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XBox 360 recall?

XBox 360While shopping for a gaming console last week-end, I asked around the mall how much the big 3 were selling for. The Sony PS3 is now at Php32,000+; the Nintendo Wii at Php16,000+ and the Microsoft XBox 360 at Php19,000+. The bundle comes with controls and several games. These prices are way cheaper than what they used to be early this year.

What I specifically noticed was the absence of XBox 360 consoles in several shops and when I asked one of the sales ladies, she explained that the XBox 360 were pulled out by Microsoft because of defective motherboards. Apparently, she says a lot of customers return their units because of such defects. That’s weird because several friends I know who has the console have had them for months without much problem.

I searched online for any cases related to this but the only ones I’ve stumbled into are the old issues. There aren’t any in recent months. The wikipedia entry for XBox 360 does not mention anything.

Is it possible these units are the really old ones? Anybody else who has an XBox 360 knows about this? I haven’t asked the shops in GreenHills though if they have the same issues.

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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  3. Avatar for Free Gadget Free Gadget says:

    Nice blog adding this to my twitter now

  4. Avatar for edmond edmond says:

    my xbox360 last friday suffered the dreaded RROD.. d ko alm ggwn sigh.. pinas is not supported by the online repair by microsoft.

  5. Avatar for Brandon Brandon says:

    Thanks for sharing. That was EXACTLY what I had in mind.

  6. Avatar for Poppy Poppy says:

    Does someone know when Ninja Blade for Xbox360 will be released?

  7. Avatar for Gypsy Gypsy says:

    I bought a 360 in February. We started having problems with it locking up mid-game in May, bought a cooler fan in July thinking that’d help…it did for a few days. So we just resorted to watching DVDs on it…now, here it is mid-August and it will no longer even boot up. X( I am not pleased!

  8. Avatar for JR JR says:

    dudes, i have an xbox 360. its all fucked up now coz of the ‘three red lights’ problem. yun 3-year warranty, covered namn yun Philippines di ba? how can i send my xbox back to MS? someone pls help. :c

  9. Avatar for Jeranie Jeranie says:

    well i had a 360 and it did have some problems. i got the red ring of death. and i was wondering if they can fix that problem in the philippines? and if they could how much would it be?

  10. Avatar for paul_likes_consoles paul_likes_consoles says:

    The dreaded 3rl or red ring of death. Some Xbox 360 have it some don’t. Play russian roulette when you buy an Xbox 360.

  11. Avatar for kevin kosme kevin kosme says:

    hello!(^_^)

    my xbox 360 also had a problem, and its hard to find a repair shop, the problem of my xbox is what they called red ring of death, i think it has a big problem in my xbox360, but my problem is my xbox360 is by from japan, that’s i cant back it, it has a warranty, I DONT LIKE XBOX 360, IT HAS MANY DEFFECTS AND PROBLEM, IT SPEND ME A LOT OF MONEY.. SHIT XBOX360 TEAM!,

  12. Avatar for edwin sinchon edwin sinchon says:

    i heard about the ring of death of the 360,i have a premium edition and also bought a core system it here in denmark for only a 1000kroner thats equivalent to 7500psp the good thing about the store here is they wil give you a 2year warranty,and if you are not satisfied to the product that you bought you can send it back to them and get your money back..consumers are very important to them,unlike in manila,no return,no exchange..i also want to buy a nintendo Wii but the games are very xpensive..when u buy a nintendo Wii herein denmark or norway,they incude a Wii SPORT for free

  13. Avatar for jason jason says:

    i will try that

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