Going to pass, that RROD fukked with me hard. Going to wait at least a year.
Two things. Once upon a time, there was a system called the PS2
It suffered from this terrible thing called the Disc Read Error Syndrome
Its problems not only were fukked up, but sony wouldn't even repair these systems and the warranty at that time was 30days from Gamestop (Funcoland) and no warranty from sony themselves. Maybe they had an expensive plan where you had to pay an extra $100 but needing a warranty for a gaming system at this time was unheard of
When this was going down, sony knew of the problem and internally said they was gonna wait it out. The problem was widespread, and sony didn't do anything about it til about 5yrs into the consoles cycle, and only because of a consumer class action lawsuit that sony LOST
I was already on system
#3 when I finally made the switch to the xbox
The ps3 comes out, and it doesn't "launch" with the same problems the ps2 had
There is no way sony could do that again, especially when they coming out the gate costing $600
Now we fast forward to 2013. Sony funboys remember the RROD and totally forgot how the ps2 was. Or how when ps3's started breaking down 1/2yrs later. How nobody had warranties and sony was charging $180 to repair them

Now its cheaper, still over $100. But sony pretty much got its rape on once again this gen
Microsoft fixed all broken xboxs for 4yrs, for free. Put 1billion dollars on the side just for this. Unheard of
So as we move into this next gen, you have to be a fool. A full fledged fool if you think the next xbox will have any issues hardware wise this go round.
Is there a hardware problem RIGHT NOW ON XBOX?
Is the xbox slim not quieter than all systems not named nintendo? (yes)
So the only real question is do you want the best, or you settling for less
If "paying for live" is a filter? Keep yo broke ass elsewhere then
