XBox Reality Log

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 Customers’ 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

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

 * Microsoft’s XBox Group Still Operates at a Loss, XBox Director Quits
 * Kill Switches for XBox 360s, Internet Explorer, and Windows

June

 * Microsoft CTO Jumps Ship
 * 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 Microsoft’s Financial Losses)

October

 * Microsoft Games — Not Just Consoles — Are Defective, Failing
 * Microsoft Pink is Already Declared Dead and Danger Dies with Permanent Data Loss
 * Microsoft Xbox 360: Rented, Not Owned
 * Microsoft’s 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 Competitor’s Product “Become Incompatible”

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

January

 * Failures in Xbox, Zune, and Windows Mobile Mark “Microsoft’s Downward Spiral”
 * 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: “Walmart is De-emphasizing and Taking Shelf Space from the Xbox 360”
 * 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
 * Microsoft’s Gadgets/Hardware Business is Collapsing (Zune, Xbox, Mobile)

March

 * MSBBC Continues to Abuse GNU/Linux Users While Promoting Microsoft Products (at Taxpayers’ Expense)
 * Latest Failures in Windows Mobile, Zune, and Xbox 360
 * Microsoft’s Console Strategy: Imitation and Patenting
 * Xbox 360 Dies Without a “Coffin” and Microsoft’s Other Hardware Endeavours Seemingly a Dead End

April

 * Microsoft’s 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 Microsoft’s Customers as Company Sails Abroad for Savings
 * Latest Microsoft Hardware Failures: Kin, Xbox, and Zune
 * Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Almost Last in Terms of Sales

May

 * Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Suffers Another Blow, Delay, Downtime, and Antitrust Lawsuit
 * Another Abandonment of Microsoft: XBMC (XBMC finally hangs up on Microsoft’s Xbox, leaving the monopolistic company in more of an embarrassing state)
 * Former Microsoft Manager Knows That Xbox 360 is Failing, Ballmer Admits It

June

 * As Xbox 360 Abandoned by Managers, Sony Gains, Microsoft Sued for Faulty Xbox 360 Hardware, and Bungie Gets Betrayal
 * http://techrights.org/2010/06/14/xbox-360-nymshifts/
 * The ‘New’ Xbox 360 is Dead on Arrival as Microsoft Copies Mistakes, Fixes Nothing, Bribes Journalists
 * 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
 * Microsoft’s KINect is the next KIN-Like Disaster (and Why Kinect Patents Are All That’s Left)
 * Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Suffers From “Storage Problem”
 * Microsoft Xbox 360 Banned by China, But Microsoft Continues to Abduct Government Seats, Data
 * Failure of Microsoft’s 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
 * Microsoft Can’t Do Hardware

September

 * Amazon Dumps Xbox Live Arcade Games
 * Microsoft’s Director of Game Platform Strategy Quits, Could Further Pollute Amazon
 * Halo Coverage (Hype) is Fake, Largely Paid For; Xbox 360 (Slim) Sells Just 700 Units in Japan in Debut Week
 * Microsoft KINect Has Problems and It’s Behind the Competition (Buttonless)
 * No Sex and No 'Gay' on Microsoft Xbox 360
 * http://techrights.org/2010/09/27/halo-reach-marketing-blitz/ Microsoft Starts Advertising a Game Rather Than a Failed Console

November

 * Microsoft Betrays Xbox Live Developers
 * KINect’s Fate Could be Similar to KIN’s

2011
We stopped tracking the product at this stage


 * Microsoft Failed in the Hardware Business
 * Anticompetitive Remote Kill Switches for Microsoft Xbox
 * Crime in Xbox Land

2012

 * Xbox 360 for 300 Suicides
 * Microsoft’s 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
 * With Xbox, Microsoft Helps Spy on Living Rooms, Not Just Personal Space Through Webcam/Microphone (Skype)
 * Microsoft Dirty Tricks to Promote Xbox One Vapourware
 * Microsoft’s Very Latest Ways of Spying on People Far Worse Than Google’s and Facebook’s
 * The Man in Charge of Xbox Is Leaving Microsoft
 * Xbox Live Shows Even Higher Degree of Microsoft/NSA Collusion

2014

 * Snowden Leaks Confirm That Microsoft Xbox is Target for In-House Camera Surveillance, Not Just Chat Surveillance
 * Xbox Last: Chief Product Officer Abruptly Quits Microsoft

2015

 * Microsoft Remotely Bricks -- Intentionally -- Xbox One