Rumour: Some European Xbox 360 Bundles are Re-Cons.

Plus: 'Jasper' Xbox 360s to ship in September

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Rumour: Some European Xbox 360 Bundles are Re-Cons.
According to a report doing the rounds, some 'newly bundled' European Xbox 360s are in fact old, more-likely-to-overheat-and-die units.

The report comes from French website Logic-Sunrise. It states that it has found hardware sold as part of the latest European Xbox 360 bundle that harks back to before the days of the Red Ring of Death-combating Falcon motherboard.

How does it know? It points to finding Hitachi 47 DVD drives in the machines and white labels representing the after-sales guarantee, rather than a silver ones.

A forum poster on the site also contributed the claim that on buying a console from the fresh wave of bundles they discovered no HDMI port in their console - also discovered were a pencil and blood marks on the side.

The bundle retails at €199 (£158) and includes two games and two wireless controllers. It's an excellent deal, if the report turns out to be false. We contacted Microsoft for comment this morning but as we go to Web this afternoon have have not received any response.

No pictures or further explanation were provided by Logic-Sunrise, although the site is typically clued up on such things.

With no comment forthcoming from the platform holder, SPOnG is leaving this story open to further denial or, of course, corroboration for now.

In related news, another rumour suggests that production of the first batch of updated Xbox 360s featuring the 'Jasper' motherboard will be completed on August 22nd. The rumour comes via the Seattle Post Intelligencer. No source is named. If true, that date means that we can probably expect them to start hitting shops some time in late August/early September, a time frame that dovetails with earlier reports.

Sources: Logic-Sunrise, Seattle Post Intelligencer
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Comments

James 19 May 2008 15:51
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aahh that's why they reduced the price in europe.

not good for ur fanbase to sell them consoles that will break after a year.
morpheusx 19 May 2008 16:12
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I think it is most likely someone at a retailer doing a switch or restocking a return. For example my brother used to work in electronics at Wal-Mart. When someone would bring back a console most of the time it would end up back up on the shelf for someone else. Sometimes the clerk is too lazy to check to make sure the serial number matches especially if its another employee. I mean how many of us would swap out are old launch 360 with a new one with HDMI if you could get away with it.
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deleted 19 May 2008 16:21
3/7
Wow, seriously if this turns out to be true what is the legal standpoint of this, im sure someone could sue for a wad-o-cash for this, buying refurbs at full retail and advertised new price!
TimSpong 19 May 2008 16:21
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morpheusx wrote:
I think it is most likely someone at a retailer doing a switch or restocking a return.


Aye, good point that.

morpheusx wrote:
I mean how many of us would swap out are old launch 360 with a new one with HDMI if you could get away with it.


Well, I'd become too guilty after a few hours and would blurt it out to the management:

"Mark did it!" I would have to say.

Cheers

Tim
Captain Chaos 19 May 2008 20:15
5/7
reminds me of when my mum opened a jar of pickled herring and it was rancid, she took it back to the greengrocer and he told him to put it back on the shelf, she told him again that it was off and it shouldnt go back on sale and he replied, "just put it back on the shelf, love"
deleted 19 May 2008 20:20
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Captain Chaos wrote:
reminds me of when my mum opened a jar of pickled herring and it was rancid, she took it back to the greengrocer and he told him to put it back on the shelf, she told him again that it was off and it shouldnt go back on sale and he replied, "just put it back on the shelf, love"


I always love your avatar!, Dom Deluise the guys a god and everytime i see the outtakes from Cannonball Run i hate it when Burt Reynolds slaps him, i just want to stand up for him and knock Burts tash off his face!
SuperSaiyan4 20 May 2008 12:10
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I have to laugh at the idiots that still harp on about RROD and saying it will only last a year, to be funny xbox 360's get more use out of gaming than PS3's do, I remember hardly using mine and when I came to use it the damn thing broke!

These consoles might be refurbs but at least contain revised parts.

Or just go get an Elite and be done with it.
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