I may buy a new 360 at that price.

Mine died about a year ago and I never bought another.  MS implemented the 4 year "3RLOD" warranty as SOON as my warranty expired, and I had already tampered with it myself trying to fix it.

I actually had it working for another 5 months or so, but it crapped out on me again.  People try to blame most 360 failures on overheating . However I think the 3RLOD problem is caused by the soldering that connects the CPU and GPU to the mainboard.  

MS released a new 360 revision using a 65 nm fabrication process that was supposed to reduce 360 failures.  Last I heard there is still a 15% failure rate among the new consoles.

Still, $199 is a good price point since I still have my old harddrive and controllers.  As long as MS continues their 3RLOD warranty I'll have no need to tamper with this one.

In reply to: Xbox 360 Arcade $199 Sept 7-13 posted by Dhaos on .

Looks like rumors that Microsoft would drop the price of their 360 systems in September are coming true. Xbox 360 Arcade will be $199 while the Elite System will be $399. Might be for one week only though.

Here's a scan for next weeks Wal-Mart Ad (360 Arcade w/ 5 Arcade games):

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Re: I may buy a new 360 at that price.	Dhaos -- 9/5/2008 10:47 pm UTC
Re: I may buy a new 360 at that price.	Dhaos -- 9/6/2008 10:44 am UTC