There's a rather unsettling rumor floating around the 'netwaves today concerning 'new' European Xbox 360 bundles that may be old refurbished consoles with outdated parts.
The Web site Logic-Sunrise claims that the new European bundle deal consisting of two games and two wireless controllers could contain hardware that predates the Falcon motherboard, meaning they are more likely to suffer the "red rings of death." The site says it has found Hitachi 47 DVD drives in the machines, as well as after-sales white labels in place of the common silver labels. One customer also reports his newly purchased 360 lacked the HDMI port, and even had pencil marks and blood stains on it.
This is just a rumor until anything more concrete arises, but it's not like Microsoft has a proven track record of care and efficiency when it comes to electronic hardware. Considering the entire reason there are so many refurb units is because The 'Soft cuts corners and damns the consequences is enough to make this rather believable. It could also be a case of retailers switching out consoles themselves, like the shady wankers they are. So far, MS has not commented on the issue, but I'd check your 360 for spunk marks if you decide to buy one soon.
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11:53 AM on 05.19.2008
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That's just how happy MS is with their console, they want to offer a chance for the ladies to father their elite, overheating, children and the blood stains are just free AIDS.
I think you hate MS Jim as it sounds to me like they are doing more than they should.
/sarcasm
Really, i might be fine with getting a refurbished unit IF i was getting it at a lower price, but if i pay for something new i expect to get something new...
@GARRFUNKEL
kinda depends on how big the bloodstains are... if their small enough then they might have been quickly overlooked or missed during the cleaning process
A small drop maybe? Easily missed.
That said, if this is true it's huge fucking bullshit. For shame, Microsoft.
Shadiness all around!
And BLOOOD! BLOOOOOD!
AH-HA! Europeans are second class citizens!
I thought they were doing this to the entire world.
But no HDMI? Does the box say HDMI?
maybe the blood stains are a gears of war limited edition lol
...Most times anyway. Refurbs oftentimes have a more thorough QA process.
Just makes my PS3 look even better, you're the man M$!
Oh well thats what you get for buying an Xbox 360, the natural love and care of MS.
Hey now, you have an error in your logic; "their shouldn't be anything wrong with any console"... you see this is Microsoft we're talking about, their hardware is just full of shit fresh out of the box
Also These refurbed 360's come with the full 3 year warranty...
They sacrificed something to make it work again? Uh oh... >_>
As someone that works for a company that makes a good degree of money off our "B" stock (90 days used), I can say that the refurb systems get far more care and attention put on them than our new stuff. Oftentimes, most (if not all) components are replaced and the only "used" piece is the chassis and some cabling.