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Microsoft Knew About Xbox 360 Damaging Discs
Kelly writes "An unsealed document in a Washington lawsuit filed last week at Seattle, Microsoft was well aware that the Xbox 360 was prone to damaging game discs even before the console was introduced in November 2005. Microsoft had three solutions for solving the issue, but all three solutions were rejected due to technical concerns or on the basis of cost. Microsoft settled on a cost-free fourth solution: a warning was added to Xbox 360 manual, which essentially placed the blame on users instead of the hardware." The scratching-disks problem was mentioned a few years back, too. I wonder whether more people would prefer a slight discount on the price of a console to the ability to reorient it while a disk was playing inside.
Someone explain to me why ANYONE would need to turn their console either vertical or horizontal while playing a video game?
I think you missed the point, this /. summary is just a typical hit-job against Microsoft. The discs only get scratched if you re-orient the console WHILE the disc is being USED. This is a stupid idea to do with ANY disc-based system. Shut the console down and re-orient it and it works 100% fine.
I've used a 360 on its side and vertically and it works fine either way - just don't change orientation while a game is being played!
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I wonder whether some people would prefer a slight increase on the price of a console to include the ability to reorient it while a disk was playing inside without scratching the disc.
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I can fully expect that out of a product sold to business or some "profession". However you are dealing with "consumer electronics" now and these are a bit different animal. They should have done a better job with this since it's targeting the consumer arena.
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My console put fatigue cracks in the discs. There is something off about how it picks up discs. To their credit Microsoft agreed to repair it and replace the discs. Granted it took a lot of explaining to communicate what the problem was. But once I did, they took care of it. It almost doesn't matter now. I'm totally addicted to live, so even if they told me to go fuck myself, I really wouldn't have had an acceptable choice.
And follow Microsoft's directions? NEVER!!!!!
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