I did it! It only took me about two and a half years. I was playing Street Fighter IV when I unlocked the Crowd Pleasing Master (Perform 10 Personal Actions) achievement to get to 10,006. Then I beat Arcade Mode on medium with no continues to get 30 more points and unlock Akuma. It was a fitting reward for the occasion. Woo hoo!

In the past 18 months, we've seen a lot of excellent fourth sequels released. Look at the list:

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Nov. 2007, 9.0

Grand Theft Auto IV, Apr. 2008, 10

Metal Gear Solid 4, June 2008, 10

Street Fighter IV, Feb. 2009, 9.0

People like to say that the third time's the charm, but maybe the fourth time works out pretty well too.

It's the second time I've had to send my Xbox 360 back too.  Last time, it was for a failing DVD drive.  It's really a sad commentary on Microsoft's commitment to a quality product in this generation of consoles.  It's like everyone who owns an Xbox 360 has to "pay their dues" at some point.  Shame on you Microsoft.

I never had a problem with my original Xbox too.  My PS2 crashed once, during the last boss battle in God of War 1, but I never had any problems with that console either.