It was august 28th and I was playing ranked Big Team Battle in Halo 3 with some of my friends when all of a sudden the screen froze up mid-match. I quickly shut off my Xbox, waited a few seconds, and turned it back on only to find 3 flashing red lights on the 360 light ring. It was my fifth time dealing with the red ring of death.

I called up Xbox support and much to my surprise, the extended warranty had expired. I have to pay 100 dollars to get my system fixed and my warranty extended for another year. The problem is the system that rrod I have only received it 2 months before from another hardware failure.

Here I am months later and I haven't sent out my 360. Due to certain problems in my life, I can't afford to pay for repairs. Now I'm hearing that Microsoft has a new model called "Jasper" that will fix this issue. Why couldn't Microsoft get this fixed long ago. I have a PS3 from launch date and it's still working fine. Microsoft should of fix my system for free cause the system they sent me was faulty, But they won't.

Luckily SSF2THD come out also on PSN or I won't be playing right now. Hopefully I can get a new system by January, so I can experience the new dashboard.