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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)

=> Another Abandonment of Microsoft: XBMC

=> 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

2023

Growing speculations by now that XBox would die soon (amid 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)


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