Reports suggest the Xbox 360 Elite - officially released just this weekend - has already begun to show the dreaded red ring of death and other problems:
The big question is whether there's an unusually high number of Elite failures, though you'd hope and even expect that manufacturing and testing nearly two years into the console's lifespan would have evolved enough to catch all but a handful of defective units. In other news, if you did upgrade from an original 360 and were peeved that there's no hard drive transfer cable included, there's now an online order form (PDF) that you can print and mail to get one for free. You will need to supply the serial number for your Core or Pro console (as well as the Elite), so too bad if you've already traded it in...
The big question is whether there's an unusually high number of Elite failures, though you'd hope and even expect that manufacturing and testing nearly two years into the console's lifespan would have evolved enough to catch all but a handful of defective units. In other news, if you did upgrade from an original 360 and were peeved that there's no hard drive transfer cable included, there's now an online order form (PDF) that you can print and mail to get one for free. You will need to supply the serial number for your Core or Pro console (as well as the Elite), so too bad if you've already traded it in...
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