MS Admits 360 Design Flaw

Gareth · 16-04-2007, 22:50

source: http://www.n4g.com/xbox360/NewsCom-35218.aspx

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After more than thousand complaints of Xbox 360 users, Microsoft has admitted Saturday night that there is a flaw in the Xbox 360. That happened in the Dutch television programme "Kassa". The flaw causes CDs and DVDs that are spinning in the player to get damaged.

According to a press declaration from Microsoft, the Xbox 360 can cause scratches. Initially the company denied to be guilty for the damage. Microsoft kept saying for months that the gamers themselves are responsible for scratches on the discs.

After research on the Xbox 360 it was determined that the scratches occur by the lack of a so called "bump pillows" at the lens.

Thought this would be useful for some people on here... and would allow the Sony fanboys to have a giggle at the 360 owners' expense.

**Damien** · 16-04-2007, 23:14

So should i get my 360 at the weekend or what?

Gareth · 16-04-2007, 23:19

Yeah, apparently it's only the Samsung drives... only affects 1-2 million units, so chances are you'll not be affected getting one now.

All the people I've spoken to that have been affected have had their consoles since launch, or at least for absolutely flippin' ages.

Tezcatlipoca · 16-04-2007, 23:24

They've changed drives a few times I think.

I hope my replacement 360 doesn't have one of these.

AndyIggs83 · 17-04-2007, 00:27

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Originally Posted by Matt D

They've changed drives a few times I think.

I hope my replacement 360 doesn't have one of these.

mine probably does!

paul nolan · 17-04-2007, 05:21

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Originally Posted by Gareth

source: http://www.n4g.com/xbox360/NewsCom-35218.aspx

Thought this would be useful for some people on here... and would allow the Sony fanboys to have a giggle at the 360 owners' expense.

still, it could never be as funny as the Wii, outselling the PS3 by 47 % the other week.

I've had my 360 for coming up to a year.... no scrathing problems in the slightest.

TheBlueRaja · 17-04-2007, 08:31

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Originally Posted by paul nolan

still, it could never be as funny as the Wii, outselling the PS3 by 47 % the other week.

I've had my 360 for coming up to a year.... no scrathing problems in the slightest.

Same here, although im also supposed to have the "quieter" drive out of the two that were released...

If that's quiet PS3's are selling well.

17-04-2007, 08:47

As you might remember my last xbox360 scratched my new copy of Gears Of War - at the time Xbox Support totally denied that it was the machine that did it!!!