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The television program on BBC called Watchdog recently reported about the thousands of Xbox 360 customers complaining of their system scratching game discs.  Microsoft had a pretty weak response, claiming that the scratching was likely due to user error.   BBC Watchdog show recently reported on how thousands of people have complained that the Xbox 360 is scratching their discs.  However, Watchdog discussed tests suggesting that Xbox 360 discs on older consoles are somewhat easily damaged.

We sent the same Xbox 360s to a lab in Hampshire, where special testing equipment replicated the vibrations you’d find in a typical home. The first test simulated walking and caused the consoles no problem at all. Then the boxes were subjected to shock vibration testing, which simulated vibrations equivalent to that of someone putting a book down on the table near the Xbox. The newer console passed with flying colours; however, the older console caused a scratch similar to those experienced by the previous owner.

Our testers told us that the console had failed “very, very quickly” and that these are the kinds of vibrations you’d expect any household to have – particularly when playing games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero that encourage you to get physically involved.

News Source: BBC

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