Nyko's Intercooler 360 surpasses 500,000 units shipped

by James Ransom-Wiley { Nov 14th 2006 at 10:55PM }

Despite concerns about Intercooler 360's power-leeching design*, Nyko has managed to ship over 500,000 units to retailers worldwide.

This is a significant achievement for the peripheral manufacturer, which had the savvy to exploit mass hysteria generated from rumors that Xbox 360 overheats to the point of malfunction (which it doesn't, unless a unit is truly defective). The real genius employed was in deciding Intercooler's price. At $20, consumers have proved willing to bite. The relatively low cost seems to outweigh the risks (i.e., it might be just a noisy fan).

With this level of success, think a PlayStation 3 model is far behind?

*In response to this alleged defect, Nyko vows: "For those consumers who feel they have received a defective product, Nyko will replace both the damaged Intercooler 360 and Xbox 360 console upon first hand verification that the Intercooler 360 caused the system to fail."

Tags: fan, intercooler, Intercooler 360, Intercooler360, Nyko

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Trey @ Nov 14th 2006 11:02PM

While I don't agree with them selling this to the uninformed public as a must have to not have your 360 die , I'm glad they will own up and give you a new 360 if it does kill yours.

Crazylink @ Nov 14th 2006 11:22PM

That's like 1/12 of all 360s!

Leggo @ Nov 14th 2006 11:24PM

I can hook up someone with #500,001, cheap. Any takers?

Deckart @ Nov 14th 2006 11:27PM

Here's your PS3 version: http://www.nyko.com/nyko/news/?c=65&i=310

Dunehole @ Nov 14th 2006 11:46PM

And here is a link to a Wii Version: http://www.ebgames.com/product.asp?product_id=802575

Adam Zey @ Nov 15th 2006 1:13AM

A Wii version is ridiculous. The system barely sips power, and runs very cool. This was the whole point of their design, use the die shrink for lower power consumption and head production instead of for performance. The PS3 or 360 are one thing (although completely useless), but producing such a device for the Wii is just a scam.