Kotaku
N'Gai Croal of the Newsweek hosted Level Up blog has touched once again on the Xbox 360's hardware woes, the mysteriously secretive and deadly "red ring of death" that has plagued the console since its release and ultimately resulted in a new three-year manufacturer warranty. Croal writes that the recent extended warranty policy change simply does not reach far enough in addressing the issue. He contends the company must come clean on the specifics of its failure rate or issue a recall on the product.
Of course, Croal has a number of reasons for suggesting this course of action, including that potentially "thousands of Xbox 360s [are] in stores with this design flaw" and that many gamers looking to play this year's hottest 360-bound titles—Rock Band, Halo 3, Grand Theft Auto IV, Mass Effect, et al.—are going to spawn a new batch of gamers who "jumped in" only to find out that the water is boiling. That kind of PR black eye could be very damaging, one would think, potentially more costly in the long run.
N'Gai explains in much greater detail than we are allowed at his own blog, one which makes for excellent reading and debate. Please go on.
