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No More ‘Red Ring of Death’?

Good news for XBox 360 supporters. The hardware malfunction which has been causing the infamous ‘red ring of death‘ (RROD) may be fixed properly with new models. Read more

Microsoft predicted RROD; still would unleash it upon the world

Sorry 360 owners - the post wouldn’t be complete without it.

Lets get one thing straight off the bat: Microsoft never intended to infect the 360 market with RROD consoles. In fact, in their haste to release the 360 a year ahead of the Nintendo Wii and the Playstation 3, Microsoft ignored potential warning signs of a 68% failure rate among test consoles. For those of you keeping score - that’s 68 out of 100 Xbox 360’s that were pretty much doomed from the get go.

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