____/ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on Friday 06 July 2007 16:28 : \____
> <Quote>
> In what may be one of the costliest consumer warranty repairs in
> history, Microsoft announced on Thursday that it would spend up to
> $1.15 billion to repair failing Xbox 360 game machine consoles.
>
> While the company would not say how many units were failing, Robbie
> Bach, president of Microsoft's entertainment and devices division,
> said that there have been an "unacceptable high number of repairs."
> The majority of Xbox 360 owners, he said, have not experienced
> hardware failure....
>
> The size of the anticipated repair bill suggests that a third to as
> many as half of the machines are flawed.
>
> Microsoft, based in Redmond, Wash., said it would take a charge of
> $1.05 billion to $1.15 billion against earnings in the quarter ended
> June 30. Consumers know they have a problem if three red flashing
> lights appear on the console. Gamers on online forums have been
> referring to the event as "the Red Ring of Death" because the machine
> then shuts down....
>
> Microsoft said its entertainment and devices division reported an
> operating loss of $315 million on $929 million in revenue for the
> three-month period that ended in March, and analysts have estimated
> that the company lost about $6 billion getting a foothold in the game
> machine industry.
> </Quote>
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/06/business/06soft.html
This confirms the scale of the failures, which Microsoft could no longer deny
because people (and shops) speak out. Digg was a like nuthouse when the news
came out. People are shouting for blood because the sum above does not
compensate for time and trouble. It also shows that Microsoft lied (yes, it
did!).
Since Microsoft not only lied about the XBox failure rate, but also about
malware, when will it begin repairing 600 million PCs rather than just 11
million Xbr0ken360?
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