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Thursday, December 01, 2005
My Xbox 360 is dead!
Well, not yet, but I'm seriously concerned.I was showing the new 'box off to some friends last night, and after hyping the moment with a tour through the new Xbox Live, Xbox Live Arcade (Guantlet and Joust), and some high-definition trailers (The Chronicles of Narnia and Aeon Flux), we watched the intro to Perfect Dark Zero, set up a Dark Ops game, created the game, and ... black screen o' nothing.
Seriously, it just hung. No error message, nothing. I powered off the machine and powered it back on, and the "Ring of Light" blinked the left three quarters in red, and wouldn't load the game or the Xbox dashboard -- even with multiple restarts.
Checking the user manual, the pattern falls into the "Internal problem requires service. Contact Xbox Customer Support." Nice.
It's back online today, but given last night's events (the console and its freaking masonry brick of a power unit are sitting on an open desk), I'm more than a bit concerned.
Remember this fiaso (here) with my last Xbox? I'd be seriously pissed to go through this with a brand-new console.
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SOURCES: Gamespot.com, joystiq.com, kotaku.com, Xbox.com, IGN, GameInformer, Official XBox Magazine, CNN, gamesindustry.biz, and others.
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