Indeed.

Feeling blue LivingMetal? Prank calls are what cheer me up:

Hilarity all-around and you don't potentially alienate people in the Microsoft portion of vgchartz.

I thought they already made this video!

That was just an easy way to demonstrate the problem (dvd not secured). It could also happen with normal use, although compared to rrod it was a much smaller issue. The early dvd drives were also very loud. Later being able to install the whole game dvd to hdd was a welcome addition and also fixed any possible scratching issues.

Another issue imo was the batteries in the controller. I bought a charge and play kit which only worked for a few years, then it wouldn't charge anymore. Garbage. Luckily I had kept the battery holder inserts so I switch to regular rechargeable batteries. At least the controllers were very sturdy. I bought at least 6 DS3s last gen and have only 2 barely working ones left.

"Top 8" doesn't have the same ring to it.

Btw, I was one of the people who had an HD-DVD drive for it until I got the OG PS3 for Bluray lol... It wasn't $200 at the time though, but damn did we love it for the short while it was useful (things like Planet Earth had just come out that were still blowing people's minds with the visuals).

While I think the Xbox1 launch is probably their most infamous error in judgement (I recall reading people from the Sony team saying they went into E3 nervous and as soon as the price point was announced for the Xbox1 they began leaping for joy, knowing they'd already won), the red ring issue should definitely take the cake. 

The Xbox360 was my main console of that gen and the main for all of my friends (it was rare to even come across a PS3 in the dorms), but that damn thing just wouldn't stop breaking. Over the course of six years or something I had three xbox360's break and my roommate's broke as well, meaning 4/4 xbox360's I had personal experience with lasted less than half a decade. We weren't rough with them either, and I now have no access to those fun games because I got sick of replacing it.

I've had other console issues in the past... the side-loader NES needs to have its 72 pin connector replaced (takes like 5 minutes and costs about $7), my PS3 stopped working about a year in (I sent it in and they repaired and returned for free, still works now), and my Wii U has a faulty fan that causes it to overheat, but nothing comes close to the fragile mess that was the Xbox360 in my experience.