Continuing with the birthday festivities (and perhaps feeling pity for the early adopters), Microsoft is now extending the warranty of all Xbox 360 units purchased before January 1, 2006 to a full one year warranty. What does this mean for you? Well, if you bought your Xbox 360 in 2005 and are having problems, you can now get your beloved system repaired free of charge. Already paid MS to fix an Xbox 360? Don't fret. Microsoft will be sending out refunds to anyone who has already paid for repairs in the past.

News source: Engadget


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Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by macrosslover on 21 Sep 2006 - 23:25
wow good move, honestly should have happened along time ago, at least for people who's system broke within 4 months of buying it but better late than never.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #2 Posted by El-Diablo on 22 Sep 2006 - 02:06
niiiice
(5 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #3 Posted by RiVaLSSJ on 22 Sep 2006 - 02:45
They're simply fixing their screw ups - this shouldn't need to be done because systems shouldn't break in a short amount of time. People will say/are saying "Microsoft are fixing systems!! They're nice!" - no. This makes them look good - don't congratulate them. Make your products right the first time.
Quote this comment #3.1 Posted by Netrack on 22 Sep 2006 - 03:02
atleast there doing it for free becuase *gasp* there have never been any recalls or anything of that sort ever
Quote this comment #3.2 Posted by daniel_rh on 22 Sep 2006 - 03:19
Your point is right, but at least they're doing the right thing in case of problems.
Quote this comment #3.3 Posted by billyea on 22 Sep 2006 - 03:40
That's basically saying that there shouldn't be 'warranties' because everything should work the first time.
Keep dreaming.
Quote this comment #3.4 Posted by RiVaLSSJ on 22 Sep 2006 - 11:42
Quote - daniel_rh said @ #3.2
Your point is right, but at least they're doing the right thing in case of problems.

This is what I'm talking about making them look good - "at least they're doing the right thing". Yeah, well that shouldn't need to be done...
Quote - Netrack said @ #3.1
atleast there doing it for free becuase *gasp* there have never been any recalls or anything of that sort ever

Quote - billyea said @ #3.3
That's basically saying that there shouldn't be 'warranties' because everything should work the first time.
Keep dreaming.

That's not what I'm saying. Of course it's understandable that there'll be a certain small percentage that will fail when they mass produce products, but the 360 was seriously flawed when it came out. This is different from only so many breaking down...
Now Microsoft must pay the price for their mess up...
Quote this comment #3.5 Posted by HawkMan on 22 Sep 2006 - 20:59
Seriusly flawed but still below the 5% rate they expected as a probably number.
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #4 Posted by sgtLENIN on 22 Sep 2006 - 06:54
In Norway we have three years of free repair and five years extended guarantee
Quote this comment #4.1 Posted by RiVaLSSJ on 22 Sep 2006 - 11:47
Unfortunately our warranties suck... I believe it's usually 90 days :|
I'm Canadian
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #5 Posted by hairyjohnson on 22 Sep 2006 - 11:02
Buy it with a creditcard. You get extended warranty thru them. At least mine does. Not just on xbox but any purchase
Quote this comment #5.1 Posted by bangbang023 on 22 Sep 2006 - 12:53
And it's not as easy as you think with that. To get the extended warranty through companies like American Express, you often have to file paper work for it and such.
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #6 Posted by blackspawn on 22 Sep 2006 - 13:44
This is one upside of living in the EU you get 2 years worth of warranty My sister just got a brand new Zen Micro after her 1 year and half Zen stopped working
Quote this comment #6.1 Posted by HawkMan on 22 Sep 2006 - 14:50
you might be confusing warranty and what is called reclamation here in Norway.

I know there's no 2 year warranty in Sweden. but you do have 2 year against factory construction errors or whatever it's called.
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #7 Posted by hajj_3 on 22 Sep 2006 - 13:46
They should have had a 1yr warranty in the first place!
Quote this comment #7.1 Posted by Shadrack on 22 Sep 2006 - 18:35
What is the warranty, anyway? 90-days?

If so then mine is already out of warranty as I bought it in early April '06. I have had maybe 2 lock-ups and one problem game disc. When I first purchased Dead Rising I got "Disc Read Errors" all the time. Luckily it was just the disc I had and not the drive. I haven't had any problems with the game since I exchanged the defective disc for a good one. The guy at Gamestop was a jerk about it. I hate that store and am trying to avoid it.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #8 Posted by Xerxes on 23 Sep 2006 - 12:14
Guess it is for North America (and any other territory that released before Jan 06) cause 360 wasn't released in Australia till after Jan 06 (March 06 to be precise) But at least I got an extended warranty from the place of purchase just to be sure.
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