Peter Moore recounts $1.15bn Xbox 360 Red Ring of Death saga
Speaking with IGN in a podcast, Moore recounted the entire saga, starting with the moment Microsoft learned there was problem with overheating and hardware failures.
In short, as the reports of faulty consoles poured in, he knew a meeting with Steven Ballmer was in order, and he was rather nervous to tell Microsoft’s boss that it would cost the company $1.15 billion.
“I calculated with my finance team, Dennis Durkin, Doug Ralphs and [put] $1.15 billion, right out there. I always remember $240 million of that was FedEx. Their stock must have gone through the roof for the next two weeks.
“And, I am trembling sat in front of Steve, who I love to death, but he can be an intimidating human being. Steve said, ‘okay, talk me through this.’ I said, ‘if we don’t do this, this brand is dead.”
Moore said if it weren’t for that meeting, the Xbox brand would have been finished.
“I’ll never forget that moment,” said Moore. “If you’re an Xbox gamer, you can thank Steve Ballmer for not even hesitating. Now, we were a wealthy company who could afford to do that, but not even hesitating because the brand was more important.
“If we hadn’t made that decision there and then, and tried to fudge over this problem, then the Xbox brand and Xbox One wouldn’t exist today. [Ballmer] didn’t even think twice about spending $1.15B to protect a brand that’s probably worth three or four times that today.
“Xbox One wouldn’t have happened.”
Moore said one theory for the RRoD issue, was that the company had to change its solder to one which was lead-free in order to sell the console in the EU.
“Solder is the way you put the in GPU and the fans,” said Moore. “We knew [the issue] was heat related. We think it was somehow the heat coming off the GPU was drying out some of the solder, and it wasn’t the normal stuff we’d used, because we had to meet European Standards and take the lead out.”
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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2015/07/02/rrod-xbox-360-ballmer-xbox-one/
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SkyPosted:
1995 I have never had it either instead my Xbox just wouldn't connect to wireless controllers had to play with a wired one til I got a new Xbox
i had it two times now , and a friend repaired it for me
ScottPosted:
I have never had it either instead my Xbox just wouldn't connect to wireless controllers had to play with a wired one til I got a new Xbox
DismissPosted:
I had the plain 360 for a few years, never had an issue. Got the elite for a couple of years, no issues. Had my slim for the most years and still no issues.
I doubt it comes down to a console issue. It's usually how people store them in tight places/knock around the xbox.
I had a friend a while back, his laser wouldn't read games. It just needed a simple clean. He didn't know how to do it so he would put a disk in and hit the top of the Xbox until it would read. About 2 weeks later he got RRoD because he kept knocking it about.
Overall though, the 360 was an amazing console. I will keep mine and still play it for years to come even though I have a One.
I doubt it comes down to a console issue. It's usually how people store them in tight places/knock around the xbox.
I had a friend a while back, his laser wouldn't read games. It just needed a simple clean. He didn't know how to do it so he would put a disk in and hit the top of the Xbox until it would read. About 2 weeks later he got RRoD because he kept knocking it about.
Overall though, the 360 was an amazing console. I will keep mine and still play it for years to come even though I have a One.
BPMPosted:
They probably didn't even put the Xbox through Quality Assurance and carried out Quality Control checks, failure testing could have been done and the heat issue would have been found and probably solved . Anyway it was a great console lol,
TaylorPosted:
I've had the same Xbox for almost 6 years now. I had the RRoD one time, but my Stepfather fixed it quickly and it never happened again
bsmPosted:
First xbox got RROD.. still have it somewhere. Fairly sure it would just overheat when playing games.
OwenPosted:
I have that a few times but just brought a new one, nothing lasts forever so I'm not complaining
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