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Old Xbox 360s Show up in New Premium Holiday Bundles

Jan 11, 2008 - A local video game retailer said they were shocked to find old Xbox 360 models inside their new 2007 Holiday Bundle boxes (the ones that come with Forza Motorsport 2 and Marvel Ultimate Alliance.) The retailer discovered this issue when a customer complained that the Xbox 360 Premium Holiday Bundle they purchased had no HDMI port. Upon hearing this, the store's video game staff went to look at their stock of Xbox 360 Premium Holiday Bundles, only to find that there was a large mix of old and new models, but all with the new Holiday Bundle packaging. In fact, some of the models were dated back as far as October 2006, which means that not only did they have no HDMI port, they were also running on an older, more defect prone chipsets.

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dale1 - 539 days 19 hours ago

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not a bad way to boost sales take it back then swipe the next through equals two sales nice helps the numbers

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marinelife9 - 539 days 18 hours ago

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Wow just Wow...

Even if it isn't true it just the fact that it got posted makes MS look really really bad.

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eLiNeS - 539 days 18 hours ago

1.2 - If there anything like Sony

they use a temp service to hire ones to come in and swap out the old box or items and put the bundles together. I know this for a fact because my friend and his mother where working on the PS3 bundles down in Compton, CA. Not saying my friend and his mother are not bright but they are hired help for a temp job and anything could happen, that's if this story is even true.

At least someone was bright and made sure to check to make sure the HDMI port was there or not there in this case and took it back.

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1.3 godofthunder10 | 539 days 3 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show

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GunShotEddy - 539 days 19 hours ago

2 - Complete BS

So imagine you run a game retailer. One customer comes in and says "There's no HDMI port on this console!" Do you send your employees to open up all the Holiday bundle SKUs, thus severely lowering the chance of selling them new?

Who is dumb enough to believe this. Especially when you can "check the serial" on the side. Stupid. Why are people on this site so gullible?

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aiphanes - 539 days 19 hours ago

2.1 - LOL,,,,you are just trying to cover up the fact that Microsoft is still shipping or suppling old asss xbox 360 equipment to retailers.

I agree that they may not have opened up all the Xbox 360 boxes to check and see if they are HDMI or not but the manufacturing date in actually on the box...so you do not have to open up the box.

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power of Green - 539 days 19 hours ago

2.2 - ^^

So says some person that recieved some report from some local game shop.

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crck - 539 days 18 hours ago

2.3 - MS as well as Sony no longer uses factory stickers to seal systems

so you can just buy any clear generic sticker to "reseal" them. Hell Nintendo doesn't even bother sealing the Wii at all...

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Mu5afir - 539 days 18 hours ago

2.4 - @ crck

What are you talking about? All new Ps3s come with a temper sticker on the box. I am sure, the Wii and Xbox 360 also have temper stickers on the boxes.

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crck - 539 days 17 hours ago

2.5 - @Mu5afir

Are you talking about tamper seals on the consoles? Yes they all have those. I am talking about factory seals on the retail boxes at least in the US. I have sold a bunch of these systems in the past. Xbox 360s come with a 3 inch clear round sticker to seal the box. PS3's come with a clear 2.5 inch round sticker to seal the box. And Wiis have no stickers at all on the box. Look on the web and you can easily find websites that sell clear round stickers in various sizes.

BTW I just reread the article and they never even mention opening the box. You CAN see the manufacture date of a 360 without opening the box. They have a little peep hole showing the serial number and right below that is the manufacture date.

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jonboi24 - 539 days 19 hours ago

3 - if RROD wasn't bad enough.....

now ppl are getting old models. chances are that those old models found is some of the holiday bundles are refurbished RROD xbox.

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ReBurn - 539 days 17 hours ago

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You can't put a refurbished unit in a new box and sell it as new. It's illegal. If Microsoft got caught doing that then they would face consumer fraud charges.

And as far as I know they do refurbish. My 360 was replaced with a refurbished unit that was manufactured in December 2006. My original one was manufactured in February 2006.

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rodellison - 539 days 15 hours ago

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I'm in the same boat.. Got my RRoD returned to me, and first thing I looked for was the Manufacture date..which to my surprise said 07/2006. REFURB!
I've not seen a problem yet, and I don't know if its just an old box with new guts..but I was definitely pissed, namely since my RRoD unit returned had a 12/2006 date.

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power of Green - 539 days 19 hours ago

4 - The Round Peg

Figures you can tell by the fantastical nature of the news without being able to prove it otherwise.

His signature posts are news posts that will spread like wildfire in the PS3 fanboy world causing missleading damage then the news is easily proven wrong but still does its deeds.

Love the BT vision IPTV post. Making people think IPTV's capabilities seem lackluster when infact its BT vision's limitations not IPTV tech.

I approved this just to see if my guess was right.

FOX NEWS in the making.

Douchebaggery, I come here to read news and not twisted fud, idiot its you!!!! that can put me on ignor, you don't have to read my posts vs myself having to edit and filter real and usful news through all the anti MSFT hate posts, have a good day.

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Douchebaggery - 539 days 17 hours ago

4.1 - Dude STFU

Nobody is forcing you the read Peg's posts. When's the last time you contributed anything relevant to this site, all you do is f*cking complain.

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bababrooks - 539 days 15 hours ago

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douchebuggery, whom are you to talk about anyone, you are a fanboy .fair play to round peg ,he goes with the flow for what ever reason, was it not the round peg that said he was going to get friends from other forums to get the sony boys? lol , go where the grass is green. this site is turning into a bigger mess every day!

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XBREAK3FIXME - 539 days 18 hours ago

5 - HAHAAHAHAHA

THIS IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE! HOW CAN MICROSOFT BE THIS CRUEL TO CONSUMERS? THIS IS SAD!

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Covenant - 539 days 18 hours ago

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--Game shop not named...

--And what reasonable retailer is going to BREAK the SEALS on their new, in-the-box consoles just to prove something that one can derive from the serial number?

Accidents can happen, like the wrong type of system ending up in the wrong box. But this whole article smells fishy.

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GunShotEddy - 539 days 18 hours ago

6.1 - exactly

I tried to say that in #2. Apparently it's so simple that I got 4 disagrees in seconds.

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Covenant - 539 days 18 hours ago

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Yeah, it looks like N4G's "random disagree monster" is loose again.

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EZCheez - 539 days 17 hours ago

6.3 - That's exactly where the story lost all credibility (not that it had that much to begin with)

Employees wouldn't open up other new products if one isn't exactly what's supposed to be inside the box. That makes no sense and I don't understand how anyone could think otherwise.

Half of the seals on game consoles usually leave marks when you tear them off the box, and cutting them would just be stupid.

There is no coverup here guys. This is nothing more than propaganda. Believing this is for the feeble minded. Seriously, how can ANYONE (even us PS diehards) actually buy this story?

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TwissT - 539 days 18 hours ago

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Oh man this ain't good.

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power of Green - 539 days 18 hours ago

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No SH*T! thats the point of this fictional tale, from the sounds of this fanatic posting this BS he went anti MSFT judging by his posts and news posts. Retailer not named for good reason you would think this is a huge deal yet the retailer won't be named?.

The media will build up something and rip it down again, its MSFT's turn then when Sony's on top of the world it will be torn down and then built back up again. Its the way the media gets paid etc.

"""Quincunx&am p;qu ot;"""

We would never know would we?, PS3 isn't consistantly attacked.

Talking like Sony would admit something was going on. lol. They lied about the issues with PS2 and wouldn't admit the issue ever and was forced to admit the issue making consumers pay for shoddy hardware and you think Sony's going to spill the beans?. lol PS3 had disc loader issues but no one tries to destroy Sony so no one knew about it. A whole country in Asia had shoddy PS3 hardware(disc loader issues)

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360CameFromHell - 539 days 18 hours ago

8 - PS3 = Less problems

Just go for the PS3 and don't worry about bad hardware.

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Carbon - 539 days 18 hours ago

9 - What did you expect.

Microsoft sold 20 million systems with a 33% failure rate. What did you expect them to do with 6.6 million unts.

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Carbon - 539 days 18 hours ago

10 - uh huh

Yah, Microsoft accidently took the old xbox's apart, accidently threw those parts in with the manufacturing of new systems, then accidently threw a new exterior sleve around it... Keep thinking that buddy.

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bababrooks - 539 days 13 hours ago

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what are you doing on news for GAMERS?

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Gaara_724 - 539 days 18 hours ago

11.1 - 20 mill nooooooooo lol

more like 17.7

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bababrooks - 539 days 13 hours ago

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you says bull! why you on a gaming site?

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Jdash24 - 539 days 18 hours ago

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this isnt good for microsoft.

If true, microsoft will have alot of problems, and i would expect more stories like this to surface

however, if fake, word of mouth will still spread to the consumer and hinder sales because alot of consumers wouldnt do the research to see if it was true or not

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Rice - 539 days 18 hours ago

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This is bad news.

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Gaara_724 - 539 days 18 hours ago

14 - lol

nothing like recycle lol bet there the old once with RROD lol

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captainpwn - 539 days 18 hours ago

15 - Typical Microsoft

Just when you think they've learned their lessons, they try pissing more customers off. I hope this costs them another billion.

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jackdoe - 539 days 18 hours ago

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You've got to get rid of those models somehow, tricking the consumer into purchasing them isn't a bad idea.

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Blitzed - 539 days 18 hours ago

17.1 - @POG

Funny that it never bothered you when The Round Peg was always posting anti-Sony/PS3 news. How many people thought you were The Round Peg?

I do agree this sounds fishy though. Y'know what they say, 'the devil is in the details' and this story doesn't have any.

What did MS do with all the defect hardware though?

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v1c1ous - 539 days 18 hours ago

18 - remember when a local game owner

was reporting ps3 failures by the masses?

yeah. until we have more concrete proof, i'm calling bs on this one.

my freaking god when is this damn site going to fix the manner in which stories are submitted and approved.

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djt23 - 539 days 18 hours ago

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lol lol
wow i am sorry for the person who buy that x360

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mullet - 539 days 18 hours ago

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Wow this is pretty sad and definitely a major concern for gamers all around the world looking to invest their money into this bundle. For your own sake people stop buying 360's, you'll only encourage Microsoft to keep feeding consumers with their bullsh*t.

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actas123 - 539 days 17 hours ago

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Its sad.. Ms need to fire whoever is responsible for this incident.

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EZCheez - 539 days 17 hours ago

22 - Sad story

A coworker of mine actually bought a new 360 for his brother's birthday, and swapped his old one out for the new one with the HDMI connection.

That is low. I gave him such a guilt trip that he finally called his brother and told the truth.

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Blitzed - 539 days 17 hours ago

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That IS low. I have someone in my family that constantly re-gifts stuff and doesnt realize everyone knows. I guess they dont get the idea of giving a gift.

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rawd - 539 days 17 hours ago

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Well you know the Xbox360 is the most stable console out there.

I just puked a little in my mouth

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Bladestar - 539 days 17 hours ago

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Question to those xbox 360 haters... is there any way... that at the gamestore was swaping old models with new ones and then say that this came like that...

I mean... I hope you guys are aware that this consoles are boxed from the assembly lines and microsoft for the most part never even touch any of these xboxes let alone box them... could be an assembly problem.. which explain the batch...

I do find it incredible that some of you haters are stupid enough to sudgest that any company will deliver old consoles with different specs (HDMI) knowing that they will have to replace them anyways... how stupid is that? I think sudgesting it's a lot worst...

"wow i am sorry for the person who buy that x360 " and no... don't I am sure they got a new one... you can go to the store and have them replace it... because duhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! it does not come with what the box says (HDMI)... also.. the store if true will get their shipment replace... duhhhhhh!

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dfcm2003 - 539 days 17 hours ago

25 - LOL

The more things change the more they stay the same. RROD renewed. LOL

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ReBurn - 539 days 17 hours ago

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I'm not sure that I believe this. I could see there being units out there without HDMI, but I can't see a store opening all of their stock to see what's in them.

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