This made me laugh...

mmj_uk · 19 Feb 2008 at 11:36

Inazuma · 19 Feb 2008 at 11:39

Lol that's great

NokkonWud · 19 Feb 2008 at 11:39

I thought it would make you laugh.

There's no way of knowing if this particular console was manufactured before or after Microsoft identified the problems with the machines.

Stupid of MS none the less.

ScarySquirrel · 19 Feb 2008 at 11:40

Oh dear. lol.

Master_X · 19 Feb 2008 at 11:47

For god sake, how many years has it been SORT IT OUT BILL!!!!!!

Bengaboy · 19 Feb 2008 at 11:47

lol, ul microsoft!

greeny_fastcar · 19 Feb 2008 at 11:49

I would have thought backup 360's would be stored incase anything like that happened? :rolleyes:

Either way its probably was not the best idea to just leave it there with RROD on it! At least turn it off!

Rhys · 19 Feb 2008 at 11:59

MS really need to release a new range of 360's that are silent and do not die!

NokkonWud · 19 Feb 2008 at 12:29

I don't know why MS insist on having the Xbox360's on show. They should just have them out of view so that if they RRoD no one would know.

Sniper123 · 19 Feb 2008 at 12:32

NokkonWud · 19 Feb 2008 at 12:37

Rhys said:
MS really need to release a new range of 360's that are silent and do not die!

Microsofts newest range are a lot more reliable and rumours are that the Valhalla range (the ones coming out next) are as good as silent because the GPU and VGU are lower nm with better motherboard and airflow design.

barnettgs · 19 Feb 2008 at 12:37

NokkonWud said:
I don't know why MS insist on having the Xbox360's on show. They should just have them out of view so that if they RRoD no one would know.

It doesn't change the fact that it is very unreliable.

barnettgs · 19 Feb 2008 at 12:38

NokkonWud said:
Microsofts newest range are a lot more reliable and rumours are that the Valhalla range (the ones coming out next) are as good as silent because the GPU and VGU are lower nm with better motherboard and airflow design.

*don't hotlink!*

NokkonWud · 19 Feb 2008 at 12:38

barnettgs said:
It doesn't change the fact that it is very unreliable.

I never said it didn't. I'm just questioning their common sense.

Kyle009 · 19 Feb 2008 at 12:43

I have to agree with Nokkon. Its obviously a problem, so why not put the 360s in cabinets where they cant be seen? It avoids things like this happening.

barnettgs · 19 Feb 2008 at 12:48

Hmm, just noticed this news has spread to eurogamer and gamesindustry. If this isn't the kind of public news Microsoft wanted to hear, they should have solved this many months ago.

EDIT:

From Eurogamer:

Earlier this month SquareTrade, a firm specialising in selling electronic warranties, claimed the failure rate of the Xbox 360 was up at 16.4 per cent.

Last summer Microsoft posted heavy losses in its Xbox division after setting aside a massive USD 1 billion to tackle Xbox 360 repairs.

And to top it all off, Eurogamer had three of its staffers suffer Xbox 360 breakdowns within the last month.

Joebob · 19 Feb 2008 at 13:02

I'm suprised that the others aren't dead when you look at those enclosed perpex display cases!

A local chain gaming store has one of those display cases and 50% of the time their 360 has RROD. They really need to vent them more imo.

eyetrip · 19 Feb 2008 at 13:09

I just can't help but question, with the amount the failures are costing MS, why the hell have they not sorted it? Surely small changes to cooling, etc, will be a lot less costly than replacing/fixing all these broken consoles?

It just makes no sense to me.

Munkeh · 19 Feb 2008 at 13:16

The problem is they denied it for so long. If they had pulled all the consoles and re-designed the heat sinks then they would have saved a lot of money. Easy to say with hindsight though...

NokkonWud · 19 Feb 2008 at 13:19

ffallic said:
I just can't help but question, with the amount the failures are costing MS, why the hell have they not sorted it? Surely small changes to cooling, etc, will be a lot less costly than replacing/fixing all these broken consoles?

It just makes no sense to me.

NokkonWud said:
Microsofts newest range are a lot more reliable and rumours are that the Valhalla range (the ones coming out next) are as good as silent because the GPU and VGU are lower nm with better motherboard and airflow design.