XBox 360 now has a 3 year warranty for the dreaded three flashing red LED 'general hardware' failure

This might explain the extra heatsink that people have been reporting on the newer XBox 360s. I still don't have one (yet), but I still enjoy my original XBox, Gamecube and Wii quite a bit. I need a killer 'must have' game and a killer bonus to "allow" me to pick up an XBox 360 Elite [cough] [cough] for the kids. [cough]

It will happen at some point I am sure, especially now with this extended support.

Read more about the announcement here.