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Soleron on 10 June 2013
Michael-5 said:

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That's SO COOL!

So if a console breaks within 2 years, MS is forced to replace the product? No wonder they need to sell it at a higher price to offset the cost of forced repairs.

What's minimum wage where you live (where do you live?).

It's about $11 USD an hour here in Canada, but in some provinces like Alberta, it's $15 USD.

UK - 9.83
France - 12.09

Most of Europe between those two.

But, no, Alberta says $9.77 USD?



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zuvuyeay on 10 June 2013

don't get 2 years in the UK to take things back unless i have been missing something



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superchunk on 10 June 2013

Bigger market.



BlkPaladin on 10 June 2013

It seems to be a trend. Nintendo did the same thing with the Wii U. I guess it is easier to announce a price that is the same. But it seems it is working over the EU who is hit by this recession the worse, which may not be the best of ideas.



Barozi on 10 June 2013

Taxes mostly



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Mr Puggsly on 10 June 2013

Socialism



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Mr Puggsly on 10 June 2013
Michael-5 said:

That's SO COOL!

So if a console breaks within 2 years, MS is forced to replace the product? No wonder they need to sell it at a higher price to offset the cost of forced repairs.

Two years is probably if the hardware is proven to have a high failure rate.

In the US I believe by law we have a 1 year warranty. But MS extended it for years on 360 models had a high failure rate.



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dharh on 10 June 2013

Because 'Merica!



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trixiemafia86 on 10 June 2013

You missed out worse economies.. lol



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Michael-5 on 10 June 2013
Mr Puggsly said:
Michael-5 said:

That's SO COOL!

So if a console breaks within 2 years, MS is forced to replace the product? No wonder they need to sell it at a higher price to offset the cost of forced repairs.

Two years is probably if the hardware is proven to have a high failure rate.

In the US I believe by law we have a 1 year warranty. But MS extended it for years on 360 models had a high failure rate.

Yea, but I hated how MS handled their warrenty. I bought an extended warrenty knowing the 360 would have a high failure rate, and when my 360 RRoD they sent me a broken 360 to fix it, and then another first gen model. Had MS not forced retailers to send RRoD problems to them, I'd have had an HDMI model without bitching (I bitched at the store and got an Arcade Model , was so so happy).



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