Xbox 360 (Xbox 360)Microsoft to retrofit Xbox wheel after malfunctionReuters - August 23, 2007
Submitted by yamaro (94)
at 3:44AM PST on August 23, 2007
Microsoft said on Thursday it was giving customers free retrofits to a wireless racing wheel with its Xbox 360 video game system after hearing of malfunctions in a wheel component. The company said it was informed of about 50 incidents worldwide of a malfunction in the Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel, in which a component in the wheel chassis may overheat and release smoke when the AC/DC power supply is used. More than 230,000 of the wheels are in the field, a spokeswoman for Microsoft said.
0
MS's hardware troubles are getting to be ridiculous, now the wheel has serious problems. I almost bought one too. I guess the story with MS nowadays is to wait until the hardware malfunctions reach critical mass and then buy the fixed versions.