"Microsoft has admitted that every one of the 11.6 million Xbox 360 consoles sold in the past 19 months suffers from a design flaw that could cause the device to fail."
The firm will extend the warranty coverage from one to three years to compensate consumers, but does not plan to instate a recall or exchange programme.
Microsoft gaming chief Robbie Bach claimed in a conference call with financial analysts that the design issues surfaced recently.
"In the past couple of months we started to see significant increases in repair requests and call requests and significant attention from people," he said.
Microsoft did not disclose the exact nature of the problems, but said that it had made the necessary design changes and that units currently in stock will be upgraded.
The extended warranty period is limited to hardware failures indicated by three flashing red lights on the console. Users of consoles suffering from such problems are entitled to free repairs and shipping.
Microsoft estimated that the repairs will cost the company US$1.05bn to US$1.15bn, spilt evenly between the higher than expected return rates for existing consoles under the one-year warranty, and future returns under the extended warranty period."
.....this could bring something really bad to Microsoft....YES IT COULD SPOIL MICROSOFT'S SPOTLESS REPUTATION FOR DELIVERING QUALITY SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE :V :V :V :V :V :V :V :V :V :V
.....this could bring something really bad to Microsoft....YES IT COULD SPOIL MICROSOFT'S SPOTLESS REPUTATION FOR DELIVERING QUALITY SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE :V :V :V :V :V :V :V :V :V :V
Mine occasionally wont read discs, especially when I am playing Oblivion.
I also have a 3 red lights of doom on another 360 I own.
Both of the versions I have are Core Versions, and my 360 scratched by Dead Rising. >.>
Nah, if it gives me the three lights, Im going to send it to Microsoft and BITCH and COMPLAIN and send a thousand letters saying I bought it during this summer, not three years ago, send me a new one you fat assed bastards.
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Three red lights of DOOM.
I was actually discussing this with Boe yesterday on MSN, apparently it's more then a simple "fault" I've heard the consoles are making people literally ill.You have no idea how happy those words made me feel.
And yes, I've had nothing but problems with mine from day one, things from putting in a brandnew game and getting the error message "To play this game, Please put it in an Xbox 360 console" to the current problem of being forced to use a knife to open the tray.
Fuck Microsoft, I'm getting a Wii.
Mine occasionally wont read discs, especially when I am playing Oblivion.YES YES YES YES YES.
I also have a 3 red lights of doom on another 360 I own.
I was actually discussing this with Boe yesterday on MSN, apparently it's more then a simple "fault" I've heard the consoles are making people literally ill.
And yes, I've had nothing but problems with mine from day one, things from putting in a brandnew game and getting the error message "To play this game, Please put it in an Xbox 360 console" to the current problem of being forced to use a knife to open the tray.
Fuck Microsoft, I'm getting a Wii.
I was actually discussing this with Boe yesterday on MSN, apparently it's more then a simple "fault" I've heard the consoles are making people literally ill.
And yes, I've had nothing but problems with mine from day one, things from putting in a brandnew game and getting the error message "To play this game, Please put it in an Xbox 360 console" to the current problem of being forced to use a knife to open the tray.
Fuck Microsoft, I'm getting a Wii.
ITT Nintendo Fanboys think 360s are evil
ITT People know Microsoft sucksFix'd
I was actually discussing this with Boe yesterday on MSN, apparently it's more then a simple "fault" I've heard the consoles are making people literally ill.
And yes, I've had nothing but problems with mine from day one, things from putting in a brandnew game and getting the error message "To play this game, Please put it in an Xbox 360 console" to the current problem of being forced to use a knife to open the tray.
Fuck Microsoft, I'm getting a Wii.
I got a Wii at launch, so the answer is no. >:(I was actually discussing this with Boe yesterday on MSN, apparently it's more then a simple "fault" I've heard the consoles are making people literally ill.
And yes, I've had nothing but problems with mine from day one, things from putting in a brandnew game and getting the error message "To play this game, Please put it in an Xbox 360 console" to the current problem of being forced to use a knife to open the tray.
Fuck Microsoft, I'm getting a Wii.
Am i the only person to have a wii before any other next gen consoles?
I got a Wii at launch, so the answer is no. >:(I was actually discussing this with Boe yesterday on MSN, apparently it's more then a simple "fault" I've heard the consoles are making people literally ill.
And yes, I've had nothing but problems with mine from day one, things from putting in a brandnew game and getting the error message "To play this game, Please put it in an Xbox 360 console" to the current problem of being forced to use a knife to open the tray.
Fuck Microsoft, I'm getting a Wii.
Am i the only person to have a wii before any other next gen consoles?
Am i the only person to have a wii before any other next gen consoles?Far, far from it.
Oh, well we both don't own any other this gen consoles.I got a Wii at launch, so the answer is no. >:(I was actually discussing this with Boe yesterday on MSN, apparently it's more then a simple "fault" I've heard the consoles are making people literally ill.
And yes, I've had nothing but problems with mine from day one, things from putting in a brandnew game and getting the error message "To play this game, Please put it in an Xbox 360 console" to the current problem of being forced to use a knife to open the tray.
Fuck Microsoft, I'm getting a Wii.
Am i the only person to have a wii before any other next gen consoles?
So did i =X but i ment that i only own a wii, non of the others.
Ya, I read this and am sending mine in at the end of summer.That's terrible. :x
I've had the red circle appear 4 times already, and i play about once a week if that. The system also destroyed my Baseball game. I was playing and the system turned red and started shaking reallllllllly badly and I ran and unplugged the system and the disk stopped working =/
The Wii, in terms of capability, is the last in the race.
The Wii, in terms of gay gamers who are obsessed with graphics, and graphics alone, is the last in the race.Right?
mostly everyone who is FUCK MICROSOFT :V
Because, so far 360 has the best games. I mean all Wii has is Twilight Princess.
The system also destroyed my Baseball game.
Thanks for editing my quote. D :
What I mean is that It isn't using it as much as it REALLY could be. They are just getting into the REALLY awsome games. I have beaten Twilight Princess 100% already, and I don't like playing with all the other Wii games, except Super Paper Mario, whitch is cool but sometimes slow. Really, they should pick it up, im tired of playing Wii Sports and super party minigames.
I was going to get a 360 for halo 3... but... I may just get a Wii.
The system also destroyed my Baseball game.
They say the only way the disc gets scratched is if you move the console with the disc in it, but that's bs too. My oblivion disc (the one I've used the most) is scratched to fuck and the console hasn't moved an inch, I'm also incredibly careful when handling my games/dvds.
When I buy a game, I don't expect to get "X" number of uses out of it, if I handle it carefully it should last somewhat indefinitely.
maybe my 360 just can't read it after that fart it had.
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"Microsoft has admitted that every one of the 11.6 million Xbox 360 consoles sold in the past 19 months suffers from a design flaw that could cause the device to fail."
Why? Because PS3 is truly last in the race, and Wii shouldn't really count as a next gen. With only the wiimote, the gaming possibilities are quite limited to shooters, simplified sports games, and remakes of good PS2 games to crappy wiimakes (i.e Prince of Persia, NFS: Carbon).
due to trying to compete with PS3 they kinda rushed everything.
Yeah, I think I read up Microsoft wanted a head start on sales, so they rushed distribution.
Which kind of sucks though, they aren't dominating the competition, they've been out for nearly two years and has only sold 11 million consoles, while the Wii has sold 10 million and hasn't even been out a year
Wii is not next gen. It is a new generation, better than raving about what specs the system has, and how many forms of media it can play. It's called gaming, try and follow me here, I dont want to play goddamn dvds, or blu ray disks, or cook waffles on my "game" system. I want to play GAMES. Wii is the best.
QuoteWii is not next gen. It is a new generation, better than raving about what specs the system has, and how many forms of media it can play. It's called gaming, try and follow me here, I dont want to play goddamn dvds, or blu ray disks, or cook waffles on my "game" system. I want to play GAMES. Wii is the best.
I know Biohazard.
And that's my whole point, I'm worried that Nintendo won't be able to have as much gaming as it should because it won't be able to support all the new games because it CPU and GPU are so low.
Wii is not next gen. It is a new generation, better than raving about what specs the system has, and how many forms of media it can play. It's called gaming, try and follow me here, I dont want to play goddamn dvds, or blu ray disks, or cook waffles on my "game" system. I want to play GAMES. Wii is the best.
Wii is not next gen. It is a new generation, better than raving about what specs the system has, and how many forms of media it can play. It's called gaming, try and follow me here, I dont want to play goddamn dvds, or blu ray disks, or cook waffles on my "game" system. I want to play GAMES. Wii is the best.
QuoteWii is not next gen. It is a new generation, better than raving about what specs the system has, and how many forms of media it can play. It's called gaming, try and follow me here, I dont want to play goddamn dvds, or blu ray disks, or cook waffles on my "game" system. I want to play GAMES. Wii is the best.
I know Biohazard.
And that's my whole point, I'm worried that Nintendo won't be able to have as much gaming as it should because it won't be able to support all the new games because it CPU and GPU are so low.
Yeah, but at least they are good.Wii is not next gen. It is a new generation, better than raving about what specs the system has, and how many forms of media it can play. It's called gaming, try and follow me here, I dont want to play goddamn dvds, or blu ray disks, or cook waffles on my "game" system. I want to play GAMES. Wii is the best.
you played the same games for n64, same games for gamecube, now your playing the same games with just a new name.
Yeah, but at least they are good.Wii is not next gen. It is a new generation, better than raving about what specs the system has, and how many forms of media it can play. It's called gaming, try and follow me here, I dont want to play goddamn dvds, or blu ray disks, or cook waffles on my "game" system. I want to play GAMES. Wii is the best.
you played the same games for n64, same games for gamecube, now your playing the same games with just a new name.
Wii is not next gen. It is a new generation, better than raving about what specs the system has, and how many forms of media it can play. It's called gaming, try and follow me here, I dont want to play goddamn dvds, or blu ray disks, or cook waffles on my "game" system. I want to play GAMES. Wii is the best.
i completely agree. if I wanted all that, I'd get a ****in' new computer for crying out loud.
This threads title is a lie. Not all Xbox 360s are faulty, it's the owners WHO make them faulty. As for the Wii, I hate it, it has a cool design, but the selection of games sucks.
Wii is not next gen. It is a new generation, better than raving about what specs the system has, and how many forms of media it can play. It's called gaming, try and follow me here, I dont want to play goddamn dvds, or blu ray disks, or cook waffles on my "game" system. I want to play GAMES. Wii is the best.
As for your second question, the owners treat it badly?
Aye. Microsoft said it was faulty? Those douchebags. As for your second question, the owners treat it badly?
Wii is not next gen. It is a new generation, better than raving about what specs the system has, and how many forms of media it can play. It's called gaming, try and follow me here, I dont want to play goddamn dvds, or blu ray disks, or cook waffles on my "game" system. I want to play GAMES. Wii is the best.
he's on his way to being most quoted in a thread...couldn't resist a +rep for that... :D
i completely agree. if I wanted all that, I'd get a ****in' new computer for crying out loud.
What does the owners treating it badly have to do with a flaw/glitch?
Rushing a console release is unhealthy.
The owners treat it badly?Total bullshit, my friends 360 has no marks, or never had any trauma of any kind, it sat on a shelf under his television, with no dust, and running fine, until about a week ago, and now it wont even turn on. So much for the owners treating it badly.
heh, first Xbox has a 70% chance of catching fire even when off, due to a power cable problem, and it took them near a year to tell people XD
now the "infamous" Red Ring of Death...
and again, it took WAAAAAAAY to long to tell ppl about it
What is it with Microsoft and color-coded Doom Errors?
BSoD
RRoD
what's next?
... I am not a Nintendo fan boy but Microsoft i hate so much i'm not saying that the Xbox 360 is bad graphics or anything its just Microsoft screwed it by releasing it faultyI half agree with that statement.
... I am not a Nintendo fan boy but Microsoft i hate so much i'm not saying that the Xbox 360 is bad graphics or anything its just Microsoft screwed it by releasing it faultyErm........the 360 graphics are good..
Learn to read Irock.... I am not a Nintendo fan boy but Microsoft i hate so much i'm not saying that the Xbox 360 is bad graphics or anything its just Microsoft screwed it by releasing it faultyErm........the 360 graphics are good..
i'm notsaying that the Xbox 360 is bad graphics or anything
Most of this threads replies are full of bullshit opinions. My 360 has been running fine, and I've only gotten the three red lights ONCE and that was because I had a cord half-unplugged.
I talked to my friends who all own 360 and said they have never had a problem with them. My opinion is it's the owners. They must be doing something to the console to make it faulty. I don't care whether Microsoft said it was faulty, it could be their fault, it could be the owners.
Fuck you Nintendo fanboys.
Spoiler for I like nintendo:
Short story shorter, I love nintendo dont think Im all 360, but I agree with Firerain, my 360 hasnt broke once, and I got it at launch.
Gears online is over ratedVery agreed.
I wasnt talking to you, I was talking to fan boys in general =o
Also, Gears online is over rated, you basically run at eachother shooting a shotgun until someone dies.
Well, that's the drawback of them getting a headstart against the PS3 and the Wii. But hey, the only thing they did best for me was their Os'es. Except Windows Me, ahhh, it's been a long time since they've screwed up. :D
Most of this threads replies are full of bullshit opinions. My 360 has been running fine, and I've only gotten the three red lights ONCE and that was because I had a cord half-unplugged.
I talked to my friends who all own 360 and said they have never had a problem with them. My opinion is it's the owners. They must be doing something to the console to make it faulty. I don't care whether Microsoft said it was faulty, it could be their fault, it could be the owners.
Fuck you Nintendo fanboys.
Most of this threads replies are full of bullshit opinions. My 360 has been running fine, and I've only gotten the three red lights ONCE and that was because I had a cord half-unplugged.
no mine is :P
I love my gamecube now that I can finally play it again.
If I had to choose which piece of plastic to go with I'd go nintendo. Simply because I've had a much better experience and exposure to their games.
The only time a game system is the "best" is when it's you, the gamer, trying to decide which one will fit your needs best. I like Gamecube and the idea of the Wii because they're game systems. PS3 and 360 are just game-oriented computers. Seriously. THey can connect to the internet, play dvds/blueray/whatever, and if the disk drive in your 360 blows just grab the one out of your microsoft computer (one of the seniors in my school last year did that)Most of this threads replies are full of bullshit opinions. My 360 has been running fine, and I've only gotten the three red lights ONCE and that was because I had a cord half-unplugged.
Opinions can't really be bad or good cuz it's the way people think. There's no right or wrong with debates (unless the opinion is on something completely different).
Also just because YOU haven't had a breakdown doesn't prove much of anything...if microsoft says there's a problem, there's a problem, though for you and others it hasn't come up yet.
*cough* Vista *cough*
Gamecube Ftw too bad there are no new games for it
so when I get a wii I only need to sell the actual gamecube?Sell the Gamecube, keep your games, controllers, and memory cards. I've never actually tried to save a Gamecube game on the Wii's internal memory, I just use a Gamecube memory card.
I've never actually tried to save a Gamecube game on the Wii's internal memory, I just use a Gamecube memory card.As far as I know, it doesn't work. Not with metroid prime anyway.
I've never actually tried to save a Gamecube game on the Wii's internal memory, I just use a Gamecube memory card.As far as I know, it doesn't work. Not with metroid prime anyway.