If by some evil manipulation of the dark powers of Cthulhu you own a launch-day Xbox 360 that hasn't keeled over yet, you might want to keep an eye out for those red rings of death. Despite the fact that Microsoft extended the warranties on all their ridiculously death-prone consoles to an unprecedented three years, it's been that long since the system was released. Makes you feel old, doesn't it? I remember when the 360 came out, I had a goatee and listened to nothing but Jewel's "Pieces of You". Ah, memories.Anyway, those of you with first-born systems will now have to pay a hundred bucks to get a replacement system when yours inevitably overheats and burns down everything you own. Cheaper than a new Arcade system, but not by a whole lot these days.
I'm currently on my second 360, and I had to pay to have my first one fixed because I stupidly bought a used system from GameStop. Mine was a disc drive problem, not the red rings of death. But I realized just what a giant manufacturing kerfuffle Microsoft had perpetrated when I took my dead console to the UPS store in an unmarked box, and the guy working there knew exactly what it was. Fourth one that week.
Source: Destructoid
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