Al parecer una nueva versión del firmware que Microsoft ha sacado para Xbox 360 está causando estragos en algunos modelos viejos de la consola impidiéndoles leer discos.
Aunque las cosas no son tan malas como parecen, pues aunque asegura la compañía que este problema afecta solo a un pequeño número de consolas, se planea cambiar el hardware afectado mediante la página de soporte de Microsoft.
Así que ya saben, si de repente y luego de actualizar su Xbox 360 les sale el error de lectura de discos, es que deberán cambiar su caja x.
The latest update renders «a very small number» of Xbox 360s unable to read retail discs. Microsoft has said that it will be replacing any older, affected consoles with newer ones.
«Following a recent update to our system software, we have become aware of an issue that is preventing a very small number of Xbox 360 owners from playing retail game discs,» said the company. «This issue manifests itself a as a unique disc unreadable or disc unsupported error on the screen. We are also able to detect this issue over Xbox Live and are proactively reaching out to customers that may be impacted to replace their console.»
The issue relates to the fact that the latest update will rewrite the disc drive in order to use a new, pirate-fighting DVD format. Yet again, paying customers screwed over at the hands of a futile piracy battle. Still, at least MS screwed itself worse, since it needs to do the replacements.
Still, its almost like those annoying, «I have a launch console and it never red-ringed» people are getting their smug boast taken away from them. Microsoft has said that anybody affected can reach out via the Xbox support site. So do that.
360 firmware incompatible with older consoles [GI.biz]
