At Microsoft’s MIX 11 convention this year, the software giant set in place plans to release a firmware update to the Xbox 360. Set to roll out as early as this week, the update adds Avatar Kinect, support for a new disc format and PayPal payments. Unfortunately, Microsoft has confirmed the update will be incompatible with a small number of Xbox 360 consoles.
First reported by GamesIndustryBiz, Microsoft issued the following statement this morning: “following a recent update to our system software, we have become aware of an issue that is preventing a very small number of Xbox 360 owners from playing retail game discs,” said Microsoft.”
The issue manifests itself as follows. After installing the firmware update (Spring Dashboard upgrade), affected Xbox 360 hardware will display a ‘disc unreadable’ or ‘disc unsupported’ error on the screen. Now for the good news. Microsoft says its able to detect affected consoles and reaching out to owners, offering free replacement consoles.
Since the issue is only affected a small number of old hardware consoles, this could be a perfect way to land yourself a new Xbox 360 Slim upgrade.
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