While the rest of the world waits for the Xbox Series X to commercially release, many individuals have already received the console for one reason or another. One such reason is for the purposes of making an unboxing video, in order to highlight the contents and features of the Xbox Series X. Although, according to one unboxing YouTuber, the console has seemingly already broken down.
Within the last few days especially, there have been numerous instances of consumers receiving their Xbox Series X orders early. For example, earlier today, Walmart accidentally shipped out an Xbox Series X to a pre-order recipient, five days ahead of the console’s launch date. Now, it seems that one Series X owner is already seeing issues with the console’s hardware.
A YouTuber by the name of PAPIGFUNK received a console unit for the purposes of making an unboxing video as part of a brand deal with Xbox. However, the user has now reported that the console is broken and any attempt he makes to turn the console on causes a black screen of death, but there’s more to this video than what it appears to be.
PAPIGFUNK had reportedly shown early footage of the Xbox Series X’s UI and menu screen. This is a clear violation of a non-disclosure agreement that Microsoft has all of its promoters sign. Therefore, it seems possible that Microsoft took action against PAPIGFUNK’s particular unit and locked the user out of the console until the actual release date.
As one could imagine, this was quite a scare for some users. In the past, it was reported that the Xbox Series X had an overheating issue, but this confusion was promptly cleared up by Microsoft. It seems that this issue was brought about by the fact that PAPIGFUNK broke the embargo that Microsoft had on his Series X and barred him from accessing the console any further.
Having said all this, locking PAPIGFUNK out of the console seems like a fairly tame punishment in terms of violating an NDA. Microsoft could have potentially taken legal action against the YouTuber for showing or even discussing content that was not meant for the public to see until after the console’s launch. In any case, it seems like this issue is a false alarm and is not indicative of any sort of hardware issues involving the Xbox Series X.
The Xbox Series X is set to launch on November 12th, 2020.
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