GAME & Gamestation Stop Selling Old Xbox 360 Models - News
by Joseph Trotter , posted on 05 September 2011 / 6,212 Views
GAME and Gamestation have stopped selling early Xbox 360 models, including the Core, Arcade and 20GB non-HDMI versions, according to Eurogamer.
Although trade-ins are still accepted, Gamestation have indicated that the new policy is due to the 'high rate of failure' of the early machines i.e.the red ring of death, whilst GAME say that there is just no market for the older machines.
Ethically, this is a good move by the group. Most owners of early 360 models have had to deal with the effects of those dreaded red rings at some point (this perenially exasperated author has gone through five 360s), so, when newer models without such problems have been on the market for a fair time it is un-fair to still be charging around £100 for models which the shop know are likely to fail at some point.
The GAME Group, of course, benefit by not having to send thousands of models back to Microsoft every year in-line with the extended guarantee brought in during 2007.
What do you think? Is this a correct decision for the retailers, or are they removing a potential market for gamers willing to take a risk for cheap hardware? Let us know below.
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They're probably tired of the problems that come with it. They probably hear from people complaining about it breaking constantly. It would be a real pain to deal with.....
I think they are too unreliable to sell now that you can get a slim model for just a little more.
That extra £20 saves a lot of hassle.
Who wants to buy an older one.. the new ones use sigificantly less power, more quiet and they dont die..
Good move by them.
Just suprised anybody would buy one from a retailer in the first place so no not suprised they are stopping regardless of the reason given.
People who can only afford 100 pounds used xbox probably aren't gaming enthusiasts who read gaming news and might not even know such a thing as RROD happened.
I own two launch-window 360 systems and I've never had either go RROD. I still can't understand why it's been such a big problem.
