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divdiv class=postBody txtWrap section=txt readability=21 p If you're one of the unlucky few whose Xbox One responds to a game disc by replicating the sound of a garbage disposal, than you can take solace in a free launch title. /pp Microsoft is offering a digital download of Forza Motorsport 5, Ryse, Zoo Tycoon, or Dead Rising to any a href=http://reviews.cnet.com/microsoft-xbox-one/ section=luke_topic Xbox One/a owner who reports the issue -- allegedly affecting a very small subset of devices -- to customer support and then goes through the Xbox One advance exchange program, a href=http://www.polygon.com/2013/11/25/5145620/xbox-one-owners-with-hardware-issues-get-complimentary-gamePolygon reported Monday evening/a. That program allows any user who is legitimately affected by the hardware issue to submit the necessary information and receive a new console before being required to ship back the original. /p p After a title=Xbox One buyers beset by buggy disc drives -- Friday, Nov 22, 2013 href=/8301-10805_3-57613438-75/xbox-one-buyers-beset-by-buggy-disc-drives/early reports on launch day last Friday/a that the Xbox One disc drive was malfunctioning for some users, a href=http://www.polygon.com/2013/11/22/5134804/microsoft-we-plan-to-take-care-of-customers-with-faulty-xbox-onesMicrosoft responded/a, We're working directly with those affected to get a replacement console to them as soon as possible through our advance exchange program. Rest assured, we are taking care of our customers. /pp The manufacturing defect timeline took a positive turn this morning when a title=Microsoft admits glitch with some Xbox One disc drives -- Monday, Nov 25, 2013 href=/8301-10805_3-57613625-75/microsoft-admits-glitch-with-some-xbox-one-disc-drives/Microsoft publicly acknowledged the specific disc drive issue/a, reaffirming that it would be getting replacement consoles out as fast as possible yet not concretely outlining how many people may be affected by the issue. /pp a href=http://reviews.cnet.com/ps4/ section=luke_topic Sony's PlayStation 4/a is not without its concerns either. In what is being described as the Blue Light of Death to counter -- as a href=http://kotaku.com/did-your-xbox-one-disc-drive-break-you-get-a-free-game-1471573359?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Twittera mp;utm_source=Kotaku_Twitteramp;utm_medium=Socialf lowKotaku's Jason Schreiber puts it/a -- the Xbox One's Disc Drive of Doom, some PS4 owners have been reporting that the console does not even make it past setup, flashing a blue light indefinitely instead. /pp Xbox One owners with a bad drive can still play digitally downloadable titles, making the PS4's hiccup a considerably more serious defect -- doom is better than death, right? -- that Sony claims is affecting less than 1 percent of owners. Still, that's around 10,000 people with launch day sales in excess of 1 million units. /pp /pp/ /div/divbrbrcentera href=http://www.wizardrss.comPowered By WizardRSS.com/a | a href=http://www.wizardrss.comFull Text RSS Feed/a | a href=http://www.amazon.com/RFID-Blocking-Cards-Identity-Protector/dp/B00CJHZLEWRFID/a | a href=http://www.wpzonbuilder.comAmazon Affiliate/a/center