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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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