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03-22-2009, 04:25 AM

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Originally Posted by solemnclockwork View Post
I don't know about Japan, but in the US Microsoft gives an three year warranty for RROD (3 red lights, which is do to hardware failure) and one year for other problems. Because of this, it's not really something you should spend the extra money on a store warranty.

the reason why Microsoft offers such a currently is because the xbox experiences a higher failure rate then other consoles.

Slight correction, they gave a 3 year warranty. That expired last year.

It's the standard one year now.

Buy your games in HK, buy your console where you live in case you need to ship it in for repairs.
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