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Infamous 2 is a PS3 exclusive. Sony is publishing the game, and it won't be on the Xbox 360. That doesn't mean Infamous is devoid of Xbox 360 references. More »
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The people over at Team Lag were playing Bulletstorm and found a red ring of death. Remember that? It was the notorious signal that your Xbox 360 was one towel-wrap away from complete failure. More »
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The Alabama Power Company created this nifty television ad to talk about how some electronic gadgets still use power when they're turned off. More »
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A U.S. Marine in shades stands in front of the camera, holding an Xbox 360. "This is how you fix the Red Ring of Death for Xbox," he says. A pistol protrudes from the screen's bottom. More »
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This morning iPhone owners woke to a very unusual thing: An apology letter from Apple. More »
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Because, y'know, things break. Thanks Tim! More »
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The new smaller Xbox 360 will not flash the "Red Ring of Death" — the iconic symbol of catastrophic system failure. It's new warning mark is the "red eye". Sounds...ominous. More »
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By Pam Wishbow, as seen on TeeFury. More »
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It's been standard practice for a while now that, if your 360 broke, Microsoft would send you a box, so you could send your console back in. But a Consumerist report today claims otherwise. More »
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Three flashing red lights on the Xbox 360 represents "general system failure." Nicknamed "The Red Ring of Death," this system failure has plagued the Xbox 360 console for years. More »
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That's right, after a particularly good run I've had another Xbox 360 die on me. This time a debug unit. More »
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VentureBeat's Dean Takahashi recently published an exhaustive history of the manufacturing issues that have surrounded the Xbox 360, resulting in still unknown numbers of defective consoles and a $1 billion price tag for Microsoft's games division. Hypersensitive readers who pined for the day when we could all just "move on" from the story weren't the only invested parties who took issue with the exposé. One of Microsoft's own contract employees was fired for his participation in the story. Robert Delaware, a Microsoft game tester employed by temp agency Excell Data, was let go on Wednesday and is expected to face civil charges from his former employer, according to an update from VentureBeat. More »
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How, exactly, did Microsoft wind up shipping a notoriously defective Xbox 360, resulting in thousands upon thousands of gamers burning through temporarily working consoles and over a billion dollars in warranty expenses? That's largely answered in Venture Beat's massive feature on the birthing pains of the console, one designed under the gun and hastily revised with a software "ship and patch" philosophy. More »
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Microsoft has ranged from mum to cagey on the exact source of the hardware issue that has red ringed thousands upon thousands of Xbox 360s, with Robbie Bach chalking it up to a "a Microsoft design issue." While the President of the company's Entertainment & Devices Division would prefer to leave it at that, a report from the EETimes lays blame on the console's graphics chip, one made on the cheap. More »
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From reader Michael Hurt comes this: a watercooled Xbox 360. As casemods go, this one looks like someone locked the A-Team in a barn, Murdoch and B.A. improvised with some aquarium tank hose and an aerator, and the gang saved the day. I love it when a plan comes together. More »
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Jake Metcalf over at 8Bit Joystick.com has recently posted an interview with an "individual who has worked on the Xbox 360 project for many years", who goes into explicit detail about the extremely high failure rate of Xbox 360 consoles since the console's launch in 2005. While normally we take such anonymous interviews with a grain of salt, you may remember Metcalf as the man who broke the story on Bungie leaving Microsoft a week before any official word was released. His source details everything from the various reasons for failure, and how much Microsoft knew about the system's instability before the product was shipped. If there's truth behind this, it's downright disturbing. More »
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This, yes this, is what we've been waiting for: The Red Ring of Death jack-o'-lantern. According to reader Zhao: More »
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My Red-Ringed Xbox 360 Elite showed back up at my house when I was in Leipzig. The majestic black console was cloaked in bubble wrap, stuffed between two pads and placed in a box along with a letter of apology from Microsoft. More »
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Rumor has it that a spike in Xbox 360 returns, both valid and not so much, have lead to an increase in the return time for repaired Xbox 360s. More »
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It's coming. Obviously. Later this year, Xbox 360s outfitted with 65-nm chips should be hitting store shelves according to The Xbox 360 Uncloaked author Dean Takahashi. Dubbed "Falcon," these chips are smaller than the current 90-nm processors and should use less energy. And that *should* lead to fewer Red Rings of Death. Well, theoretically! We won't know until these consoles are out in the wild, performing under real world conditions. However, Takahashi has confirmed that the chips are in the first batch of consoles currently being made, meaning that they could be there by fall. But Microsoft isn't going to disclose to customers which consoles have what. Takahashi points out: More »
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Sure Microsoft has been flooded with a slew of Xbox 360s returned after blinking the dreaded Red Ring of Death, but we hear that not all of them were due to overheating. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=288611&view=rss&microfeed=true Sure, I've heard of the "towel trick" used to revive Xbox 360s sporting the Red Ring of Death, but I've never actually seen it. Well, now I have! CheapyD from CheapAssGamer provides a step-by-step walk through so you can squeeze a few more minutes days out of your croaked 360 before it craps out again. For those who have already seen or done this, there's a Robo-Cop gun to keep you entertained. It even breaks. The irony! More »
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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. More »
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Australian site SquareHouse has a short and sweet summation of "what killed the Xbox 360," at least in terms of current ring-around-the-rosey, red ring of death warranty debacle: crappy planning and some cost-cutting measures to try and undermine the competition that led to the current problems and potential PR disaster (what's that old saying? 'Quality doesn't cost, it pays'?). Microsoft sees the silver lining, in that they're owning up to problems, perhaps bolstering their image (imagine that, a company taking responsibility for problems with their product!). More »
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I spoke with Peter Moore, Microsoft's Corporate Vice President, Interactive Entertainment Business, Entertainment and Devices Division, for a few minutes a little while ago about today's announcement regarding the extended warranty. More »
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1UP is running a feature on a diehard Xbox 360 fan's incredible run of bad luck, one that won't paint the console's hardware reliability in a remotely positive light. Justin Lowe, they report, is now on his twelfth Xbox 360, having sent eleven of those back to Microsoft for various repair issues. One of those allegedly even exploded (emphasis theirs and mine—I'm responsible for the bold). More »
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We've been seeing this come in from a number of sources over the past few days, but TeamXbox now has some crystal clear shots of new changes to the Xbox 360 hardware repair process. TXB refers to the internal hardware photos as "confirmation of the new 2nd heatsink/pipe technology...that Microsoft installs to provide additional cooling for the Xenos GPU." More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=268701&view=rss&microfeed=true Ah, The Red Ring of Death. I've had it, Luke's had it, if you were cool, you would have it too. So how many people in the world are as cool and awesome as us? It's like questioning how many licks it takes to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop - The world will never know: More »
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After extending the warranty of the Xbox 360 to one year from purchase date, Microsoft is making its warranty and service policies that much more wicked awesome. More »
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Behind the times, I know. When the Xbox 360 launched in Japan, the focus wasn't on overheating consoles crapping out, but boxed consoles sitting on store shelves collecting dust. A recent flurry of three red-ring posts have appeared in The Land of the Rising Sun. It seems that consoles over a year-old are konking out in noticeable numbers. (Take the dead console in the pic for example.) And while America, gets a free fix it for fist batch machines, Japan gets the shaft. Funny, and at a month after warranty. Coincidence, we're sure. Brian Ashcraft More »
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Right after I got off the phone with Xbox Japan's Support Center, I got the infamous red ring of death, which actually is kinda pretty. In a sick way. Brian Ashcraft More »
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Time has their 2006 Tech Buyers Guide up and running, a handy shopping resource for the gadget head in your family. The video games section lists the hottest consoles of the season, though I suggest you steer clear of number three. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=213027&view=rss&microfeed=true A touching tribute to a dying 360 backed by Madame Butterfly's Un Bel Di Vedremo. A tear trickles down our collective cheek even as Puccini sits bolt upright in his grave, hits his desiccated skull against the coffin lid, then dies again when his head explodes in a cloud of cockroaches and dust. Florian Eckhardt More »
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Notice anything a bit worrisome about this image from Target, advertising the 360? Like, that red ring of death, glowing like the unholy fiery eye of Sauron, revealing destruction to all who witness it? More »
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