Microsoft has confirmed that some Xbox 360 consoles were unable to read retail game discs due to a firmware update and will be replacing those consoles with a new Xbox 360 S model with 250 GB hard drive.

“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 as a unique ‘disc unreadable’ or ‘disc unsupported’ error on the screen and is unrelated to our recent public beta. We are also able to detect this issue over Xbox LIVE and are proactively reaching out to customers that may be impacted to replace their console. Any Xbox 360 owners receiving this error are encouraged to contact us at www.xbox.com/support/contact so we can verify if the console has been impacted.”

So how many lucky fellows here are getting a new 360 console update?