I'd rather go a month without online play and a store than deal with a shit console that can't play games, or just RRoD.

Oh shit I need this. My 360 randomly gives the disc read error, even on brand new games and games downloaded over XBL (which pisses me off to no end). It's still usable, but about ten shades of infuriating.

Microsoft, come find meeeee.

Is borked a word?

They may have led with most hardware failures in the first few years, but at least Microsoft is usually willing to replace people systems for free.  You have to give them that at least.  Hopefully, they'll work out these glitches soon.

@LiquidPrince: Yes, it is a reference to Robert Bork, whose nomination to the Supreme Court was blocked by the U.S. Senate.   

Any idea when the offending update was? And do we know if it's just newer games that it will have problems with or is it all games?

kinda hope mine will break so i can get a new one :P

Gotta say I'm actually very happy with what Microsoft are going to compensate on this one.

I keep getting the sense that, if I opened up my 360, all I'd find is bailing twine and a hamster running on a very small wheel.

Clearing up some confusion

Clarification time! The console replacement plan that is the subject of some of today’s headlines is related to a previous update, NOT the system update that has been in public beta and will be deployed shortly. 

The new disc format that is part of the beta has been rigorously tested across all Xbox 360 models and there are no known compatibility issues.

Hope that clears a few things up.

Is borked a word?

I'm glad they're helping out those affected by this but I won't get my hopes up that this applies to the 2 Xbox 360's I have that refuse to read discs of any kind, I'm still pretty salty about that. 

Bell tolls for the last survivors of the RROD cull of the ancient X360s. A minute of silence for those so dearly departed, adorned red rings and wrapped in towel shrouds, is in order. :(

OR IS IT A CONSPIRACY TO REMOVE THE REST OF THE OLDER X360S FROM THE BASE ALTOGETHER??? AND WHAT DOES J ALLARD THINK ABOUT THIS???

@LiquidPrince said:

Is borked a word?

As long as you keep using it, and people agree on its meaning, it will be.

Damn it! Mine didn't break.

I just tried every 360 disk I had in hopes of getting rid of this 20gb 360 that sounds like a blender, too bad...

Bork? So the Sweedish Chef will jump out of your disk drive?

This sucks.  I got the disc read error, xbox live support told me it was out of date, so I popped open my 360, voiding the warranty, to clean the laser in a last hope effort.  When that didn't work I just bought a new 360 S, and now they're going to give them for free.  What the hell.  How could I go through 3 xbox's in a 4 year span lol.

Is it something that can be detected through your serial number or other means? I believe my Xbox was having these errors, but it has since red-ringed so I can't check if it's still doing it.

The small price to pay to catch modders, I guess.

wow i didn't hear about this. it's pretty sad that, that happened. i think that this generation is just the generation of broken systems. xbox 360, and ps3 are the systems that have trouble with broken systems.