BioShock on their 360s, I'd chalk this up to an unfortunate coincidence. And I didn't have to update anything last night, either.
If you do pick up one of the fans, though, be sure to avoid the Nyko Intercooler, which is notorious for actually causing more RRODs as it draws a fair bit of power from the system.
I didn't either and I have no Internet connection at all. So if there was an Update on there I should have gotten it.
Also worth noting that we have one of these threads every time a new game is released on the 360. The 360 has some hardware issues. This is not caused by the games.
My X360 bit the proverbial dust about a month ago, and I had to get it replaced too. BioShock was THE reason I bought a 360 in the first place (I had originally assumed it'd be PC-only and, thus, most likely out of my reach) --- if the intial run of BioShocked would have bricked my console, I would have been a sad, sad camper.
I think it's pretty silly to compare the hardware issues of the 360 to the hardware issues of the Wii. Maybe if N is pressured into extending the manufacturer's warranty on all Wii's to 5 years some time in the next few weeks we can talk but until then...
Should have photoshoped three of his viewhole dealies red