Xbox 360 Gamer Hit With Red Ring of Death After 17 Years
An Xbox 360 gamer is hit with the Red Ring of Death 17 years after the console originally released. The original Xbox, the Xbox One, and the Xbox Series X/S consoles have all managed to avoid suffering from major defects, but the Xbox 360 wasn't so lucky. Microsoft's Xbox 360 was a technical disaster when it first launched, with millions of gamers losing their consoles to the dreaded Red Ring of Death.
For those who may not be familiar with the Red Ring of Death, it refers to error codes that the Xbox 360 would display on its power button. The rings oftentimes indicated that an Xbox 360 was no longer functioning, requiring users to send their systems in for repair. The Red Ring of Death cost Microsoft over $1 billion, but it was eventually able to start manufacturing Xbox 360 consoles that only rarely ever suffered from the problem.
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It seems one gamer's Xbox 360 console has managed to hang on for a much longer time than expected. Reddit user grilledcheesegobrr posted a vide on the Xbox 360 subreddit showing their classic-style console with three flashing red lights. The caption for the post reads «After 17 years, it finally happened» though it's unclear if this means the console itself was 17 years old or if it just took this long for them to experience the Red Ring of Death.
The Red Ring of Death was a disaster for Microsoft and the Xbox 360 brand, hurting the strong momentum that the console was able to establish early on by releasing a year ahead of its competitors. Later iterations of the Xbox 360 console largely solved the problem and eventually Microsoft moved on to new console generations, with subsequent consoles avoiding the Red Ring of Death
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