Microsoft extends warranty due to E74 error

[Reasonable]

Jeronimo66 said:

Reasonable said:

Jeronimo66 said:
Good move microsoft good move, now more people will buy 360s.

 

What! How do you figure that? This might not hurt sales but it sure won't boost them. Why would it do that?

Nobody goes - 'oh good, more problems but they've expended the warranty again, that's all I've been waiting for let me buy one'.

I doubt it's going to hurt MS much as overall the coverage has been tiny next to RROD - but it can't help them that's for sure.

 

Microsoft fixes it for free, my launch 360 died on me a little after 2 years, I sent it to microsoft and got it back in less than a week and it works like new, it sounds like they put in new innards.

Microsoft fixing it, frees the customer of thinking they will have to buy another 360 or pay any money if it breaks, so therefore the RROD or the E74 shouldn't scare anybody to not get a 360 unless they dread not playing games for a week or two which to me means they have a real problem.

And if you dread you're launch 360 dying after the warranty, the thing is dirt cheap, all you to do is buy another 360 Arcade for $199 and put you're previous hard-drive on it. In 2 years the 360 Arcade should be $99 which is like in 2010, so if you're warranty goes up in 2011 you can get a 360 Arcade for $99.

If you can buy a 360 in the first place you can buy another one 3 years later if you're console breaks out of warranty.

 

 

 

None of that explains why, in your previous post, you imply this would help 360 sell more.  It doesn't matter about the warranty or the free fix - why would it encourage people to buy?

People don't buy because of anything like this.  If MS offered money refund on the console if you got the error then that might drive more sales as in fact you stand to gain if you get the error.

At the end of the day this is another blow for 360 quality of built and increases the odds you're going to lose you console for a while and have the inconvenice of waiting for a new one.  That's not an advantage no matter how you spin it.

Sorry - but your logic doesn't compute IMHO.