The truly regrettable news that the Xbox One’s launch has been marred by faulty disc drives has been officially acknowledged by Microsoft, who helpfully assures the public that it only affects a “very small” number of buyers.
The console sold over a million units, and amazingly some proved faulty:
“The issue is affecting a very small number of Xbox One customers.
We’re working directly with those affected to get a replacement console to them as soon as possible through our advance exchange program.”
Sony also admitted to its own PS4 problems, blaming them on “shipping damage” affecting “less than 1%” of consoles sold:
“This leads us to believe there isn’t a singular problem that could impact a broader percentage of PS4 units.
We also understand that some units were reportedly damaged during shipping.”
There has been suspicion that failure rates for both consoles are reasonable and simply being made much of by crowing YouTube videos – although how long these notoriously unreliable first iteration consoles last is likely to exercise some concern in future months.
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Welcome to the future of gaming.
Where everyone is so pre-fucking-occupied with getting something out there before a competitor that nothing is checked for quality.
Oh wait, that's been going on for a while in the gaming community. Only now it's full on consoles and not just games.
Lovely!
Both Microsoft and Sony knows many of their consoles are faulty and still they just keep silent and sells them.
So you want Sony and MS to call back all of millions of consoles back just to check which one is broken?
so you want me to quit gaming and waste 20 years of experience as a beta tester?
What the fuck are you guys talking about? Quit playing if it is so painful in so many ways.
i am talking about because i want to change to a non painful gaming whatever?
its not painful... its useless....
There's always the smarter option of quit playing and pursue real life...
One would think that after 20 years of being so beta, one would have leveled up to alpha status by now. Sucks to be you, neckbeard.
ich hab dir eine bewerbung geschickt. anscheinend bin ich dir nicht wichtig genug als dass du mich eingestellt hättest ohne alpha status
ich persönlich .... find es nicht schade nicht mit solchen wie euch zusammen zu arbeiten zu müssen. stattdessen versuch ich mein leben zu genießen ohne geld...
You want dirty chinese contaminating your pricy consoles with SARS germs? I'd rather they not turn my overpriced consoles into modern smallpox blankets.
no different than game companies using the buyers as beta testers...
I read that MS is going to give a free game to those with a faulty console. Looks like we'll have to see what Sony will do about its problems.
sony already give free games with their free psplus when you bought ps4
and other ps4 free games??
warframe, planetside 2, blacklight retribution
so what M$ give other than microtransaction bullshit??
I read that the only way to claim those games is to sign up for a gold subscription
I read that people spout bullshit from their mouths when they don't know what they are talking about.
Everybody knows that any kind of new tech is bound to have a ton of bugs and issues. It's why I'm probably gonna stick w/ my current console for another year or two....and even when I do buy it I'll be sure to get the in store warranty,lol (just in case)
Except Nintendo doesn't have "a ton of bugs and issues." You can make as many excuses and crap as you want, but Nintendo is the way to go.
Did you seriously fucking forget the miserable first six months of the WiiU and 3DS??
If you meant the lacks of games, yes, 3DS and Wii U is miserable for its 6 months. But if you are talking about bugs and issues, those two barely have any problem.
WiiU & 3DS still look pretty miserable to me, the 5-6 titles worth playing on both platforms does not justify their cost.
@02.02
Either you haven't been checking the games these consoles have gotten after their launches, or you only like FPS games, or there's something wrong with your eyes if you can't see any more than 5 or 6 games for these consoles.
Background update deaths, anyone?
>background updates
>TV background deaths (news, etc)
> yes
Except its not new tech, the stuff making up the xbone is even our behind the curve than the stuff that makes up the ps4.
Considering how many moron fanboys have been blindly raving about how good the console they like is going to be the best for the past year or so, I think it's hilarious that in the end they all got hosed since both consoles turned out to be equal in being overpriced piles of
You sir, have the way of it.
Well, pretty much every shipping carrier are known to just throw around packages so of course something is bound to break in shipping.
I hope you guys enjoy your PS4s that I "accidently" dropped from the pallet. You can thank Gamestop.
and bad amazon packing.
WII U BICHAZ
Haz no gamez.
More than the xbone.
Sorry, id rather play with my Wii.
of which we have no doubt
ONLY FOR KIDS
What is everyone bitching about? You guys want a 100% perfect, un damaged system? As if that exist in anything. Nothing is perfect, stop bitching about it. We are so used to get whatever we want that now a little problem gets your ass of your seat.
we are used to it but the ass is not yours?
You know, there's a big difference between whining about minor problems, and not buying something because it apparently is unable to do what it's designed to do. when a game console can't play games, it's essentially a severely overpriced paperweight.
(And just to guard myself against nitpickers: NO! I do not accept web browsers and extra TV functions as "useful functions" for a game console.)
I'm still not gonna get an Xbone regardless of whether or not they fix their current problems, as i have yet to see microsoft make an even halfway decent console. And i won't get ps4 until they make it colder.
i will not touch a single game until my beta testing has been paid off.. i dont care which company i tested for... i possess every console
Quit your whining.
i will not touch a single game until my beta testing has been paid off.. i dont care which company i tested for... i possess sooo many consoles....
You seem to forget the xbone is a tv cable box, not a gaming console. Hell even its first reveal only talked about tv feature this and that and like nothing on games. That kinda shows the fact its just a glorified cable box with a videocard.
Ah, yes, you're completely right. I guess the fact that they used the xbox name led me to being confused about that point.
>xbone is a tv cable box,
People still pay for cable? How pleb.
A lack of perfect solution doesn't mean we should settle for any crap they throw at us.
What?! A NEW PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY IS NOT WORKING 100% OF THE TIME AT LAUNCH?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
This problem can be solved by the user by Unpluging the XBone, turning it upside-down and hitting it from above.
IT REALLY IS LIKE A VCR!
Sounds like what we used to do with our Playstations, as the lasers aged.
Yup, my older PS1 (first gen) only reliably plays games if I have it upside down, which is why I bought a 9001 model a few months back when I found one on ebay for 20$
Everybody knows that:
XBOXONE ---> VCR
PS4 ---> HEATER
And a PC ---> A/C
;)
wtf?
In the last winter, when my heater died and I didn't have enough money to fix it quickly, I aimed my PC's back to my feet. It was nice.
WIIU --> FRIDGE
WIIU ---> TABLET
FTFY
PC > WiiU > PS4 > Xbone