Microsoft Insider: Xbox 360 Team Knowingly Launched Faulty Hardware

[Daniel ~]

Written by Daniel
Thursday, 24 January 2008

Xbox 360 team skipped quality testing of console to beat Sony to market

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Last summer, amidst a flurry of reports from Xbox 360 gamers, DailyTech exposed retailers’ estimates that up to one-third of Xbox 360 consoles experience hardware failures within the first year of ownership. Just days after the report, Microsoft extended its warranty to cover the specific hardware failure for three years from purchase... Front Page

[cloasters]

Knowingly selling messed up hardware or software? This is a first, innit?

[Daniel ~]

I think it was a smart business decision and I'd be willing to bet that every one of those Xbox owners whose box went boom would agree with me!

...but then....... I've been wrong before...":O}