The massive rollout of Xbox 360 kiosks across the US over the last
few weeks has not been a completely smooth ride for Microsoft and its distributors. Some problems were related to
in-store clashes, (Xbox 360 kiosks aren't cooperating?)
and some were purely human (Xbox kiosks not safe in Wal-Mart's
hands). The human issue was related to the LCD screen being set to the wrong screen resolution, resulting in a
blocky — and very non-HD — demonstration of the 360's graphics. This was one reason behind
The Inquirer's dumbass bad experience with a
Wal-Mart Xbox 360 kiosk.
Luckily Microsoft has been fast to respond to these issues (Microsoft addresses Xbox 360 kiosk malfunction) and we even managed to get some clarification of the problems from a source related to Microsoft (360 kiosk clarification from our MS inside source). Now we can add one more little problem to the on-going saga, with a screenshot of an Xbox 360 exhibiting a black screen of death (Xbox 360 goes BSOD). Microsoft better be hoping that the real and global distribution of 360s goes a little more smoothly.
