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Microsoft does the unthinkable, and ACHIEVES AWESOME!
Ignignokt01 | 6:22 PM on 08.28.2007 11 comments


You know what, I've always had a love/hated relationship with Microsoft, I've even been known to use the ever popular MicroSHAFT nickname from time to time, usually every time I resubscribe to Live, or have some silly Vista incompatibility issue.

So here's the story, I'll try and keep it short and sweet.

In March of 07, I bought a used xbox 360 premium for $300 off of craigslist. The deal was clean and I was happy. I immediately bought Gears and played the shit out of it, and Crackdown too which came out not long after. Then I got Guitar Hero, and now I was fucking in love with this console. All my friends too, as they had become just as addicted to the game as I did.

One day while browsing the tubes I discovered a tutorial on modding your 360's DVD firmware to play burned games. Being a mild pirate, this interested me. I justify it by saying I'm a poor student, but I don't deny its wrong. Anyways, thats all besides the point. The point is, I opened up my xbox, BREAKING THE WARRANTY LABEL, only to realize that none of my PC's sata cables were compatible with the DVD's. So I put it back together, and went back to playing all my retail games.

Meanwhile, the plague of the red rings continued to swarm over 360 owners across the world, and to save face, as we all know, Microsoft changed their warranty policy to cover all 360's for three years, for free.



Props to them, I thought. But I probably won't get the red rings, but if I do, oh boy I'm probably fucked because I ruined the sticker. Sadly, a couple weeks ago I did get the red rings. So I figured I'd at least try to send it to them. The tech support woman kindly said that they would not repair/replace it, but that I could try anyways.

In 2 days, I got the box, put the console in it, and sent it off. In just a week, I got an email saying they've sent it back. 'OH NO!' I thought, they must have not fixed it if it was there only a few days.



Oh how wrong I was. A few days later, today, the box came back and in it a fully refurbished 360, and as an extra bonus, a free 1 month subscription to Live. I am flabbergasted to say the least. For all the shit Microsoft sometimes puts us through, I have to say that this Xbox support has been most likely the best product support I've ever received, EVER.

Today I celebrate Microsoft in their efforts to fix the problem of the red rings, and I say no one should be afraid to buy a 360 due to the widespread problem. But I also recommend NOT trying to mod your box.

THANKS FOR READING, ALSO COCKS

-Iggy



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Buddha's Destructoid Blog
how nice of microsoft to do that
its the least they could do with all this microsoft points bullshit
i hate those things!
Volcanon's Destructoid Blog
nice! my box is stillgoing strong, but I'm sure that one day after the 3 year mark it'll crap out on me...
ZServ's Destructoid Blog
Wow. and people always give microsoft shit. kinda sad.
spacecadetjoe's Destructoid Blog
That reads like microsoft payed you to write it. Are you some kind of microsoft fluff stooge?
SLiFE's Destructoid Blog
Got my 360 in May '06, it crapped out in January.
The turnaround was pretty quick, but probably only cuz they sent me a brand new box.
Pedro Blandino's Destructoid Blog
man, i could of sworn you fucked your self. guess the person who fixed your box ether didint noticed the sticker was broken or didint care :p

ElRhino's Destructoid Blog
you have the oozinator! i got mine on clearance at toys r us...however mine doesnt shoot water, its broke. but my roomates got ones also and their works awsome.
Ignignokt01's Destructoid Blog
Nope spacey, I just love microsoft today because even though they KNOW i was trying to mod the shit, they fixed it anyway.

I mean, obviously thats the business-smart thing to do since I am going to to buying more games as they come out this year, MASS EFFECT, THE HALOS, etc.


DynamicSheep's Destructoid Blog
The question now is: Are you gonna' mod your box now that you know it won't really matter?
masterledz's Destructoid Blog
@ElRhino

Uh, that's an IGN picture, not Ignignokt's Oozinator.

But congrats on the lucky break by Microsoft.


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