xbox 360 recall
Microsoft’s Larry “Major Nelson” Hyrb shot this quick video of an unboxed Xbox 360 Elite Limited Edition Resident Evil 5 version to show off the red console and the goodies it comes with. But if you mean the bonus content slip with the RE5 wallpaper then yea that is a slip. Microsoft has fixed their initial design flaw in the Xbox 360 and any 360 sent to the service center will now get the fixed graphics chip. Since this post was written the reliability of the Xbox 360 has been vastly improved. Microsoft atleast tried to fix the problem and acknowledged it. Sony denies PS2 problems to this day .
Microsoft today announced that it is recalling all the Xbox 360 Wireless Wheels manufactured during 2006 – 2007. The company is taking the step after reports of a component in the $129.99 controller overheating and releasing smoke when using the AC-DC power supply. Microsoft toonde zich bovendien de slimmere bij de productie van de Xbox 360-cpu, doordat het bedrijf productiecapaciteit had ingehuurd bij een externe chipbakker als backup. Deze reservering bleek uiteindelijk handig van pas te komen toen er zich problemen voordeden met de eerste batch van Cell- en Xbox 360-cpu’s. Microsoft did something, but it still isn’t enough. N’Gai’s article is smart and he questions the situation more deeply.
Also this week, check out another funny remix of the old Transformers cartoon, Beyonce falling on her ass live in concert, and an amazing performance of The Simpsons theme song on 2 guitars… at the same time! Although it didn?t cause any catastrophic to end users but Microsoft had decided to recall all the affected products at its own cost. Instead of trying to save up to few million dollars by designing its own graphic chip, it ended up spent more than $1 billion to recall all the entire problematic Xbox consoles.
