Hey, Microsoft, what's the rush? It's not like there's a huge problem with our Xbox 360s or anything.
Actually, there is a huge problem. You probably already know about the recent warranty extension offered to Xbox 360 owners, giving them a full three years of coverage for the consoles that are thought to be over 30% defective. Maybe they're trying to set things right.
The word leaked out of Asian component manufacturers that Microsoft is cracking the whip on the new Xbox 360 mainboard project known as "Falcon". This system replaces old, fatty 90-nanometer processor and graphics chips with 65-nanometer ones, letting the system run cooler with less power consumption. It also stands to save MS up to 50% of previous manufacturing costs.
This is in line with rumors of an upcoming price drop for the Xbox 360 later this year, prossibly right before the holiday season.
It's good to hear that some 'good' Xbox 360s are coming our way, but we would love to know if our current ailing consoles will be relplaced by the "Falcon" versions under this three year warranty extension.
[via Xbox 360 Wire ]
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10:03 AM on 07.18.2007
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If so that would suck ass because my 360 is currently at one of their repair shops. At least I should get the new heatsink.
WINDOWS MILLENNIUM - never forget.
/add Vista.
HAHAHA IT DOES!!!
i'm on my third one!!! and if mine dies during
the time all these awesome games are being released
I BETTER GET A FUCKIN NEW ONE!!
EVEN AN HDMI HALO X360 IS BETTER THAN THIS
WHITE TRASH!
I BETTER NOT FUCKIN GET SOMEONE ELSE
"REFURBISHED" PIECE OF SHIT!
X360 - HORRIBLE HARDWARE WITH TONS OF GAMES
PS3 - SUPPOSEDLY SOLID AS A ROCK SYSTEM
WITH ZERO GAMES
um, u are getting a refurbished one D:
Hopefully by Christmas I'll actually be able to purchase one.
When I talked to customer service, and the guy told me it was going to cost me $50 to repair it, I asked him if it would be replaced with the new 65nm chips. He said no. Bastard. New heatsinks? Couldn't answer that. I asked him if he had ever heard of project Falcon and he made some wisecracking comment about me laying off the angel dust. Go figure.
Srsly tho, I hope that they have some type of step-up/graduation program where I can just fork over an extra $50 (if not for free) and receive a working version of the 360 when Falcon arrives. Even after all the trouble I have been through with this hardware, I don't want to jump ship. I just want one that I can trust and rely on.
@uptonogood: We like the 360 because it has good games and an excellent online service. When it works, it's the best. Sony can call me when they finally get a decent library of games and a slicker online service.
My guess is that they'll do a price drop on the older style consoles until they get a low enough number and then start selling the newly chipped consoles at the reg prices. A mere guess but we'll see.
i have done things to try and prevent the red rings,ie keep it in a well ventilated area,after my warranty ran out (b4 the warranty extension)i did add the talismoon whisper fan(which i made 12v) that i can control with a fan speed controller,removed & replaced factory thermal paste with OCZ Ultra 5+ Silver Thermal Compound on cpu/gpu i also added mini heatsinks to the other chips on the motherboard then added a small fan to the side of the cpu heatsink.
yes my 360 runs way cooler than it did and i mean alot cooler.
if i could do this on my own you would think microsoft would try at least using a better quality thermal paste rather than the gummy crap they use.
at least microsoft is attempting to fix the problem and extending the warrenty,,,they screwed me over with that lol my warrenty is void now,but with the major temp reduction i was able to achieve i think i may have stopped the red ring ghost in its tracks.....fingers crossed..if by chance i get the red ring of death i'll simply go by a new 360.
It is simply bad business practice to launch a system with a failure rate close to thirty-three percent, in order to be first to the next-gen market, just because your parent company is swimming in money and you can afford to royally screw up everybody.
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I think people should just jump ship to sony. Because blue ray is winning, and the system works without becoming a brick. i prefer the controllers as well.
or gamecube 2.0.
/bring back the super nintendo.
Ive had many fun hours playing my 360, it hasnt broken yet, its a great console!!
The reson why there is faith in the machine is that there is nothing to rival it at the moment.If the PS3 had some games and was on a price par you may see a switch!
BUT as we know it hasnt, its sh1t!!
SNES rocks!
I dont get your comments, who care if the PS3 has a better launch line up, the time is now, the xbox has more games, doesnt matter who had more launch games.
Its not MS fault that Sont delayed thier console, its thier misfortune ans MS' bonus.Id rather have a console which has more games which i can buy cheaper than one which has hardly no games, which these games are ports already and full price! Can you not see the logic in that?
Also xbox is on its second or even third generation of games, and PS3 is only on its first, so ul get better game son the xbox, the developers have had time to work out little tricks and shortcuts.
PS3 can have all the power it wants, no games = no consumers, power isnt everything, look at god of war 2 what a lovely game, and produced on an old platform. Bottom line, Games matter, xbox has games,xbox is cheaper, offers more content.i get it repaired if it goes boom for free. In a throw away culture i dont need a console with a ten year plan!!
not to mention the ps3 is twice as powerful as the 360, too bad the ass hat third party developers are still stuck making intel pc type code that is not efficient. they have not even tried to write new good code to take advantage of the spe processors in the ps3, they jsut port their crap code to the ps3. but that will change once people get hdtvs. hdmi is way better than component.
hdmi is standard on the ps3. not so on the 360. sure the elite. but that costs as much as ps3. with no blue ray or wifi..
I keep a fan aimed perpendicular to the rear of mine, and I had played it for probably 600 hours (if not more), I mean 200 on Oblivion alone. So many hours spent playing games, plus time watching shows and movies, it still hasn't red ringed. It is absolutely key to have proper ventilation. The fan I use is massive; I wear DJ headphones plugged into the TV just so I can hear over the fan. But it works. Free of dust and everything. I don't know why I got the persistent unplayable disc though..
Props and whatnot for Poonster. That's a dedicated gamer right there. I wish I could do what you did, but my 360 would end up looking like Rosie O'Donnell.