10 Biggest Xbox Fails Microsoft Wants You To Forget

2. Xbox 360 As A Disc Shredder

It should be some consolation to the Xbox One that it's not responsible for what's undoubtedly the worst thing Microsoft have ever done. In a bid to outrace Sony and their PlayStation 3 to the market, Microsoft released the Xbox 360 in an unfinished and stable state. Early Xbox 360 models were plagued by fatal problems, among them the disc-scratching fiasco, where it was found that many X360 DVD drives weren't properly designed to keep game discs in place, so if you stood your console in an upright position (as was the rage since the PS2 days), there was a good chance your disc would come out looking like you'd used it as a dog frisbee; on the bright side, once this happened you genuinely could use it as a dog frisbee, so at least there'd be some use for your ruined $60 copy of Gears of War. But there was an even bigger problem plaguing the Xbox 360. Something... worse. Something... redder.