09.06.2008 10:17 pm
A fascinating history of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 failures
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
When Game Guy complains about Xbox 360, readers club him over the head for it, but noted tech writer Dean Takahashi has cobbled together probably the definitive analysis of the console’s woes.
The VentureBeat piece analyzes Microsoft’s initial strategy in its race to be first out of the gate with the latest console technology, and the conflicts and confusion between engineers and technicians regarding goals and deadlines.
There’s plenty more … too much to mention here. But the long piece is well worth reading — if only to understand why Microsoft has insisted on pushing a device it still struggles to maintain.
