Gearheads of War

Nov. '08, right when all of the AAA titles hit.  The turnaround was very quick- about 2-1/2 weeks.  MS customer service was very professional & courteous.  Right after I received my replacement unit, I purchased an Elite.  My stepson benefitted from my upgrade.  Everyone of the guys that I Lan-party with has had their console RRoD.  That says a lot about how prevalent the problem is with the 360.  It's got to be around a 30%+ failure rate than the reported 13% that they're unofficially sticking to.  Let's put it this way, MS took a $1 bil pre-tax charge on their 2008 fiscal reporting year.  That's $1 bil in hard cash!!!