Xbox Gaming in South Africa

Microsoft has released a statement regarding a compatibility issue with the latest system software update, with "a very small number" of Xbox 360 consoles not being able to play retail discs post-update.

"Following a recent update to our system software, we have become aware of an issue that is preventing a very small number of Xbox 360 owners from playing retail game discs. This issue manifests itself a as a unique 'disc unreadable' or 'disc unsupported' error on the screen and is unrelated to our recent public beta," said a recent statement from Microsoft.

Those who have been affected can relax, because Microsoft has announced that they are "proactively reaching out to customers that may be impacted to replace their console."

This problem is limited to the recent update only, so the upcoming update will hopefully be trouble-free.

[via Joystiq]