The Red Ring of Death is one of videogame industry's most infamous fiascoes. It's basically the Xbox 360 version of the Blue Screen of Death—seeing either one means you've got real trouble. The Xbox support site describes it prosaically: «Three flashing red lights mean that the Xbox 360 console or its power supply has a hardware problem.» But that really doesn't convey the scale of the situation, which was nothing short of catastrophic.
Apparently now, though, the whole fiasco is far enough back
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