January NPD 2019

[Bofferbrauer2]

PortisheadBiscuit said:

Bofferbrauer2 said:

Plus, the 360S was not just sleeker, but also much less failure-prone. Remember the Red Ring of Death on the OG 360? That also got solved with the S, hence why many preferred the new model.

I think the majority of the buying public isn't aware of things such as these, just hardcore gamers. The kinect brought in a whole new demo for X360. Sure the new model boosted sales some, but the majority was because of the kinect. You dont sell 32 million of a peripheral without pushing major hardware sales as well. 

Considering the RRoD was found in non-gaming news due to it's prevalence, I'm pretty sure the general public was at least partly aware of it.