hmmm... i dunno about everyone else with the original xbox... but i got mine on 1st ship (same day walmart got theirs) and it still works fine.... and i know i played thousands of hours on it... what i meant by this one is that it runs hot and you are going to want to make sure you are keeping the room it is in cool... just like you would with a high performance PC... besides, any manufacturer defects, will be covered from microsoft, so it just means sending it in and waiting to get it back.....


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