MS $1 Billion Mistake on 360 - RROD

[Gideon68]

Interesting read. Basically, they chose design over engineering due to the ugliness and bulkiness of the original Xbox.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/trangho/2016/05/01/how-to-profit-from-expected-surge-in-video-game-addiction/#429ee0d337f6

 

[soonersfan60]

That's an old story, though, just told in a new way. The other big issue was not making the error codes more specific.

 

[Spybreak8]

The biggest thing was just getting to market before Sony. Yeah it cost them and there'll forever be another meme but they got a huge foothold of said market.

 

[MSUHitman]

The overheating issue has been proven to be b/c they used Chinese no-lead sodder b/c Europe requires no lead be used in "kids toys," & there wasn't adequate ventilation for the lower quality sodder.

Also the linked article has nothing to do with the thread topic.