What with
From Software's recent release of
Murakumo, I thought it was high time I actually succumbed and bought an
Xbox.
At the time of release I had heard frightening stories that a lot of
Xbox units scratched discs and crashed (the game freezing mid action). I thought this was a lot of zealous raving, after all if
Microsoft actually released something with these kind of problems they would be utterly screwed in Japan. Surely, they could not be
this stupid?
Alas, my idealism got the better of me. My new
Xbox has had to be sent off to be fixed, the reasons:
- Scratching of game discs (luckily I got my money back).
- Games "freeze" mid-action.
- Discs are inexplicably ejected mid-game.
- Game saves disappear.
To top it off, I will lose ALL my game saves after the service (game saves are generally too big to be put on a memory card and they have to "re-format" my
Xbox hard-drive).
Colour me an unhappy British guy living in Japan :mad:
