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New Xbox 360 warranty program will cost MSFT over $1 billion.
[link|http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKWEN917620070705?rpc=44|Reuters]:
Microsoft cited "an unacceptable number of repairs to Xbox 360 consoles" for the move. Xbox 360 customers who experience general hardware failure indicated by three flashing red lights will now be covered by a three-year warranty, the company said.

The charge will be between $1.05 billion and $1.15 billion, before taxes, for the quarter ended June 30, Microsoft said.
Confession is good for the soul. Not that they have one! :)
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New Rumor has the return rate as high as 1 in 3 some places.
New s / 1 in 3 / 12 in 1 /
[link|http://theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=40658|The Inquirer]:

Fan returns his Xbox 360 12 times


Cheers,
Scott.
New There is evidently some back story on this being
covered else where.

I can't find it, but there is some scuttle to the effect that he had some other checkups done to his house, finding nothing wrong.
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New Lots more at 1Up
[link|http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3160603|1Up].

(It was a link in the Inq story :-).

Cheers,
Scott.
New Has the scapegoat been appointed yet?
[link|http://www.aaxnet.com|AAx]
New Yes
It's Sony's fault because they released PSx

Or was it Nintendo with the WII?
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. (Herm Albright)
New Oooo . . . scapegoating may be all internal.
Microsoft has admitted it's not a manufacturing flaw but a "Microsoft design challenge". Few details on [link|http://www.forbes.com/home/technology/2007/07/05/msft-xbox-charge-tech-media-cx_rr_0705techmsft.html|Forbes"]
[link|http://www.aaxnet.com|AAx]
     Xbox 360 warranty program will cost MSFT over $1 billion. - (a6l6e6x) - (7)
         Rumor has the return rate as high as 1 in 3 some places. -NT - (JayMehaffey) - (6)
             s / 1 in 3 / 12 in 1 / - (Another Scott) - (2)
                 There is evidently some back story on this being - (folkert) - (1)
                     Lots more at 1Up - (Another Scott)
             Has the scapegoat been appointed yet? -NT - (Andrew Grygus) - (2)
                 Yes - (jbrabeck)
                 Oooo . . . scapegoating may be all internal. - (Andrew Grygus)

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