It has been over just 8 months since I got my Xbox 360 Elite back from repair at Microsoft so you know what that means! Hardware failure time! I must be my 6th or 7th hardware failure with my console; I'm experiencing the "Open Tray" error again.
But I also have a new console.
Walmart, until this weekend, is running a deal where you get a free $100 gift card when you buy an Xbox 360 Arcade for $199. So, now I've got a console that works. Works so that I can play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
Of course I used the $100 gift card to buy MW2. I also got a Chat Pad for my Xbox 360 Controller and, to my liking, an EXTRA 2 YEAR WARRANTY. That gave my Arcade console the 1-year Microsoft warranty plus the 2-year Walmart warranty for a total of a 3-year warranty.
I estimate that near 80% of all Xbox 360 consoles that my friends and I have break. And at $100 a pop for repairs, the $20 2-year warranty will pay for itself.
Subscribe to Xbox LIVE? Heck, I feel like I'm subscribing to Xbox console hardware.
Thank you Walmart.
