A new trend in the others.

[scotland yard]

KruzeS said:

scotland yard said:

It's likely the warranty upgrade was responsible for the upswing.

Why is that? Warranty is already a given in Europe.

For two years, yes, but it was the level of service that people hated, not the time of warranty. You'd have to send your machine out of the country to get it fixed, and it used to take months. I had a friend who had to send his to Prague, inexplicably. The new warranty/repair situation has hugely improved the time it takes to get your console fixed. Plus, I think people were just happy they owned up to the problem instead of pretending it was a series of freak accidents.