1. The Red Ring Of Death
The Red Ring of Death - sounds terrifying, right? In the first production run of Xbox 360 consoles, huge numbers of gamers (between 23% and over 50%, depending on which survey you looked at) reported their X360 seizing up, with the only sign of life from the console coming in the ominous form of the power button flashing red. It's now common knowledge that this dreaded light signifies that your X360 is finished, toasted, fried. But hey, at least that meant you'd get a new model that hopefully
didn't double up as a DVD shredder. Also, wasn't it thoughtful of Microsoft to build a light into the console that specifically signalled that your console is dead? It's almost like they
knew it was going to happen all along! While it's hard to quantify just how damaging this event was to the Xbox's reputation, you have to suspect that this could've had just as much to do with with the Xbox One's poor sales as its catastrophic PR campaign.
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