extrait d´un article de bloomberg, interview de la porte parole de microsoft, midori takahashi :
"Microsoft began accepting defective Xbox consoles for free repair, spokeswoman Midori Takahashi said. It will take about a week to 10 days to replace the disk drive, she said.
``It is up to customers to mail their consoles back to us for repair,´´ Takahashi said. ``The scratch does not affect game playing.´´
As of March 3, Microsoft´s Japanese unit received 243 calls from customers with complaints and questions, she said.
The company didn´t provide details on how many game consoles may have the defect and also declined to name the manufacturer of the faulty disk drive. "
243 plaintes seulement à la date du 3 mars.
les rayures n´empêchent pas le bon fonctionnement du disque (officiellement en tout cas).
ça semble loin de l´interprétation alarmiste de planetgamecube (qui semblent plus se réjouir des mauvaises nouvelles du coté de microsoft que des bonnes du coté de nintendo).
en tout cas, c´est sûr que ça fera pas de la bonne pub à microsoft.
l´article complet est à cette adresse :
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