Xbox Gaming in South Africa

Move along, no RRoDs to see here, people. And no, not just because some clever guy in marketing suggested they replace the red lights with something somewhat less confrontational (red dot of death), but because the new Xbox 360 shuts itself off if it gets too hot.

Instead of inconsiderately dying on you in the middle of whatever you were doing, the new Xbox 360 unveiled at E3 2010 pops up a message informing you of an immiment shutdown "to protect the console from insufficient ventilation". You'll be able to turn it back on once the power light stops flashing.

Yes. The Xbox is... self-aware. It'll be shutting down "to protect the console from insufficient Halo skills" next.

[via 1UP]