QJ: What do you think about the X360 warranty extension?

It's funny how some people have always something to say about almost anything. No move by any entity (be it an organization, a company, the government itself, etc.) will go unnoticed and unscathed by the community. Take for example the case of Microsoft. They recently had a change of policy regarding the warranty of our beloved Xbox 360. Instead of the rather short three months expiration, they changed it up to a year.

Without a doubt, this is good news indeed. But if only for a second, you thought people will have no negative thing to say about it, well, think again. As we have said at the start, some people always find fault. Here are a few of the comments across the internet:

• Sorry Microsoft, hate to be backseat CEOs here, but we really think it might behoove you to actually do the right thing from the start one of these days. Why is it so important that you wait for a class action lawsuit and/or heated public outcry before you come around?
• Is Microsoft really serving the customer, or are they just playing follow the leader(s) with the Wii and PS3 warranties of one year each?
• Ninety days? One year? You gotta be kidding...In the European community EVERY product (from consumer electronics to cars) MUST carry, at least, a full TWO years warranty. No one would ever buy a product with a one year warranty, let alone 90 days.

Now, as you might be aware, we've also covered this right here on QJ. And to be quite frank, we're wondering why the X360 community is rather quiet about this development. We know this is good news to us all, but are you taking this as it is or you have something else in mind? Could it be possible that you're busy with the Bungie pre-holiday update?

At any rate, we'd like to hear from our own community. Thank you.

It's funny how some people have always something to say about almost anything. No move by any entity (be it an organization, a company, the government itself, etc.) will go unnoticed and unscathed by the community. Take for example the case of Microsoft. They recently had a change of policy regarding the warranty of our beloved Xbox 360. Instead of the rather short three months expiration, they changed it up to a year.

Without a doubt, this is good news indeed. But if only for a second, you thought people will have no negative thing to say about it, well, think again. As we have said at the start, some people always find fault. Here are a few of the comments across the internet:

• Sorry Microsoft, hate to be backseat CEOs here, but we really think it might behoove you to actually do the right thing from the start one of these days. Why is it so important that you wait for a class action lawsuit and/or heated public outcry before you come around?
• Is Microsoft really serving the customer, or are they just playing follow the leader(s) with the Wii and PS3 warranties of one year each?
• Ninety days? One year? You gotta be kidding...In the European community EVERY product (from consumer electronics to cars) MUST carry, at least, a full TWO years warranty. No one would ever buy a product with a one year warranty, let alone 90 days.

Now, as you might be aware, we've also covered this right here on QJ. And to be quite frank, we're wondering why the X360 community is rather quiet about this development. We know this is good news to us all, but are you taking this as it is or you have something else in mind? Could it be possible that you're busy with the Bungie pre-holiday update?

At any rate, we'd like to hear from our own community. Thank you.