Rumor: New Xbox 360 to carry new 3RLOD?

There’s an ongoing rumor that aside from sporting a new 65-nm chip, Microsoft‘s new Xbox 360 will carry a new way of displaying the 3 Red Lights of Death. The rumor goes that instead of displaying the three rings, the new 360 will instead feature a flickering set of red and green lights. We advise readers that this is still a yet-to-be-confirmed rumor. Those interested in viewing a video clip of this supposed 360 can access it in the full article.

Rumor has that aside from a new 65-nm chip, Microsoft‘s upcoming Xbox 360 line will be sporting a new spin to the dreaded 3RLOD. Based on what we’re picking up from French gamer site Logic-sunrise, the new 360 will feature a combination of flickering red and green LEDs – sort of like a Christmas tree. Check out the video below to see what we mean:

We can’t verify this rumor at the moment, so we advise the readers to take this bit of speculation with a grain of salt. As a recap, Microsoft had previously announced that it plans to release a new Xbox 360 line with 65-nanometer graphics card by next year, under the codename Jasper.

Via Logic-sunrise