Posts tagged hardware-failure

Nintendo also offers free repairs for UK's 4.2-bricked Wiis

by Griffin McElroy (Oct 3rd 2009 11:30AM)

America wasn't the only nation visited by the specter of techno-death this past week when Wii System Update 4.2 was released upon the unsuspecting masses. A number of UK Wii owners have also complained the maligned patch has bricked their unmodified gaming hardware. Don't be sad, our overseas ...

Sony attacks BBC Watchdog's PS3 hardware failure report

by Griffin McElroy (Sep 17th 2009 8:30PM)

Tonight's episode of the BBC consumer advocacy program Watchdog will scrutinize a phenomenon which a few of you might be familiar with -- the PlayStation 3's "Yellow Light of Death." However, before the episode hit the airwaves, Sony UK Managing Director Ray Maguire issued a six-page response to ...

Rumor: Two new Xbox 360 models in production

by Xav de Matos (Feb 15th 2008 10:00AM)

The blogger who famously broke the news that Bungie was parting ways from Microsoft has tipped us off to yet another internal MS situation. 8Bit Joystick is reporting that Microsoft is working on two new motherboards for the Xbox 360 to combat the persistent, but apparently dwindling, failure rates ...