The two gaming giants were supposedly at wits end with regards to $10 million worth of defective 360 consoles in EB's possession, which Microsoft would simply not take back. In addition, the extension of the 360 warranty to three years left EB unable to sell their extended warranties. Heartbreaking. Apparently, the lack of 360's on the shelves was a good sign of such difficulties between the companies, making it appear as if EB were close to simply dropping the 360 range.
As it turns out, this is simply false. Speaking to The Sydney Morning Herald, chief executive at EB Games, Steven Wilson, has put the claims to bed. "It's 99 per cent bull**** really," said Wilson.
Last year the company did have many units replaced by Microsoft, but, Wilson claims that was an isolated incident caused by a 'hard drive batch problem'. "Even when we had the batch problem six months ago, we were talking about a couple of thousand units," Wilson said. "$10 million is 25,000 units - that's a ridiculous number."
While it is true Premium 360 units were hard to come by, Wilson says it is simply a result of the busy Christmas period. "If you go into our stores now you can't buy a Wii, you can't buy a DS, you can't buy a Pro 360, but you can buy an Elite or an Arcade 360," noted Wilson.
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