Microsoft Extends Xbox 360 Warranty For E74

[dolson]

If you are a 360 owner, best wishes that your console doesn't die on you... But if it does, you're already covered for 3 years for the RROD, but as we all know, E74 is the new RROD.

And Microsoft just announced that they have expanded the extended 3-year warranties to cover the E74 error, and will refund anyone who had to pay for an E74 error repair.

http://kotaku.com/5211159/microsoft-extends-warranty-for-e74-failures

I don't know why they don't just extend the entire warranty to 3 years, and avoid the hassle of pissing everyone off and then refunding them when the next big 360 error comes along...

Now, if only Sony would cover their Blu-ray drives in a similar fashion, we'd be all set.

[az0madman]

The only time you'll post something about 360. ;)

I'm just glad mine hasn't had too many serious problems. I had one red ring when playing some Dead Space, which taught me to install any games I plan on playing for long lengths. Not sure if that actually helps, but no disc spinning should mean less heat. I'm just hopeful I suppose. This generation of consoles have been good to me, unlike my older Sony systems.

[dolson]

Well.. This is good news for 360 owners. I generally don't follow 360 news, or I'd post more. But this showed up in my feeds today, and I recognized "E74" from the Joystiq podcast. Also, I wasn't posting to take a stab at 360 owners or Microsoft (the second-last sentence is an actual pondering, not just bitching to bitch). My opening sentence is sincere, as well. My PS3 died once, and it's not fun (I had to play Wii for almost a week!!!). So I feel sorry for anyone whose console dies. I don't really feel sorry for people who have it happen 4, 5, 8 times (as some people I know) and keep defending the system like it's normal. It's unfortunate, the whole situation. Consoles, in general, aren't built like they used to be (my NES and TG-16 still work).

I really do wish Sony would follow Microsoft's lead with the warranty situation, though I don't have numbers on how many Blu-ray drives stopped working so far. All I know is mine isn't the only one, and of the people on my PSN list, I know that one guy has had his PS3 die twice, and two others once, for sure. The rest I don't know.. (Doesn't matter to me, personally, mind you, as I paid to extend my warranty to 5 years after the first time. Sony should at least advertise that option.)