Did Microsoft know about Xbox failures?

Report casts new light on reliability woes

The report, published this week in VentureBeat and written by technology journalist Dean Takahashi -- author of the critically acclaimed The Xbox 360 Uncloaked -- blames numerous factors for the now-infamous "Red Ring of Death" failures, including a rushed design process, the machine's groundbreaking complexity, and cost-cutting initiatives that hamstrung quality assurance tests.

It is true, the rulers of the computer world blundered and cost them over a billion dollars. Bill probably just cut a check.

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And also, they burn houses down.
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Yep, Microsoft knowingly sells broken POS game systems that will burn your house down.

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To be fair, it's relatively common for computers to burst into flames.