Microsoft: No More 'Red Ring Of Death' With Xbox 360 S

[6souls]

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[Atreides]

ah, good old rebranding... so I guess its just going to flash some other color lights when it breaks now?

I'm only on my 2nd 360 currently, I kinda hope it breaks so I can force microsoft to replace it with a slim although I doubt they'd do that for free.

[BRP]

Now people are going to be talking about the "silver ring of death". The disc scratch issue is much worse it seems.

[Hyan]

Yeah so nothing changed, except the indicator that tells you if your system is fucked?

More at eleven.

[Kamil]

ah, good old rebranding... so I guess its just going to flash some other color lights when it breaks now?

I'm only on my 2nd 360 currently, I kinda hope it breaks so I can force microsoft to replace it with a slim although I doubt they'd do that for free.

So if your 360 breaks Mircosoft replaces it with a Slim?

[Atreides]

that's the part that really baffles me about the redesign, they first show it vertical and the sloped front makes it seem like it's supposed to be kept that way, although that way makes it much more prone to falling over and eating your games than even the first generation 360s were.

I still don't get the point of keeping your systems vertical in general, I guess it saves space but that wouldn't even be necessary if they weren't trying to one-up eachother with weird ass chassis shapes. The only system I have vertical is the Wii, and that's only because I don't plug in gamecube controllers on top... otherwise I'd be yanking that shit down all the time.

So if your 360 breaks Mircosoft replaces it with a Slim?

uh... I just said I doubt they'd do that, lol. Chances are they'll either fix your system or replace it with another old style one until they run out, or maybe replace it with a refurbished one. After that I'm not sure, but I don't see them just giving away slims for free.

[OWS_Tonx]

Now people are going to be talking about the "silver ring of death". The disc scratch issue is much worse it seems.

Pretty much. You'd think that after all this time they'd put something as simple as a disc locking mechanism.

[idklol]

Pretty much. You'd think that after all this time they'd put something as simple as a disc locking mechanism.

You'd think after all this time that they would of fixed the problems full stop. Never had a console bust on me before until i got a 360 and now i'm on my fourth. More fool me for keep buying them though.

[Mayareira]

rofl. For a second I thought they've fixed the issue for good.

[Kiarax]

Now people are going to be talking about the "silver ring of death". The disc scratch issue is much worse it seems.

The original Xbox did the exact same thing, I can't see people making a big deal out of it for long... if they do, I guess it just shows the red ring issue really is much less of a problem now. Certainly a huge oversight that they didn't fix it though.

[Fawkes]

They fixed the issue with the disc getting scratched when you move the console. They put a sticker on the front that says not to move it.

[Correction]

rofl. For a second I thought they've fixed the issue for good.

They would only discuss this publicly if they were counting on a certain percentage retaining this very thought in their head.

Basically they're counting on the usual brainlessness of humanity.

[Kaisha]

Red Ring got replaced by red dot that appears in the center of the ring. ;/

Goodbye RRoD, hello RDot!

[Shojin]

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets...00x_reddot.jpg
via kotaku

it red dots now instead of red ring, the power symbol in the center lights up red in the case of hardware failure

[Shenrien]

RDoD!

[Crumpet]

That has to be the most pointless piece of news ever. They're redesigned the RRoD, Yeah nice one Microsoft.

[Odesseiron]

-edit: meh.. posted in different thread

[OWS_Tonx]

You'd think after all this time that they would of fixed the problems full stop. Never had a console bust on me before until i got a 360 and now i'm on my fourth. More fool me for keep buying them though.

Well, yeah. After my third Xbox360 I said fuck it and just went with the PS3.

[Guitarman]

summation, or tl;dr for the lazy:

4 years later, microsoft fixes the problem.
"We fixed the red ring of death! It's a dot now!"

http://i.neoseeker.com/mgv/179220-Lo...ut_display.jpg

[OWS_Tonx]

lol, nice. Covers it well. ;x