Did you really expect them to not release because of a minor bug that can be fixed anyway? Oblivion is FULL of glitches, but they released that anyway. Made MILLIONS. Microsoft made BILLIONS and is the only console to have a monopoly for a few years. Releasing it early was a financial miracle. So you would need to buy a new 360 if you don't want it to break down? The RROD isn't a minor bug. It is very major, it has cost them over a billion so it would have been better for the company and buyer to just have delayed it. Not really. It's covered in the warranty so it costs nothing to the consumer to get it fixed other than a month with no xbox, which the majority of the xbox's base doesn't really care about because they're not the "hardcore" gamers. Also, you get a 1 month xbox live trial with your free repair, so really, it's not that major of an issue.