Specifically, I think it was the Xbox 360, which appears to have cut a circular scratch into a video-game disc and left it unplayable after only about a day's worth of use. Alas, the disc ...

(scratches only matter for the bottom side) Note: Loading discs with your finger in the hole is not healthy for the Wii U disc drive nor the disc. 2. Put the disc in with the label side facing up ...

to be scratched, rendering the games unusable." Reports of the Xbox 360 causing circular scratches on discs are nothing new. Very close to Xbox 360's launch in November 2006, reports began ...

The following movements, among others, may cause damage to the console and/or result in scratches to the disk: Moving the console ... we start renting PS3 and Wii titles.