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Thread ID: 63846 2005-11-24 21:14:00 Crash reports dog Xbox 360 launch LOL bob_doe_nz (92) PC World Chat
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407255 2005-11-24 21:14:00 From The BBC (news.bbc.co.uk)


Some Xbox 360 owners are starting to report problems with their brand new next generation gaming console.

Messages posted to gaming forums and discussion groups mention that consoles have crashed during play thanks to several different errors.

The crashes were reported as happening with a variety of games including Perfect Dark Zero, Project Gotham Racing and Need for Speed.

Microsoft acknowledged the reports but said incidents were "isolated".

I wonder when they will release a service pack :lol: ;)
bob_doe_nz (92)
407256 2005-11-24 21:16:00 I wonder when they will release a service pack :lol: ;)They already did.. the first thing that happens when you sign into xbox live with a 360 is a software update.

-Qyiet
qyiet (6730)
407257 2005-11-24 21:23:00 Hmm, I wonder if the updates could be exploited :rolleyes: bob_doe_nz (92)
407258 2005-11-24 21:34:00 Hmm, I wonder if the updates could be exploited :rolleyes:
:lol: :waughh: :groan:
stu161204 (123)
407259 2005-11-24 21:49:00 And that's why you would never want Microsoft to be involved in things like cars, aeroplanes, hospitals or anything else where failure could lead to death... :p maccrazy (6741)
407260 2005-11-24 22:57:00 One thing you can be sure of is that they will be sitters for "buffer overflow" type attacks. It takes time to check for buffer bounds, so security essentials like that are the first things to be "optimized" out when programmers are looking for the last few CPU cycles. As for separated code and data ("no-execute") areas of memory ... :D

"That could never happen", "Noone would ever try that" ...

I'm not sure what use it would be to gain control of X-boxes ... I doubt if they will be replete with credit card numbers ... but perhaps mass DOS attacks? Or a company could set up a BIG distributed computing engine with all the X-boxes sitting on ADSL lines , and sell computing. Or use them as mass spam mailers. They've got to be good for something.
Graham L (2)
407261 2005-11-25 00:38:00 And that's why you would never want Microsoft to be involved in things like cars, aeroplanes, hospitals or anything else where failure could lead to death... :p
Too late. The US Navy uses WIndows....
.........incoming........... :D
pctek (84)
407262 2005-11-25 00:44:00 Too late. The US Navy uses WIndows....
.........incoming........... :D

noooooo!!! Kbang!!! :D

LOL! :D
stu161204 (123)
407263 2005-11-25 02:27:00 FYI... March 2nd is to be the release date here

www.xbox.com
Nyuuji (5460)
407264 2005-11-25 03:05:00 FYI... March 2nd is to be the release date here

www.xbox.com

Why so late? Does that mean we will get the ps3 3 months later than everyone else aswell? Will we get an updated console at a lower price since it has already been making milions in the US for 3 months by the time we get it?
Greven (91)
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