To add an anecdote to this, I had a bricked Xbox 360 due to the famous "red ring of death" within the first two years of its life. Shipped the broken system to

To add an anecdote to this, I had a bricked Xbox 360 due to the famous "red ring of death" within the first two years of its life. Shipped the broken system to Microsoft and received a brand new one in two weeks from Microsoft that has worked ever since. Failing hardware sucks, but the way Microsoft handled it was great.