Thursday, November 24, 2005

Xbox 360 With Stability Issues

Only one day after the start of the Xbox 360 in the USA complaints of disappointed players, whose consoles fail frequently have arisen. In the meantime messages fill various forums and reports of crashes after approximately a half hour running time or when starting the on-line service Xbox Live were noted. According to reports of players, who contacted the technical support of Microsoft, the "problem is larger than expected" at Microsoft support employees. Quite frequently overheating of the system seems to be the cause for lock ups. The strong air flow of the rear fans may not be obstructed, so the information of the support crew.

Pperhaps some cases of crashes and lock ups can be explained, not however different crashes, as for instance only being able to drive
one round in "Project Gotham Racing 3". If the problem does not cease to exist after troubleshooting, players could return their Xbox 360 for repair, which would last however four to six weeks, so the Microsoft support.

It is unclear whether only individual loads of consoles are affected by the problems or if it is a fundamental error in the design of the console. Game testers meanwhile reported of stuttering frame rates in
Quake 4 or incorrect collision inquiries in Madden NFL 06.

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