Xbox repairs cost Vole more than a billion

[TheEnd187]

MICROSOFT HAS finally admitted that it will cost it a $1.1 billion dollars to repair its faulty Xbox 360 consoles.

Xbox repairs cost Vole more than a billion

 

[Ronnie]

yea a dude already posted a link where microsoft admitted this and where they are owning up to it

 

[Jamie-Kane]

yeah. ms really ****ed up with the 360.

dont get me wrong, i love my 360. i think gow is amazing and so is halo. but they really messed up the 360 and its reputation when they made it such a faulty console.

 

[Poizen22]

the 7900 series is still oejn of the ms favoured cards and they failed so often it always happens

 

[Ronnie]

that is true remember all the trouble the 7900GTs were having???
this is practically the same thing

 

[C0RR0SIVE]

I think they should make a new revision of the 360.... don't make it so compact... and just finish getting the bugs out...

 

[Harper]

Microsoft facing US$1.15bn Xbox 360 repair bill - Consumer Electronics - www.crn.com.au

Microsoft facing US$1.15bn Xbox 360 repair bill

Software giant admits there are 11.6 million faulty consoles, which it will have to fix.

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.

Hmmmmmmm...... just as well I can arrange a extended warranty on XBOX 360 via my work and united electrical.