Xbox 360 Truth: Rushed, Compromises and RROD
Filed under: Gaming, Xbox 360 | By: Alan Ng
Posted on: November 13, 2008 | 4 Comments
It’s no secret that the Microsoft Xbox 360 has had its fair share of problems since its launch in 2005, mainly due to its RROD problems which has reportedly cost Microsoft $1.15bn (£738m) last year. The guardian has written an interesting and detailed article about some of the problems that have plagued the system over the last few years.
Many have blamed the RROD issue as a result of poor production quality, and the fact that it was rushed out too early. It was also revealed that Microsoft’s team of engineers begun working on the Xbox 360 more than a year after Sony’s engineers began on the Playstation 3, but even then, Microsoft still managed to release their console a year earlier.
Sure the Playstation 3 is not perfect but that decision alone has cost Microsoft a lot of money when they could have perhaps waited a little longer and this could have prevented the RROD death issue all together.
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It makes me wonder why all these well-covered, old as dirt anti-xbox stories are cropping up. Could it be because Christmas is approaching and a certain competitor wants to remind consumers of an largely fixed issue?
New Xbox 360’s are much more reliable than three years ago. Buy with confidence… and get your news from a less biased source.
Could be these stories crop back up because there are thousands of defective 360 consoles being recycled as they keep getting repaired (mine included).
I would agree. I would even go so far as to say MILLIONS.
But why is that an issue with people buying new consoles if the new consoles are more reliable? Then, the issue of getting a defective referb is a function of the new failure rate.
Unless you mean that referbs are being sold as new, in which case… let’s just say, there are reasons I don’t shop at Wal-Mart. Seriously though, if that really is happening… which I have little confidence in, it’s disturbing, but the 3 year warranty is STILL in place…
I can only hope refurbs are not being sold as new merchandise. On the other hand I have heard of consumers with 3 or more repair request for the same malfunction(3RRoD) and I have an online-buddy with 2 repairs. Basically what M$ seems to be doing is “reparing” the units and retuning them with the same malfunction issues. In my case M$ offered to insure my console for an additional yr ($29.95).