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jay kay

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6th Jul 07 at 05:56

Microsoft has said that it is facing a bill of more than $1bn to cover the cost of offering extended warranties, after failings with its Xbox 360.
The company admitted it had been forced to make "an unacceptable number of repairs" to the consoles after key hardware failed.

Customers who suffer the problems will now be given a free three-year warranty, the company said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6275728.stm

[Edited on 06-07-2007 by jay kay]

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6th Jul 07 at 05:59

at least tthey fixed them good on Microsoft.

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6th Jul 07 at 05:59

also is steve going to post about how he bought his from tescos and took his back at 9pm one night or some shit?

jay kay

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6th Jul 07 at 06:11

i thought it was going to be vxrdanny

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6th Jul 07 at 06:28

quote:
Originally posted by willay
also is steve going to post about how he bought his from tescos and took his back at 9pm one night or some shit?

Undoubtedly, it gets brought up everytime! haha

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6th Jul 07 at 06:34

brett :kiss:

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6th Jul 07 at 06:45

And i thought it was the best console ever

Separately the company has announced an October launch of its advanced version of the Xbox - the Xbox 360 Elite - in Japan, where it lags behind Nintendo and Sony in the console market.

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6th Jul 07 at 06:57

It still is an ace console, and Microsoft honouring to fix any broken ones makes them even better tbh.

Still no probs with mine. Not had one problem in 6 months.

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6th Jul 07 at 07:00

yeah heard this, ms are going to fix broken ones for free now

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6th Jul 07 at 07:01

again like i said, good on them for doing the repairs, but i must say it does seem like alot of repairs for a console.

I'm comparing this to the last generation of consoles, PS2, Xbox etc.... I never remember these problems. But I guess now we are dealing with more technology, pushing out more data/heat etc. Or maybe itsall down to the companies (Sony, MS, Nintendo) pushing it out too fast without the proper R&D?

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6th Jul 07 at 07:46

good stuff

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6th Jul 07 at 08:07

yeh they do seem to die alot quicker/easier than older consoles. BUT who cares really if they will fix them for free AND give you a 3 year warranty. just a pain returning it unless you bought it from tesco like steve

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6th Jul 07 at 08:47

so what about the people who have paid to get theirs fixed? or had to buy new ones? microsoft have caused themselfs alot of trouble

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6th Jul 07 at 09:02

quote:
Originally posted by willay
again like i said, good on them for doing the repairs, but i must say it does seem like alot of repairs for a console.

I'm comparing this to the last generation of consoles, PS2, Xbox etc.... I never remember these problems. But I guess now we are dealing with more technology, pushing out more data/heat etc. Or maybe itsall down to the companies (Sony, MS, Nintendo) pushing it out too fast without the proper R&D?

Classic case of form over funcion if you ask me. They probably thought about how it looked before the worried about how it worked.

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6th Jul 07 at 10:49

what about if mine breaks now, i've had mine 18 odd months now, will i get it fixed free if i get the red ring of death?

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6th Jul 07 at 10:50

yes

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6th Jul 07 at 11:20

Good on them imo, they were brilliant with me when mine died. Picked it up when they were supposed to, delivered early. Just took a while when they had it at the place, even then they just sent a replacement so could have been turned around within a week really.

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6th Jul 07 at 11:23

is this a post to get the new topshot out of the woodwork?

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