We’ve had numerous reports coming in of users getting 3 red lights on their brand new Elite consoles this morning. While this is a daily occurrence with 360 Premium and Core systems, we thought Microsoft would have had a better handle on the situation with the Elite.
We’ve all seen the pictures of the motherboard changes. I assumed that these would protect the console better from heat and such to make sure less consoles would die. But alas, no. Microsoft has introduced another new product that is failing at a higher than normal rate.
To top it all off, the disc scratching issue is back. Seriously Microsoft, what the hell? Did you completely get rid of your QA department?
I just got one of these… so far it’s working fine. How long did you have this one before it crapped out?
I don’t have an Elite yet, and don’t plan on it anytime soon. I don’t feel like spending that much on something I basically already have.
I’ve received numerous reports from users stating these problems.
trust me it aint worth buying one. i treated my perfect and it failed in 5 months. i didnt play for long at all, cleaned it, kept it in a good place and all that shit. its got the two fukin lights now on the left. fukin pointless waste of fukin money.
holy crap…this is the first time i’ve seen a 360 in action…and when they said it was loud..i didnt expect it to be like that..
Daily occurence? I’ve had my console since launch ha. Stop getting facts out of your ass.
make ill fukin knock you out there a load of shit.
@whatthe dude unless you have been under a rock you must have heard about all the problems with the existing MS hardware. If you have a system that has had no problems just count yourself as lucky. the loot ninja staff has already burned thru at least ten! Kinda sad the Elite does not address these old issues.
So you show an unreadable disc error ? What if that Burger King game disc is a turd ? 3 premiums and an Elite here and never an issue other than one HD cable crapped out on me which was warrantied post haste.
my 360 is similar, its an original 360, it red lights basically 2 a month at least and if you move it in just the slightest bit, it will EAT YOUR GAME.
bty, taht nose you heard isn’t typical 360 loading sound, at least mine dosen’t make that sound!, that sounds like the eiltes grounding up the game without making you move it, what you know, micro did improve it at somthing!
Damn, MS sucks. I remember when I got my original XBox (non 360) when it first came out. I had to send it back under warranty three times to fix a “dirty disc error”. The final machine I had was OK for a while but started to have the same problem on occasion so I got rid of it all together. Been wanting a 360 but after hearing all of these QA issues, I’m gonna wait until these problems are ironed out.
Wow, thats some great BS reporting there! You have a problem and all of a sudden everyone does, no wonder people think this site is a Joke.
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This site is so BS. I don’t believe this story because:
They say they’ve had numerous reports of red ringed Elites but offer no proof. They don’t even mention usernames.
The video shows nothing. They hint that the noise you hear is it scratching the disc but they never show it! Could be a scratched disc when they put it in.
This whole paragraph is not backed up with any proof or facts:
“We’ve all seen the pictures of the motherboard changes. I assumed that these would protect the console better from heat and such to make sure less consoles would die. But alas, no. Microsoft has introduced another new product that is failing at a higher than normal rate.” – what the??? Says who? You guys, with no proof of any red ringed consoles or scratched discs? lol!
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Link to an actual source?
So random fanboys can just post anything at Digg.com without any facts? That sounds like a good idea.
>So random fanboys can just post anything at Digg.com without any facts? That sounds like a good idea.
lol, internet.
WOw! microsoft seriously stop making hardware just stick to software even though its the same flop just look at vista.
That depends…
well my 360 redeemed itself as it begged for mercy 2 day, it died this morning and as im rather unhappy i planned to smash it up and run it over in my car but i gave it 1 more chance and it worked first time.
But those of u who dont believe that the 360 does have problems should perhaps look around and learn from other peoples experiences as all you people are doing is belittleing peoples efforts to get these problems rectified,
a lot of people are spending a lot of money on trying to get a working console at the moment and thats there hard earned cash like ur mums and dads that bought u your consoles. p.s no point flaming this kids as i wont be on here again.
Hey… Atleast it’s selling
All I can hear is a blown transport motor. Even the owner of that 360 is saying it’s not scrathcing disks.
Seriously. Just report the reality, insted of making shit up?
Obviously bogus video – kid doesnt show the underside of the disc before inserting it.
Obvious rogeraususa is an apologist
Sounds like another load of BS from Sony. They employ people in their marketing department to create anti-microsoft articles and rumors, while i’m not denying some 360’s have problems it’s no where as widespread as is made out. Sceptical? Well how many people do you actually know who own a 360 that has broken? I must know at least 30 people with 360’s and not one of which has ever had a problem with it. Microsoft themselves had publicly stated that the number of returns they have had is a tiny proportion of the total 360’s out there and they can’t understand where people are getting this information from. Add that to the fact that this whole rumour was first started by Fox News on the 360’s release day. They ran the story “XBOX 360 is Broken!” before they had any way of finding out how many were in fact faulty and guess what, the same group that owns Fox happens to own Sony.
C’mon guys. You can’t pretend that all the X360 problems are made up. They’re reported from SO MANY different sources, you have to accept that this is just a fault the systems have. It’s not saying the X360 is any less awesome… they just are a bit fragile.
(hell even weapons of mass destruction were more debatable!)
I use it regulary and don’t have any problems like that. Hope all will be OK.
@Loadsa,
yeah microsoft never do anything like that *cough* actors employed at press launch of X360 at E3 2005 to cheer and clap every time anything positive was said, as reported by the july 2005 issue of EDGE magazine here in the uk *cough*. I myself know 5 people that have 360s and 4 of of them have failed at some point or another, in some cases two. So yeah maybe not as huge a problem as some websites make it out to be, but you have to accept there is a problem with the X360s thermal management, how ever its FAR too early to make comments about the state of the Elites, give them a chance they are 1 day old!
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i got my elite yesterday, no issues, dunno what you guys are talking bout
Not everything will be perfect, sometimes theirs one or two bed eggs, in this case maybe a bad bunch… but mine is A O K
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launch console. Flawless…
Stop being Timmies and take care of your sh1t.
I would rather spend a extra $200 on a PS3 and know my games are not going to be eaten by the system.
@ Malcolm
Yeah that PS3 won’t even take your disc’s…lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E7oBYXjOG4
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That figures. My replacement 360 just died from the disc read error, they what $139 to fix it. I was thinking about the elite instead but I think its time to tell microsoft to go screw themselfs. they dont seem to give a crap about us consumers. If they dont step up, the game makers are going to start jumping ship soon.
They probably took all the scratched first generations that were returned and simply painted them black lol.
Using a flawed $4 BK xbox game to show that your system is messed up is not exactly credible. Along with only showing approved comments? Can anyone say fake? I can’t believe people actually fell for this. And where are the sources for “higher than normal rate?!?”
I loved my xbox, I still have the launch system. havent had a sony product for three years because my ps2 died three times. So now I am dissapointed this time around. I love the 360 but I cant aford to pay $139 every year. I know 4 people who bought at launch. 3 have died once, and one is still working fine. I wish I got the one you guys did that has had no problem
wow a $4 game where we can’t even see the bottom doesn’t work – this is news?
Gonna get one, I’ve held out for so long and there are finally a couple games I’m really looking forward to playing… Mass Effect! I keep telling everyone, the only reason I bought an XBox was for Knights of the Old Republic, and it looks like Bioware is gonna do it for me again. (Curse you! KHAN!)
At any rate, problems aside, I still want one, and the advantage of working at a retail outlet is I can take my “small” employee discount and roll it into a 2 year replacement plan. It’s a shame really, between Xb360 and PS3 I know which system I want sitting next to my Wii, even with the problems I keep hearing about, would I own the system already if I thought it was more reliable, probably not. I think all consumer electronics now a days have a certain percentage of failure rates, seems a little high though, but having tested on the 360 hardware for several months, I think it worth the risk. it’s a good system.
Mine works perfectly fine.
The Elite looks pretty cool.
How in the hell can you start trashing the reputation of the Elite after only one day in the marketplace?
I own 4 360’s and use another 3 for testing at work. Never a problem with any of them ever and they are all from different batches of serial numbers and dates of manufacture.
@ Richard…. why do you suck at life? No seriously why? If you think that there are no problems with the 360’s then you are just hiding your head in the sand and I can only hope your system burns out soon so you can eat a big helpiung of humble pie… if you dont believe us or the many other sites reporting on the system issues just look at the fact that MS extended their warranty on the product. They didnt do this to be nice guys they did it because they had to, in order to keep market share and not lose customers. Games are a business folks and extending warranties costs money, a company will not do it unless they have to, plus a recall would destroy their user base.
anybody and there mom knows the 360 eats disk, we also know microsoft is a cheep money hungry corporation that wouldn’ care about its consumers and ahs shown it on several occasions recently. Also it was stated that the elite did not fix the eating of the disks on ign and game informer BEFORE THE ELITE CAME OUT, if you dont beleive me on the sound, take your 360, your original one (or elite if your a complete micro moron) and bump it allitle while playing! This is a similar sound that my 360 made, though not this loud, when my 360 decided to eat my condemned when all i did was bump the entertainmetn center with my butt, i dont even have a butt!
Oh, how the tides have turned. People just like to bash on the PS3, claming that it’s doing trash, etc.. Granted, it’s not doing great, it’ll get up there. However, when ever Microsoft fucks up, no one really cares, thinking it’s minor. Lo and behold, their new system fucks up, but it’s okay right? A few scratches and a few red lights okay right? 360’s a great system as it is, there’s no need for an “elite”
Not that this comment will put this issue to rest but I have had a 360 since it came out literally at midnight luanch. It is not loud, no problems have been seen or noticed and I really enjoy the imporved backward compatability with the original xbox games, what this sounds like is some ps3 fanboys trying to get more ppl to buy some over priced gameing systems because they have no body to play with online lol. Honestly though everyone I know owns a 360 and we have not had any problems although I do know a couple of ppl who have had problems with the ps3 as in bloody melting the disc not scraching it (remeber the house that PS3 burnt down?). The Elite is just the same system with more memory but since the memory that comes with the 360 (white version) is more then enough for the typical gamer anyways its just a money grab I will agree with that.
Microsoft sucks at making consoles. PS3 much better graphixxx Heavenly Shroddz, mg4’s ownz yo asses.
@ Bill Gates Cock
Like I said PS3 fanboys lol
jason you made your self look like an idiot when you said a PS3 burnt down a house and melts disks. PS3 are known to have no problems, while 360’s are known for the 3 lights of death.
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I own both a ps3 and a 360, so I can’t be biased towards any of them, but I must say that I have had more problems with my xbox 360, then my ps3. I never got the red light problem yet, knock on wood, but my 360 stalls every once in awhile. This is the only problem, that I have been experiencing. Everyone, come play Call of Duty 3 on the 360, the game rocks!!!!!!!
Its only surprising if you thought that microsoft actually wanted to fix the xbox 360 as opposed to make as much money off of their new ‘elite’.