The Red Ring of Death (RRoD) has plagued the Xbox 360 for far too long. It’s was understandable to have these overheating related errors right after the initial launch but not when the console is nearing it’s second birthday. The percentage of this error happening (nearly 30 percent) is outrageous especially after considering the PS3, having nearly the same power as the Xbox 360, does not suffer heat related failures. Microsoft should have known it is not a good business choice to allow such a disastrous error live for so very long. At the very least they could have improved the cooling parts within the consoles they built after they found out about the overheating issue.
Microsoft’s only excuse for not improving the cooling hardware is for one vague reason, the RRoD error can be caused by many different problems. I understand how this can be an issue but if the general gaming nerd knows the most common cause of this error then we can safely assume Microsoft does as well. After all Microsoft must know the main cause of the RRoD error if they slap on a newer, larger, more efficient heatsink on all faulty RRoD Xbox 360’s they receive. Now, I ask you, if Microsoft already has the parts to fix this error why don’t they just install the larger more efficient heatsinks in the first place? My belief is, Microsoft just doesn’t find this option as cost effective as using the smaller heatsinks.
SO, nearly two years later the Xbox 360 is heading into it’s 65 nanometer production movement that will ultimately keep the system cooler. Could this solution finally bury the RRoD error six feet under, never to be seen again by the naked eye? Well, I hope so, but I still want to know why it took so very long for Microsoft to find a “viable” solution to this potential consumer revolting problem. See even if Microsoft wants to admit it or not their main goal is to make a cheap, cost effective system and by shifting it to the 65 nanometer process they can both eliminate the RRoD error and lower the cost of production. It’s all about the dough and that my friends is the only reason why Microsoft did not fix the problem 6 months after it first appeared.
