Complaints Of Broken Xbox One Disc Drives Surface

revenant said:
100% happy to be a console free PC gamer. :)
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Same. And if my blu-ray reader craps out? It's about $60 to replace. And a couple days' wait for Newegg or whomever to ship it. Way better than hours with tech support and a long wait for a replacement drive like some people have with consoles.

Oh, and there's the whole keyboard/mouse combo that just slaughters the controller-bound.
 
When did we get used to flawed product out of the gate as a common phenomenon? Because that is how it is now. Patches, while nice to get when something can be fixed, means I got something pushed out prematurely, which always gives you that warm cozy.
I don't like console gaming, but corporate carelessness, however it comes about, is disgusting.
 
Thankfully mine works perfectly. I was a bit concerned when UPS "dropped" my XB1 onto the porch since the shipping box looked like it had taken a serious beating. After setting it up, the first boot up took forever on a blank green screen(5min) but every startup afterwards is nice and quick. This thing looks like the way electronics used to be built. It feels like a tank as it is substantial. No wobbles as it is extremely sturdy.

For those with broken units, replacing them may not be hard as the local Walmart still had some day one units left for sale when I popped in for Prestone deicer windshield fluid.
 
So true never buy the first revision of any console or even computer parts. Example graphics cards I will never buy a new tech gpu and will always wait until the last revision comes out that is tweaked etc.
 
mwallek said:
When did we get used to flawed product out of the gate as a common phenomenon? Because that is how it is now. Patches, while nice to get when something can be fixed, means I got something pushed out prematurely, which always gives you that warm cozy.
I don't like console gaming, but corporate carelessness, however it comes about, is disgusting.
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Ultima VI had bugs (some of which were never fixed), Pacific Strike (so buggy that OSI eventually pulled it) and as I recall Falcon III had a lot of bugs too. I didn't play them, but I seem to recall complaints about Ultima 7 (or was it 8) having a lot of issues.

I quit rushing out for new releases in the early 90's. Software is complex, and there are ALWAYS problems when it's released. Short of a long open beta, you cannot find all of the bugs. Betas aren't feasible for games unless they're MMOs, because they're always leaked.

For consoles, seems like the 360 had it's share of issues early on. PS3 probably had less, because Sony had lots of time to work on it while they waited for Blu Ray drives, never mind the cost that scared many off...though clearly that gen later revisions of the PS3 (e.g. SACD/PS2 compatibility).
 
These days, the burden of QA has been shifted to early adopters. :p
 
MrGuvernment said:
and yet again DO NOT buy launch products, you know these companies don't care about you they know the tools and minions will RUSH out to buy these every time they release them
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SHHH!!! If no one purchases them day 1 then the bugs wont be worked out when we buy ours. ;)
 
aireyc said:
Never had a problem buying launch products. I still have my day-one PS3 working like it's new.
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Well, like new except minus the whole running an alternat os(Linux) thing, assuming you updated your firmware since you bought it.
 
I have agree with the naysayers , you buy a launch product then you are an early "adopter" and therefore subject to such things.

Whining about your dead console doesn't solve anything. Best thing to do contact support , get a replacement and move on.

Shit as a PC gamer I've been doing with early adopter issues since I was a child :)
 
Conker said:
I don't understand how consoles have such bad disc drives. PC disc drives some how don't really ever have these type of issues like this.
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Some PC disk drives are garbage guess what happens when they cannot sell them to PC makers or enthusiasts because they get a bad reputation? They sell them to OEMs for a great deal. This is why consoles and basic business machines come with old slow small hard drives, crappy disk drives and various other issues.
 
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