Two of Europe’s biggest games retailers, Game and Gamestation (the latter owned by the joy rummy former), have stopped selling old models of the Xbox 360, according to a report on Eurogamer While Game told the site that this was simply due to a focus on rummy new app new hardware, a more likely reason came from a contact at Gamestation, who said that “As of Saturday 3rd September we will not be selling Pre-owned Xbox 360 Cores, Arcades and 20GB non HDMIs. This is due to the high failure rate of the console and the difficulty and cost of repairing them.”(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); “We will continue to trade these consoles in but they will need to be sent back to the DC as a regular faulty return where they will exit the business.” In case anyone needs reminding, old models of the Xbox 360—those manufactured until around 2008-09—had a somewhat higher than normal rate of failure. And by that I mean a catastrophic rate of failure. http://kotaku.com/275370/microsoft-expands-360-warranties In case you’re wondering what they mean by “exit the business”, it shouldn’t surprise you that these retailers don’t sell every busted old console that comes in the door. I remember when I worked at EB Games here in Australia I was told all the old PS2s we stocked up were sold in bulk to a company that specialised in repairing them, repackaging them and selling them on the subcontinent, which earned them a tidy sum. Game stops selling old pre-owned 360s [Eurogamer] You can contact Luke Plunkett, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You rummy nobel can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking around our #tips page.