simmorya Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 anyone know if this is going to fix the MILLIONS of people who's Xbox's suddenly stopped reading game discs properly?? also, heard microsoft will be adding group chat and a web browser! if anyone knows anything or a release date, please POST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spenser.d Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Millions? Wow, talk about vast overgeneralization. As for features, I'm pretty sure MS hasn't said anything at all, so anything you might have heard is just pure rumor and speculation. As for a release date, I'd say probably in May. -Spenser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmorya Posted March 1, 2007 Author Share Posted March 1, 2007 yeah i like to exagerate. alot of people are suffering from this problem. thanks for the info. you think with a problem this bad they would fix it sooner rather than later. especially now the PS3 is out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Dick Montage Subscriber² Posted March 1, 2007 Subscriber² Share Posted March 1, 2007 Usual level of informed posting... First off, it's a small (very small) percent. Secondly, it's more than likely that no fix would be officially released via dashboard update - it's more hardware too. Thirdly, let the PS3 owners/developers care about the PS3 faults, and same for Microsoft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmorya Posted March 1, 2007 Author Share Posted March 1, 2007 i checked the australian xbox forum, there were over 400 posts alone complaining that since 2.0.4552 their systems started playing up. My console was manufactured Nov-06 and it worked fine till i updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Dick Montage Subscriber² Posted March 1, 2007 Subscriber² Share Posted March 1, 2007 400 - wow - and was every post someone claiming their XBOX360 was bricked? Really? Also, how many sold? Thank you! You put "millions" in capitals, which means that you expected people to pick up on it. That went well, huh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starmatrix Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 may? :( thats still quite a while away. anyone know if they will add new resolutions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowmatt Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 This issue was recently covered by a BBC program Watchdog. Its a consumer affairs program who investigate claims by the public once they have recieved a large amount of complaints. Im on my second XBOX 360, the first one stopped reading disks correclty. In America Microsoft extended the 360 warrenty cover as the failure rate was quite high and to stop such actions as bad press and class action suits. I would think this is more of an issue than Microsoft has let on, its probably due to the DVD drive being as cheep as possible, and that during most games its running at near top read speed. Probalby reducing the life of the drive. A software update could limit the problem I would suspect if the drive was told to keep trying to access the sectors it failed reading rather than the XBOX just poping up an error and taking you back to the dash. The problem seems quite random, rather than bad disks, it seems to just crash, where as next time the same area on the disk can be read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troist Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 may? thats so long! the last update was october... so thats like 7 months if it will be may. that better be a good update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirquacksalot Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Well, I agree with simmoyra more than njlouch. Me and a few mates bought 360's back in sept/oct/nov time last year and at least half of us have had to take them back or send them back to Microsoft for repair. Also, when I sent mine back to Microsoft it had to be collected by UPS. The bloke who came to my door knew straight away what it was I was sending. He said that about 80% of his time nowadays is spent collecting 360's off people. Surely this must prove something about build quality... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejessman Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 ... And that's why I'm not buying a 360 unless it's brand new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartan_X Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 The soul of the Xbox 360 is made of Software, Hardware and Services... guess which of them will receive some sort of update sometime in the near future? :devil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 The soul of the Xbox 360 is made of Software, Hardware and Services... guess which of them will receive some sort of update sometime in the near future? :devil: All three? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartan_X Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 All three? :D MAYBE! :santa: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huleboeren Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Spartan, we have no need for you if you wont give us exclusive information :'( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troist Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 it'd be way less interesting if spartan didn't come into all these topics and leave behind cryptic clues :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartan_X Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Spartan, we have no need for you if you wont give us exclusive information :'( ok them, as per your request I'll stop posting after GDC is over. have a nice day! :happy: :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Spartan, we have no need for you if you wont give us exclusive information :'( :laugh: indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodrigo Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 ok them, as per your request I'll stop posting after GDC is over.have a nice day! :happy: :yes: Nooo don't pay attention to him. It's good to know that something is coming even if we don't know what it is. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George P Global Moderator Posted March 1, 2007 Global Moderator Share Posted March 1, 2007 Whats the GDC date btw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troist Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Whats the GDC date btw? http://www.gdconf.com/ march 5th to the 9th in san fran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admodieus Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 I've been waiting so long for group chat - we had it on the original Xbox! And a web browser would be almost too good to be true :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+virtorio MVC Posted March 1, 2007 MVC Share Posted March 1, 2007 MAYBE! :santa: Thanks for the ZERO information, tease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AimLXJ Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 anyone know if this is going to fix the MILLIONS of people who's Xbox's suddenly stopped reading game discs properly??also, heard microsoft will be adding group chat and a web browser! if anyone knows anything or a release date, please POST If they're going to add a web browser onto the Xbox 360 I would be really happy :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Lyle Global Moderator Posted March 1, 2007 Global Moderator Share Posted March 1, 2007 Nooo don't pay attention to him. It's good to know that something is coming even if we don't know what it is. :p spartan X just hints.. but doesn't give us any real exclusive before everyone news.. the hints are good, and bad at the same time. they give us hope, but make us wait too much.. i'd much rather come home, turn on my 360 and see an update.. then go read what the update was on neowin :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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