well...mine made it almost a year until it decided to up and stop working
it seems microsoft has gotten a firm grasp on customer service though..they emailed me a shipping tag for the box and will repair it and reship it back for free....what?...yup free...and i am getting a trial gold membership...ooooooohhhhhhh....
i am very glad as it is actually my sons (so i tell him )
he was very distraught to say the least