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XBox Reality Log

Category:Gaming Category:XBox Category:Microsoft 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


  • 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

  • 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


  • 2010

    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
  • 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


  • 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


  • 2023

    Growing speculations by now that XBox would die soon (amid Microsoft - Layoffs|layoffs).

  • Why Microsoft Was Trying to Buy Activision and 'Look Big' in 2022 (XBox Was Failing, XBox as a Whole Might Die Soon)
  • Sony Won the Console Wars a Long Time Ago
  • Windows and XBOX’s Greenwashing Tactics Fail to Address Real Energy and Security Issues: Why GNU/Linux and Nintendo Offer Better Alternatives
  • Microsoft's Gaming Business is Dying After Decades of Bitter Losses
  • Microsoft's XBox is Imploding, Many Top Roles Vacated Amid Layoff Waves (Lots of XBox Staff Laid Off This Year)