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360 Disc Scratching Serious Problem

Posted by Zonk on from the watch-what-you-play dept.

Though Microsoft has previously stated that a reported problem where Xbox 360s may be scratching game discs was relatively rare, it's apparently common enough that rental agency GameFly has an official policy on the problem. From Gamasutra: "We have received reports that certain XBOX 360 consoles have caused damage to GameFly videogames. Unfortunately, we have been notified that you recently returned a damaged XBOX 360 game. As a precaution, we have removed all XBOX 360 games from your GameQ. Please contact Microsoft at 1-800-4MY-XBOX. Please do not rent XBOX 360 games until you have resolved this issue. In the future, should GameFly receive XBOX 360 games from you that have been damaged, you will be charged a replacement fee."

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  1. Whoa... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Would you please stop ridiculing XBox360 fanboys?

    I've spend $400 on that console and don't want to hear bad news about it.

  2. Re:More problems? by Tim+Browse · · Score: 4, Funny
    and some people even having defective accessories like the hdd and wireless controllers.

    You mean some people have bought accessories for a large scale global consumer product, and some of them are faulty?

    Say it aint so! This is brand new information!

  3. Re:Why all the bad press? by KDR_11k · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, stories like "Plane crashes, 300 dead" are sensationalist, why don't they write stories about the billions of people who didn't die that day?

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  4. easy fix... by gfanboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    MS should just remove their slash code

  5. get one from Japan by gullevek · · Score: 5, Funny

    we got them plenty here. Nobody wants them.

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    "Freiheit ist immer auch die Freiheit des Andersdenkenden" - Rosa Luxemburg, 1871 - 1919
  6. Controllers?? by ccharles · · Score: 5, Funny
    having defective accessories like the hdd and wireless controllers
    Ha! I can understand the power supplies, hard drives and scratched disks, but controllers coming without wires at all? Come on, people: let's have some quality control!
  7. Re:They should rename that thingy... by brouski · · Score: 3, Funny

    That sounds suspicously like you're taunting Happy-Fun-XBox.

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    Proud member of the American Non Sequitur Society. We might not make much sense, but boy do we love pizza!
  8. Re:disc condoms by TomHandy · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hate it when my disc condom comes off inside my girlfriend's PS2.