From Techrights
XBox and XBox360 have lost Microsoft literally billions of dollars. At present, the unit still operates at a loss.
Too little is known about the agony of this business, whose leaders gradually abandoned. Here is a list of posts on the subject.
2008
Eye on Microsoft: Failures on the Desktop, Server, Console, and Mobile
Microsoft Gags Own Employees to Put Customersâ Life at Risk
Eye on Microsoft: Fun with Windows, Malware, XBox360
Eye on Microsoft: Failures Du Jour (XBox, Live, Vista)
Microsoft Sued Again for XBox 360 Failures, Slammed for Deception and FUD
Microsoft Xbox Sued Again, This Time for Software Patent Infringement
2009
January
The End of the Road for XBox, Zune, No New Products
February
More Microsoft Products Shut Down, Possibly Related to Quiet Layoffs
March
Microsoft Struck by More XBox 360 Lawsuits, Xbox 360 Elite Might be Taken off the Shelves
Eye on Microsoft: Failures Galore This Week
April
Ousted Microsoft Employees Was Right; Microsoft Admits XBox 360 is Still Defective
May
Microsoftâs XBox Group Still Operates at a Loss, XBox Director Quits
Kill Switches for XBox 360s, Internet Explorer, and Windows
June
Top-Level Microsoft Executive Quits, No Replacement to be Made Amid Xbox Exodus
Zune and Xbox Still Circling Down the Drain After Long Downtime
July
Microsoft XBox360 and Windows Mobile Are Still Losing It
August
Microsoft Sued for Selling Inherently-defective Xbox 360s, Other Bad Xbox News
Xbox 360 Failure Rate Reportedly 54.2%, Microsoft Exodus Reported by Insider
Microsoft Raises Prices, Dodges Old Brands
September
Microsoft Still in Court for Failure with Xbox 360
Microsoft is Sued for Another Technical Failure in Xbox 360
Latest Xbox 360 Blows (Extending Microsoftâs Financial Losses)
October
Microsoft Games â Not Just Consoles â Are Defective, Failing
Microsoft Pink is Already Declared Dead and Danger Dies with Permanent Data Loss
Microsoft Xbox 360: Rented, Not Owned
Microsoftâs Gadgets and Consoles Still Ridiculed and Avoided
November
Fail, Fail, and Fail for Microsoft Cash Drainer, Xbox 360
Xbox 360 (Live) Users Banned, Buyers Flee
Microsoft Sued Over Xbox 360 Again, Lawsuit for Banning Likely Too
Microsoft Sued for Deliberately Making Competitorâs Product âBecome Incompatibleâ
December
Xbox 360 Still in the Gutter as Innocent Customers Get Banned, BBC Deal Falls Through
Microsoft Makes Vista 7 More Expensive and Starts Forcing Users to Migrate
2010
January
Failures in Xbox, Zune, and Windows Mobile Mark âMicrosoftâs Downward Spiralâ
Latest Vista 7 Failures, Xbox 360 Failures, and Microsoft Cartel
Microsoft Implicitly Acknowledges Failure in Consoles, Search, and Mobile
People Are Getting Rid of Xbox 360 as Sales Drop to 7th Position in Japan
Former Walmart Manager: âWalmart is De-emphasizing and Taking Shelf Space from the Xbox 360â
Microsoft Sued Again (Class Action) Over Xbox 360, British Airways Pulls Microsoft Into Court
Microsoft is Lying to the Public with NPD (Again)
February
Microsoft is Killing Another Xbox Product and Vista 7 is Already in Trouble
Xbox 360 Still Under Many Lawsuits
Microsoftâs Gadgets/Hardware Business is Collapsing (Zune, Xbox, Mobile)
March
Latest Failures in Windows Mobile, Zune, and Xbox 360
Microsoftâs Console Strategy: Imitation and Patenting
April
Microsoftâs Hardware Business is Failing, So Microsoft Sues Rival for Patent Violation
Microsoft is Accused of Lying Again, About Xbox
Microsoft Enabling Slavery and Original Xbox Live Dies
Xbox 360 Still Failing for Half of Microsoftâs Customers as Company Sails Abroad for Savings
Latest Microsoft Hardware Failures: Kin, Xbox, and Zune
Microsoftâs Xbox 360 Almost Last in Terms of Sales
May
Microsoftâs Xbox 360 Suffers Another Blow, Delay, Downtime, and Antitrust Lawsuit
Another Abandonment of Microsoft: XBMC (XBMC finally hangs up on Microsoftâs Xbox, leaving the monopolistic company in more of an embarrassing state)
Another Abandonment of Microsoft: XBMC
Former Microsoft Manager Knows That Xbox 360 is Failing, Ballmer Admits It
June
http://techrights.org/2010/06/14/xbox-360-nymshifts/
Why Microsoft Was the Loser at E3
Microsoft Xbox 360: New Casing, Same Faulty Design Underneath
Microsoft is Just Copying and Playing Catch-up in Consoles
July
Early Eulogies to Xbox 360 (Gloomy Forecast, Poor Preorder Numbers, Bungie Leaves)
August
Another Microsoft Cancellation as Xbox Struggles, Loses Windows Games Compatibility
Microsoftâs KINect is the next KIN-Like Disaster (and Why Kinect Patents Are All Thatâs Left)
Microsoftâs Xbox 360 Suffers From âStorage Problemâ
Microsoft Xbox 360 Banned by China, But Microsoft Continues to Abduct Government Seats, Data
Failure of Microsoftâs KINect Could Kill Xbox 360
Microsoft is Already Down-Speccing KINect, Loses an Exclusive
Latest Signs That Xbox 360 is a Dying Product, Ignored Even by Game Developers, Banned in China
September
Amazon Dumps Xbox Live Arcade Games
Microsoftâs Director of Game Platform Strategy Quits, Could Further Pollute Amazon
Microsoft KINect Has Problems and Itâs Behind the Competition (Buttonless)
No Sex and No 'Gay' on Microsoft Xbox 360
November
Microsoft Betrays Xbox Live Developers
KINectâs Fate Could be Similar to KINâs
2011
We stopped tracking the product at this stage
Microsoft Failed in the Hardware Business
Anticompetitive Remote Kill Switches for Microsoft Xbox
2012
Microsoftâs DRM-Box-as-a-Computer Concept is Dying (XBox)
Microsoft is Ripping Off Xbox 360 Partners
2013
Microsoft Brings the Notion of Buying Games to End, Consumer Rights Groups Should Sue
Microsoft Dirty Tricks to Promote Xbox One Vapourware
Microsoftâs Very Latest Ways of Spying on People Far Worse Than Googleâs and Facebookâs
The Man in Charge of Xbox Is Leaving Microsoft
Xbox Live Shows Even Higher Degree of Microsoft/NSA Collusion
2014
Xbox Last: Chief Product Officer Abruptly Quits Microsoft
2015
Microsoft Remotely Bricks -- Intentionally -- Xbox One
2023
Growing speculations by now that XBox would die soon (amid layoffs).
Sony Won the Console Wars a Long Time Ago
Microsoft's Gaming Business is Dying After Decades of Bitter Losses
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