BBC News editor, Darren Waters caught a sight that’s often seen — a dead 360. Where he saw it was unexpected. On one of Microsoft’s own demo stations at GDC ‘08.

This is what he had to say about Microsoft’s inadvertent statement about the state of the 360:

At the very least it’s embarrassing for the company that its own stock of demo machines are still susceptible to the problem.

Recently, I had my 360 fall to the same fate and I forgave Microsoft for it. Mainly, because I bought it before the whole Red Ring of Death shit hit the fans, and I was pleasantly surprised at how long it fought death. But come on guys, after the death of millions of 360’s, the spending of billions of dollars, it’s surprising you still haven’t fixed your manufacturing. Get on that.

I mean really, You are MICROSOFT! You know what that means? That means you have an astronomical amount of money. Spend it and fix your shit, now.

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3 Comments » Wade Larson on February 19, 2008 4:49 pm Oh, the sweeeeeeet irony. Almost as good as Tom Brady losing to Eli Manning. Murphy’s law, anyone? Alec Geslani on February 19, 2008 8:20 pm omg it happened again after i got it 1 week back..its stupid microsoft needs to fix that..bungies tryna fix their problems but NOOOOO not microsoft..thats why their losing alot of customers damnit XD spitt_0110 on February 22, 2008 2:04 pm my box has only froze once or twice but no red followed. and I’ve let this puppy run for a solid week in a half alternating between forza halo graw and rainbow six and its still ticking. RSS feed for comments on this post. Comment Now Note: Commenting on Ripten does not currently require registration, however to be eligible for contests on the site, you must be a registered user. Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website Commenting Rules: No hate speech allowed. If you must argue, please debate intelligently. Comments containing selected keywords or outbound links will be put into moderation to help prevent spam. Ripten reserves the right to delete comments and ban anyone who doesn't follow the rules. Thanks. Notify me of followup comments Tired of the Goomba? Upload your own custom comment avatar.