So popular consensus pretty much has it that Microsoft are whacking an extra heatsink into busted 360s. Which is great news for those suffering from red rings. Not so great for Microsoft PR, though, because they're caught between a rock and a hard place: deny the extra heatsink and you look like a goose, but admit the extra heatsink and you're fessing up that the original hardware isn't good enough. Their workaround?

Regularly updating console components is commonplace within the industry and is a standard aspect of the business for a variety of reasons including cost reduction, improved manufacturability and improved performance.

Smooth, Microsoft. Very smooth. Oh, except you left off the bit about improved reliability. Still, the rest was good, and you kept a straight face throughout, so well done! That can't have been easy. Luke Plunkett

Component updates are "commonplace", says Microsoft [Gamesindustry.biz]

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