Much like a car engine, electronics will increase in temperature for a brief period after they are turned off. This happens because the cooling mechanisms no longer function after they are turned off. As everyone knows, the Xbox 360 will continue to run if you turn it off during a download. I have noticed that the temperature of the cooling air significantly decreases after about 15-20 minutes into a download (with the console off). I imagine this is because downloading with the console “off” is not very demanding of the system.
So if you just finished with a long session of Halo 3 or COD 4 and the console is hot, maybe you should quickly choose a demo to download and then turn off the console to allow it to cool before it is fully shut down.
For whatever its worth I decided to post this. I don’t have any hard data, so I am sure that many will find ways to doubt this claim. Apologies in advance if this has already been posted.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
Maybe this can help a few people out.
thats funny cos thats what i do
MS need to make whatever changes are needed to the 360 and then publically annouce the changes.
I am sure there are many sales to be had (I am one) once they officially announce the end of any possible overheating issues.
But I guess this might help those that already have one to feel a little better.
I was doing nothing but downloading demos on my Elite and got the three red lights. I don't know why. It's in an open and cool area. It's has only happened once and it is fine now but now I take a deep breath whenever I turn it on.