While not the most reliable of sources, an employee of Game, one of the UK's major gaming retailers, claims that Microsoft has shipped 10-20,000 American Premium Xbox 360s to the UK by mistake. The problem became apparent when the employee, known only as King Antonius, received a returned Xbox 360. It turns out that the returned unit was an American console, and thus had an incompatible power cord for the UK. A quick check of the remaining Premium 360 stock revealed that all the Premium consoles at King Antonius' store were American. Apparently this is a widespread issue.While we can't verify the authenticity of the claims, we'd suggest that our UK readers check the contents of their Xbox 360 box before leaving the store.
[Via Bsams.net. Thanks, Data Byte]
1. And those who do not know how to check for the region: There will be a small box (like they do for in the games) on the right hand upper corner of the box.
Posted at 5:47PM on Sep 6th 2007 by Teabag