The newshounds over at SPOnG.com have stumbled upon a French website that believes it has uncovered some interesting info regarding new European Xbox 360 bundles.
The Gallic site claims that it has found that some of the hardware inside the latest European consoles harks back to before the Falcon motherboard – the bit of the console that was put in place to combat the spate of Red Ring of Death-related hardware failure.
What condition is my re-condition in?
A poster on the Logic-Sunrise forum claims that some of the consoles sold had no HDMI port and that the DVD drives were reconditioned.
With regards to the Red Ring of Death, a February 2008 examination by SquareTrade found that 16.4 per cent of Xbox 360 consoles failed due to RROD.
So far, there has been no comment from Microsoft.
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croze
May 21st 2008
1. Well I'm french and I can definitely confirm that those Xbox don't include any HDMI.
Other info, though : it only concerns the "xbox +Halo3 +PGR4 +2 controllers" bundles. I bought one of these a few days ago. The hardware comes with a 203w power supply, manufactured between fall '07 and '08 and with recent build-in DVD players.
So it seems Microsoft might have wanted to get rid of all Zephyr motherboards (the bundle comes with a "limited edition" sticker) before they begin to sell the brand new Jasper models. Quite logical.
My opinion : I bought this pack assuming that I was getting an "old (?)" model, but hey, check this out : for 199 euros, you get Halo3 and PGR4 (let's say 30 euros each)two games you were going to buy eventually. Plus you are to benefit from the GTAIV offer to get a 60euros rebate when you buy a system and the game. Plus you get a second controller.
So in the end, assuming of course that you were going to buy Halo, PGR and GTAIV, you get an Xbox for...79 euros. (+ your 3 years warranty.)
Quite a deal if you ask me. Especially if you were planning to buy a Jasper model but couldn't wait for it anymore and decided to go for a temporary compomise.
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