I'm not sure of the failure rates for Jaspers, but they have dropped significantly for every new model that MS has released. There isn't much information out there about Jaspers failing, which is seemingly a good thing.Octopod wrote:I just bought an Jasper Arcade and a seperate 60 GB HDD. That way you get 3 free months of gold live membership, the headset and the extra internal memory. And I found a wireless adapter at the pawnshop for $20. I was afraid it would be broken but they told me I could return it if it was so I took the chance. Glad I did to as it works great.
Now I just need to actually do something with my live membership...is it just for playing games online or buying arcade games/movies? What else can you do with it? Can you access the internet from a 360? The only games I have are Conan, Oblivion and Fallout 3...Do those games have online modes? I'm still working on figuring out the ins and outs of the console.
Edit: Have Jaspers started failing yet or are they actually better like they are supose to be?
As far as Oblivion and Fallout 3 go, you get absolutely no benefit from having Gold membership for those games. I have no clue about Conan though. If you're mostly just doing RPGs, gold really isn't necessary. However, you'll definitely get your money's worth if you're into sports games or shooters.
