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Mayhem for Microsoft over £500m bill for Xbox 360 red ring of death
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| Computer giants Microsoft are facing a £500million repair bill after their
| Xbox Elite consoles were hit by the notorious "red ring of death".
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology/2008/07/07/mayhem-for-microsoft-over-500m-bill-for-xbox-360-red-ring-of-death-89520-20634695/
It's not just fire. It's /Elite/ fire.
They just can't get anything done right unless they buy companies. Maybe they
should have just bought^H^H^H^Hinnovated Nintendo.
Recent:
PS3 tops Xbox 360 in May game console sales
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| Nintendo's Wii remains atop the monthly sales race in the U.S. video-game
| console market, but Sony's Playstation 3 beat Microsoft's Xbox 360 in May
| unit sales released by the NPD Group research firm today. Here's how the
| three consoles stacked up:
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| Nintendo Wii: 675,100
| PlayStation 3: 208,700
| Xbox 360: 186,600
|
| [comment:]
|
| Guess the "inventory" excuse is now out. So maybe this explains why MSFT
| reshuffled management this week.
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http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/141060.asp
Microsoft Xbox Executive out Amid Reshuffling
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| Jeff Bell, corporate vice president of global marketing for Microsoft's
| Interactive Entertainment Business, is leaving the company at the end of the
| summer to pursue other interests after only two years at the company,
| Microsoft said Thursday. Summer in the U.S. typically means the months of
| June, July and August.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/147044/microsoft_xbox_executive_out_amid_reshuffling.html
Recent:
X-Box flops, Microsoft winds up ops in several cities
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| It seems to be troubled days for Microsoft's X-Box as it seems the company is
| now winding up operations in several cities.
|
| [...]
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| According to sources, the company has withdrawn from several Tier-I cities
| due to lackluster sales. Microsoft Entertainment & Devices Division has also
| withdrawn the marketing budget for the current fiscal.
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http://www.moneycontrol.com/india/news/business/x-box-flops-microsoft-windsopsseveral-cities/21/01/338381
The Xbox 360 is dead
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| According to a report, if some Australian retailers had their way, the Xbox
| 360 would be dumped from their shelves.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/17494/1093/
Xbox 360 On The Skids Retailers Consider Dumping It
http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Gaming/Industry/X7T4A4P6
MS showcases Red Ring of Death Xbox 360 at expo
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| Microsoft executives will be a little red-faced today after an Xbox 360 on
| display at this year’s Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco
| contracted the infamous ‘Red Ring of Death’ disease.
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/02/19/red_ring_of_death_xbox_game_developers_conference/
Microsoft's own chip design blamed for Xbox 360 RRoD
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| The Xbox 360's infamous Red Ring of Death problem was the price Microsoft
| paid for attempting to save money by designing its own graphics chip for the
| console rather than buy one off a specialist supplier, it has been claimed.
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/06/11/ms_xbox_gp/
Related:
Raikes and Other Exits
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| It's weird that Mini and all the commenters here have failed to notice the
| mass exodus from the Xbox team in 2007. By my count, more than 15% of the
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| product team (dev/PM/test) have left Microsoft for Apple, Sony, Google,
| Yahoo, MySpace, Amazon, and various other companies (including several
| startups, local and in the Valley).
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http://minimsft.blogspot.com/2008/01/raikes-and-other-exits.html
Peter Moore's parting pledge for Microsoft games an empty promise?
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| Now that we know Mr Moore has departed for greener multi-million dollar
| pastures as the head of the powerful sports games division at Electronic
| Arts, the question is was his promise of a profitable games business at
| Microsoft simply the parting words of a man who knew he would not be around
| to be held accountable for them?
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http://www.itwire.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13598&Itemid=1023
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