I'm on my – gulp – fourth Xbox 360 and I've got friends who have suffered even more. Yes, manufacturing issues – better known as the red ring of death – have plagued the Xbox 360 since launch. But could the worst be over? Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg certainly hopes so. Speaking to Edge, the Xbox exec seemed confident:
We've improved that [repair] process. It's very quick, and they may upgrade your system with the latest technology. So that works really well. What it comes down to is isolating and figuring out the issue, fixing the issue, and the more that we can fix the issue, and know it's fixed, then we're good going forward. We've put the worst behind us on this, but we know there are a few lagging systems, and so we want to take those and make it right.
Greenberg wouldn't go into specifics but it's obvious Microsoft are pinning their future hopes on the recent launched Jasper Xbox 360 – essentially a component improvement that allows the console to run cooler and, theoretically, more reliably.
Anecdotally things seem to have improved in the last few months, with no one I know succumbing to RROD. But how has it been for you? Is your 360 hanging on in there? Or are you currently waiting for it to be sent back from repair?
