Yes, you heard me Microsoft- we’re coming for you. Like a horde of mindless zombies honing in on a fresh kill, the masses aren’t going to take it anymore. Your stupid Kinect update for the Xbox 360 has rendered those of us with older Xboxes “console-less”. Apparently your update not only gave a fresh and fancy new look to the Xbox 360 dashboard but also ate our DVD drives for breakfast. In your futile war on piracy you created a little icky worm that clung to the update and then leaped into our DVD firmware once it was downloaded and installed. This little guy is stinky, gooey, dirty, and slimy and he ruined my Xbox. I have found many ways around your updates and even wrote an article not long ago on NERD TREK about how to remove these lame updates. The trouble is, you can’t remove the actual new Kinect update- only downgrade to just where you installed it. Also, many new games will not work without updates installed also aimed at piracy which also make many of our Xbox 360′s giant doorstops.
So, what I propose is this:
Microsoft allows anyone with an older white Xbox 360 to send it in for replacement, no questions asked.
Microsoft won’t even consider this as they are so short sighted they will just skirt around the problem and blame us for our consoles breaking. I have heard such stupid excuses as “It was probably already having problems.” “You didn’t allow adequate ventilation.” “Your Xbox 360 was near the end of it’s life already.” These are all excuses Microsoft, you made a poor product to begin with. In my other articles I detail all the different ways to fix internal problems with your Xbox 360, and MAN are there a TON of problems! You designed a poorly ventilated unit with GPUs that overheat and break the solder on the motherboard. It happens to almost every older Xbox. In addition to this, the DVD drive jams up, scratches discs, or stops reading games after just a few years. If you are truly a green company why don’t you spend more time and money on research and development before you release a piece of crap console like the Xbox 360?
OK, I’m really ragging on your Microsoft… at least you have put out some decent games like the Halo and Fable series. Oh yes, Microsoft also sells games. Microsoft makes loads of cash off their games. If my Xbox 360 doesn’t work I won’t buy games, if I don’t buy games Microsoft won’t get their greedy hands all over my hard earned dough.
So, again Microsoft- let me restate my former proposition and add to our demands:
Microsoft allows anyone with an older white Xbox 360 to send it in for replacement, no questions asked.
If Microsoft fails to agree to this we will go out and buy a PS3 and never buy another poorly designed Microsoft product as long as we live.
That may sound pretty hardcore, but when it comes to ridiculously huge companies like Microsoft you have to make a stand or you’ll never see change. If they fail to acknowledge us and do not care about us leaving let’s all go buy PS3s! As far as I can tell we got the short end of the stick from Microsoft anyway. Who needs Xbox Live for $50+ a year when you can play on the Playstation Network 24/7 for free, forever? Plus the graphics are better, it has blu-ray, and they don’t break when you install updates! Sony, how I have missed you.
Who’s with me?
STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS AS A CONSUMER AND SEND THIS LINK TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND SPREAD THE WORD! WE’RE MAD AS HELL AND WE’RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE!
I don’t have a xbox, but it’s an absurd! I feel sorry for my friend who bought a xbox last year! I’m luck for have bought a Wii and not a xbox!
Yes, the Xbox is a piece of crap made in China from horse dung and ninja poop.
i got the new xbox 360 s will it break easliy
I am honestly surprised this didn’t get a lot more attention. I modded my X Box 360 because of many problems I was facing.
First, I took off the power adapter and formed my own adapter instead; it runs off a 250w PSU normally used by computers. (A little solder here and there and the proper pin-outs made that transition relatively easy actually)
Second, I removed the port for the onboard graphics card and installed a different one, allowing me to display my xbox images on either a VGA monitor, HDMI monitor, or a DVI monitor all with the same cable. Plus, at the end of that cable, I spliced the red and white analog audio cables into a single headphone jack, this way, I don’t need to plug anything into a TV or surround sound. I simply plug my headphones into the jack, and bingo! Sound!
Unfortunately, I am now running into THIS particular issue. I think it’s my laser diode dying out though. Aggravating honestly, but, I am thinking on some cheapo repair. I hate forking out money to M!crosh!t. I think I am going to get a compatible LG or Liteon DVD ROM.
THAT’S WHERE YOU COME IN! I know its been a WHOLE year and what not but Jon… Can you give me an idea which DVD Rom would be a safe or better alternative to the crap I got from M!crosh!t?
With best regards,
Tim
That is seriously awesome. I love hearing about hard modding Xboxes. I can’t remember if I ever posted a picture of the Frankenbox I had. It had air being pumped into it just so it wouldn’t freeze. It had NO case, it was just a motherboard with a few components plugged in. The DVD drive was attached to a long SATA cable and was at the other end of my TV so it just looked weird. Friends would come over and be like “what the hell is that thing?” “It’s my Xbox man.”
I hear you on the Microsoft crap. It’s absolute BS that they would pull this. I do know that their tactics have consistently driven me further and further away from their company. They basically have this motto: “We steal other people’s ideas, try to make them better but end up making them worse and then shove them down the throats of the general populace who don’t know any better.” The ONLY Microsoft product I have ever been happy with is MS-DOS (old school prior to having Dosshell) and Windows 7. Other than that it’s all crap!
Next system I buy is either a Playstation or I’ll just stick with my overpowered gaming PC I bought this last year. Next computer I buy will be a Mac for sure. User friendly, web & Photoshop CS6. That’s all I need to get work done!