Xbox 360: Overcoming Failures and Advancing Gaming Technology
Discover the rise and fall of the Xbox 360, one of the most advanced gaming systems, marred by overheating issues. Learn about Microsoft's corrective actions, spending over $1 billion to repair and prevent hardware failures, culminating in the introduction of air fans to prevent overheating.
Xbox 360: Overcoming Failures and Advancing Gaming Technology
E N D
Presentation Transcript
Xbox 360 Robert Magana
What they were trying to do.. • They built ONE of the most advanced gaming system in the world. • With one failure…
Why did it Fail? • After the initial release in November 2005, Microsoft admitted that some systems may have overheating problems related to the power supply and said those customers with those systems would receive a replacement…
Corrective actions.. • Now Microsoft says it will spend more than $1 billion to repair crashed Xboxes, and make sure the general hardware failures concerning the game system are less frequent.
Summary • The final action taken was Microsoft released the air fans for the system, so that it will not over heat.