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The Shocking Inside Story of the Xbox 360's Epic Defects (The Biggest Fail in Gaming History) [Xbox 360]
Gizmodo —
... Dean Takahashi, one of the most respected tech journos around, spent years putting together this mind-blowing expose that reveals the truly epic scale of the problems that lead to ...
The Shocking Inside Story of the Epic Defects That Killed Millions of Xbox 360s [Xbox 360]
Gizmodo —
... Dean Takahashi, one of the most respected tech journos around, spent years putting together this mind-blowing expose that reveals the truly epic scale of the problems that lead to ...
Dean Takahashi exposes the inner story of Microsoft's Xbox 360 woes
Boing Boing Gadgets —
... Microsoft had 500,000 defective consoles sitting in warehouses: 50 percent of all consoles failed quality tests on first pass. It's now up to 85%: 15 out of 100 Xbox 360s that come off the factory line just plain don't work.
This is just an incredible read, too good to summarize or blockquote: although a great console, the Xbox 360's quality problems is one of the greatest fuck ups in hardware history. You owe yourself to slack off work for an hour to read this.
Xbox 360 Defects: An Inside History of Microsoft's Video Game Console Woes [Venture Beat] ...
Dean Takahashi completes chronicles of Xbox 360 red ring of death
Engadget —
... By now we have all heard of (or experienced) the infamous Xbox 360 Red Ring of Death, and we also pretty much know what causes it. Heck, we've even seen ways to avoid it by spending more money on fixes instead of going through Microsoft's replace / ...
Red Ring of Death: A 360 Biography
CrunchGear —
... I was reading this excellent article over the weekend; if you didn’t see it making the rounds, now’s your chance to hear the inside story on the Xbox 360’s troubled youth. While hard facts on failure rates are scarce (no surprise there), there’s enough collateral information to make clear that the 360 was at best a triumph of engineers under the worst of conditions, and at worst a complete catastrophe on multiple levels. ...
Dean Takahashi on Xbox 360 Failures
D' Technology Weblog —
... Dean Takahashi delves in to the causes of the Red Ring of Death. In a meticulously researched 11,000 word article, Dean Takahashi of Venture Beat has written about the chronological series of events that led to the hardware failures faced by the Xbox 360. Often called the “ ...
VentureBeat’s look into the defect history of the 360
Krunker —
... I missed this excellent posting over at VentureBeat from a few weeks ago because I was on vacation in NYC. In case you also missed it, it’s an Xbox 360 related article that describes the history of the console - with a special emphasis on the defect history of the console. A good deal of the information provided within the article comes from third party sources or insider information so take it for what it’s worth.. but it’s pretty clear the Xbox 360 had issues with quality assurance. Heck I had first hand experiences with crashes and the red ring of death ...
New book details chip drama between 360 and PS3
CrunchGear —
If you enjoyed the article from a few months back about the untold story of how the 360 was rushed to market, then this new book is probably right up your alley. It’s about the unique situation IBM was in when working with both Sony and Microsoft and helping design rival hardware. Sounds juicy!
Apparently Microsoft was reaping the benefits of Sony R&D money, basing 360 hardware off research being done for the Cell processor — and Sony had no idea. Kind of a dick move by IBM, but in that kind of business it doesn’t pay to be ...
softwear by microsoft: dos not compute
technabob —
... stores”, but there’s no “where to shop” or “buy” link to be seen at Softwear’s site. Tell us if you know where these things are sold. But don’t buy them. Or buy them. I don’t know. It’s all too weird.
Microsoft, which headline would you prefer to see: one that says you guys are making shirts now, or one that says your software and gadgets are so unbelievably dependable now? Because some of your products sure could have used your funds and attention.
But if you release a ...
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