even the biggest companies in the world
yet something’s wrong
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
xbox fails before we begin we publish
new videos every day so be sure to
subscribe for more great content for
this list we’re looking at the business
decisions products or general failure
that were major disasters for the Xbox
ramp to be clear we’re only including
Xbox related fails here not Microsoft as
a whole incredible shifts are happening
across games and entertainment with
exciting new ways to play and have fun
number 10 Marge glass would it be great
if they just talked to each other and
did most of the work on their own well
that’s where Xbox SmartGlass comes in in
this day and age of smartphones and
tablets and companies are always trying
to create a new it application enter the
smart glass a kind of me gets completely
irrelevant and unnecessary addition to
your gaming life Xbox my playlist
synopsis not only are the features kind
of lame and boring but many games and
movies also didn’t utilize the
technology to its fullest potential so
customers who downloaded the app were
left with an extremely limited selection
of compatible titles this would have
made the list if it weren’t for the fact
that Microsoft devoted the majority of
their e3 2012 press conference trying to
sell this very feature for which the
creators of South Park immediately
ridiculed them for hilariously during
the same press conference how many times
have you been watching an episode of
South Park and thought I’d like to be
able to watch this on my television
while hooked into my mobile device which
is being controlled by my tablet device
which is hooked into my oven all while
sitting in the refrigerator
number nine bare-bones 360 the Xbox 360
was originally shipped in two
configurations the core and premium
packages priced at 299 and 399 American
respectively the core version appears
exactly as advertised as it lacks a me
major accessories like a headset
wireless controller and a combination AV
cable which forced players to play in
standard definition at the time when
high-definition was blowing up
it was also missing a hard drive which
were sold separately for outrageous
prices and you know kind of necessary
when all the necessary accessories were
purchased you were definitely going to
be out War money than if you just bought
the darn premium version the entire
situation wreaked of a marketing ploy to
be able to advertise their new console
and only $2.99 number 8 the original
Xbox controller controllers are a pretty
important facet of the gaming experience
I mean you know it’s what you’ll be
holding for the next couple of hours or
years so it’s kind of be comfortable
enter this beat which is pretty much the
exact opposite of comfortable and
practical the controller is just a fail
on every conceivable level from the
uncomfortable joysticks to the slanted
code buttons and unreachable secondary
button not only is it it’s practical but
it looks ugly as hell with a drooping
middle portion and enormous Xbox symbol
right to have in the middle just to
remind you what console you’re playing
in case you forgot and much consumer
research was done after the fact to
prove that now no people love a giant
controller and I can remember putting it
on my leg in Japan and trying to say see
you can rest it on your leg number seven
Xbox one launch price
Microsoft clearly didn’t learn from
Sony’s pricing blunder last generation
while the Xbox 360 initially dominated
the seventh gen due to its more
attractive price tag the opposite was
true 58 the Xbox one was originally sold
in a single package which contained the
console controller a 500 gig hard drive
and the Kinect goes for 500 bucks but
this is just the beginning
due to the inclusion of that stupid
connect the Xbox one was priced a
hundred bucks more than the ps4 and
sales were significantly hindered as a
result with budget-conscious gamers
flocking towards Sony 1 Microsoft drops
to connect down the price sales shot up
and the Xbox one is continuing its
upward trajectory to this day let’s
learn we hope cos machines and 4k
entertainment system number 6 external
HD DVD player you’re not getting the
full HD TV experience until you get HD
DVD while Sony may have loves the
pricing of the ps3 they definitely got
one thing right and that was the
inclusion of the blu-ray player at a
time when glue ray and HD DVD we’re
butting heads Sony and Microsoft took
opposing sides in the high-definition
race and well you don’t see h DVD
players anymore now do you on blu-ray
and DVD it wouldn’t be so bad if the H
DVD player was actually included in the
360 but nope consumers had to purchase
it separately for $200 and attach it to
their 360 thank you the damn thing looks
like a Franken console an expensive so I
could console number 5 killing rare
[Music]
there was a time when rare was the
developer to watch with game changing
titles like Goldeneye double-oh-seven
Donkey Kong Country in their portfolio
they were the kings of the n64 but in
2002 Microsoft acquired the companies
and had them work on Xbox exclusive some
of these exclusives included jetpack
refueled and grabbed by the Ghoulies
things were so dire and depressing that
rares founders and several key employees
jumped ship to pursue other projects
there have been some diamonds in the
rough since 2002 there’s no denying but
this development company nothing but a
shell for the destroy yourself
number four disc destroyer signal sounds
words I think that this the Xbox 360 may
have hit the ground running in terms of
sales and popularity but its technical
issues were definitely a problem
almost immediately after the consoles
launch cameras began to notice very
prominent circular scratches on their
gaming discs with many reporting that
said discs work now unplayable as it
turns out some 360s had faulty drives
which failed to secure the discs in
place and moving or bumping the console
while it was running the discs often
resulted in the aforementioned scratches
and the cheers of cameras everywhere
so no lesson is don’t go get slot number
three Kinect
[Music]
first introduced in November 2010 the
Kinect was meant to capitalize on the
motion control grades contending with
the likes of Nintendo’s weed and the
PlayStation Move someone should have
told them that motion gaming was so 2008
and totally for casuals bro
many were voicing their criticisms
immediately after launch with some major
detriment being its high price points
large spatial requirements and shrug
worthy titles the input lag was also
atrocious but some even reporting that
the device couldn’t recognize their
movements at all the Kinect face even
greater challenges on the Xbox one
garnering controversy and lackluster
attention forcing Microsoft’s to all but
admit the device’s failure and to remove
it from the bundles when you’re
exercising it can read your heartbeat
this is human control for a human
experience
number two early Xbox one policies this
is it Xbox one Microsoft Xbox one reveal
is the stuff that corporate nightmares
are made up as many of their early
policies left the internet in a frothing
rage and threatening to jump the Xbox
ship not only did Microsoft basically
ignore the X bones gaming components in
favor of its multimedia capabilities
when promoting the console what they did
mention about gaming really pissed
people off some of the criticisms
included privacy concerns regarding that
always-on Kinect preheat region locking
games activation fees for shared or faro
games and a necessary online connection
even for offline games the response for
these policies was so toxic that
Microsoft immediately went into damage
control mode but said damage was
definitely already done when a gamer
buys a ps4 this they have the rights to
use that copy of the game they can trade
in the game at retail sell it to another
person lend it to a friend or keep it
forever
one the red ring of God there it is the
red ring of death I only have one ring
I’ve seen lots people have three rings
the red ring of death was basically an
indications that your xbox 360 was toast
like an earthquake before a volcanic
eruption the 360 would give off some
warning signs that destruction was
imminent such as graphical issues and
gameplay freezes once those three red
lights appeared all hope was lost and
the console would need fixing or
replacing which could take up to several
weeks it was a huge headache for gamers
and Microsoft alike as customers were
left frustrated over their broken
console and the arduous process of
getting fixed on the other hand
Microsoft was out 1 billion dollars from
rectifying the issues which you know has
got to hurt perhaps the most insulting
thing at all
was that Microsoft was so conscious that
their new console was potentially
defective that they added a special
indicator light inside the thing to tell
you the consumer who bought it that it
was porked it was a huge disaster and
will undoubtedly go down as one of
gaming’s biggest blunder do you agree
with our picks check out these other
great clips from WatchMojo and subscribe
for new videos every day
yet something’s wrong
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
xbox fails before we begin we publish
new videos every day so be sure to
subscribe for more great content for
this list we’re looking at the business
decisions products or general failure
that were major disasters for the Xbox
ramp to be clear we’re only including
Xbox related fails here not Microsoft as
a whole incredible shifts are happening
across games and entertainment with
exciting new ways to play and have fun
number 10 Marge glass would it be great
if they just talked to each other and
did most of the work on their own well
that’s where Xbox SmartGlass comes in in
this day and age of smartphones and
tablets and companies are always trying
to create a new it application enter the
smart glass a kind of me gets completely
irrelevant and unnecessary addition to
your gaming life Xbox my playlist
synopsis not only are the features kind
of lame and boring but many games and
movies also didn’t utilize the
technology to its fullest potential so
customers who downloaded the app were
left with an extremely limited selection
of compatible titles this would have
made the list if it weren’t for the fact
that Microsoft devoted the majority of
their e3 2012 press conference trying to
sell this very feature for which the
creators of South Park immediately
ridiculed them for hilariously during
the same press conference how many times
have you been watching an episode of
South Park and thought I’d like to be
able to watch this on my television
while hooked into my mobile device which
is being controlled by my tablet device
which is hooked into my oven all while
sitting in the refrigerator
number nine bare-bones 360 the Xbox 360
was originally shipped in two
configurations the core and premium
packages priced at 299 and 399 American
respectively the core version appears
exactly as advertised as it lacks a me
major accessories like a headset
wireless controller and a combination AV
cable which forced players to play in
standard definition at the time when
high-definition was blowing up
it was also missing a hard drive which
were sold separately for outrageous
prices and you know kind of necessary
when all the necessary accessories were
purchased you were definitely going to
be out War money than if you just bought
the darn premium version the entire
situation wreaked of a marketing ploy to
be able to advertise their new console
and only $2.99 number 8 the original
Xbox controller controllers are a pretty
important facet of the gaming experience
I mean you know it’s what you’ll be
holding for the next couple of hours or
years so it’s kind of be comfortable
enter this beat which is pretty much the
exact opposite of comfortable and
practical the controller is just a fail
on every conceivable level from the
uncomfortable joysticks to the slanted
code buttons and unreachable secondary
button not only is it it’s practical but
it looks ugly as hell with a drooping
middle portion and enormous Xbox symbol
right to have in the middle just to
remind you what console you’re playing
in case you forgot and much consumer
research was done after the fact to
prove that now no people love a giant
controller and I can remember putting it
on my leg in Japan and trying to say see
you can rest it on your leg number seven
Xbox one launch price
Microsoft clearly didn’t learn from
Sony’s pricing blunder last generation
while the Xbox 360 initially dominated
the seventh gen due to its more
attractive price tag the opposite was
true 58 the Xbox one was originally sold
in a single package which contained the
console controller a 500 gig hard drive
and the Kinect goes for 500 bucks but
this is just the beginning
due to the inclusion of that stupid
connect the Xbox one was priced a
hundred bucks more than the ps4 and
sales were significantly hindered as a
result with budget-conscious gamers
flocking towards Sony 1 Microsoft drops
to connect down the price sales shot up
and the Xbox one is continuing its
upward trajectory to this day let’s
learn we hope cos machines and 4k
entertainment system number 6 external
HD DVD player you’re not getting the
full HD TV experience until you get HD
DVD while Sony may have loves the
pricing of the ps3 they definitely got
one thing right and that was the
inclusion of the blu-ray player at a
time when glue ray and HD DVD we’re
butting heads Sony and Microsoft took
opposing sides in the high-definition
race and well you don’t see h DVD
players anymore now do you on blu-ray
and DVD it wouldn’t be so bad if the H
DVD player was actually included in the
360 but nope consumers had to purchase
it separately for $200 and attach it to
their 360 thank you the damn thing looks
like a Franken console an expensive so I
could console number 5 killing rare
[Music]
there was a time when rare was the
developer to watch with game changing
titles like Goldeneye double-oh-seven
Donkey Kong Country in their portfolio
they were the kings of the n64 but in
2002 Microsoft acquired the companies
and had them work on Xbox exclusive some
of these exclusives included jetpack
refueled and grabbed by the Ghoulies
things were so dire and depressing that
rares founders and several key employees
jumped ship to pursue other projects
there have been some diamonds in the
rough since 2002 there’s no denying but
this development company nothing but a
shell for the destroy yourself
number four disc destroyer signal sounds
words I think that this the Xbox 360 may
have hit the ground running in terms of
sales and popularity but its technical
issues were definitely a problem
almost immediately after the consoles
launch cameras began to notice very
prominent circular scratches on their
gaming discs with many reporting that
said discs work now unplayable as it
turns out some 360s had faulty drives
which failed to secure the discs in
place and moving or bumping the console
while it was running the discs often
resulted in the aforementioned scratches
and the cheers of cameras everywhere
so no lesson is don’t go get slot number
three Kinect
[Music]
first introduced in November 2010 the
Kinect was meant to capitalize on the
motion control grades contending with
the likes of Nintendo’s weed and the
PlayStation Move someone should have
told them that motion gaming was so 2008
and totally for casuals bro
many were voicing their criticisms
immediately after launch with some major
detriment being its high price points
large spatial requirements and shrug
worthy titles the input lag was also
atrocious but some even reporting that
the device couldn’t recognize their
movements at all the Kinect face even
greater challenges on the Xbox one
garnering controversy and lackluster
attention forcing Microsoft’s to all but
admit the device’s failure and to remove
it from the bundles when you’re
exercising it can read your heartbeat
this is human control for a human
experience
number two early Xbox one policies this
is it Xbox one Microsoft Xbox one reveal
is the stuff that corporate nightmares
are made up as many of their early
policies left the internet in a frothing
rage and threatening to jump the Xbox
ship not only did Microsoft basically
ignore the X bones gaming components in
favor of its multimedia capabilities
when promoting the console what they did
mention about gaming really pissed
people off some of the criticisms
included privacy concerns regarding that
always-on Kinect preheat region locking
games activation fees for shared or faro
games and a necessary online connection
even for offline games the response for
these policies was so toxic that
Microsoft immediately went into damage
control mode but said damage was
definitely already done when a gamer
buys a ps4 this they have the rights to
use that copy of the game they can trade
in the game at retail sell it to another
person lend it to a friend or keep it
forever
one the red ring of God there it is the
red ring of death I only have one ring
I’ve seen lots people have three rings
the red ring of death was basically an
indications that your xbox 360 was toast
like an earthquake before a volcanic
eruption the 360 would give off some
warning signs that destruction was
imminent such as graphical issues and
gameplay freezes once those three red
lights appeared all hope was lost and
the console would need fixing or
replacing which could take up to several
weeks it was a huge headache for gamers
and Microsoft alike as customers were
left frustrated over their broken
console and the arduous process of
getting fixed on the other hand
Microsoft was out 1 billion dollars from
rectifying the issues which you know has
got to hurt perhaps the most insulting
thing at all
was that Microsoft was so conscious that
their new console was potentially
defective that they added a special
indicator light inside the thing to tell
you the consumer who bought it that it
was porked it was a huge disaster and
will undoubtedly go down as one of
gaming’s biggest blunder do you agree
with our picks check out these other
great clips from WatchMojo and subscribe
for new videos every day
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