Xbox 360 Slim Will Never Show RRoD

The infamous ‘Red Ring of Death’ will never happen on the new Xbox 360 Slim. Many an Xbox owner has experienced the three red lights that signal an Xbox’s demise but this is a thing of the past. Not because the new system can’t ‘die’ but because they have removed the red lights.

Technology is temperamental. We all know it and we’ve all experienced it in some annoyingly frustrating way. The Xbox 360 Slim may still encounter technical problems but it will just let you know about it in a different manner.

Speaking with IGN at E3, Corporate Vice President for Microsoft Game Studios – Phil Spencer – said:

Now obviously, the box has a way to communicate to you if something has happened…but yes, three red lights are not part of our sequence of telling somebody something is wrong. Obviously if you look at the success rate of the original 360s, we’re very proud of both the way the company stepped up to support the customers that we had as well as the success rate we have with the box today. I think we’ve learned a lot. That learning has gone into the development of this [new] box.

If anything, the ‘Red Ring of Death’ is a PR nightmare for Microsoft and has even been adapted to cover Sony’s malfunctioning hardware. This could be a clever move from Microsoft, although it won’t take people long to adopt a new phrase for however the 360 Slim informs you of an error.