In the hardware aspect, Microsoft hasn't been very lucky. The first Xbox sold only a bit more than 30m units (machine saved by Halo). The 360 was plagued with the red ring of death, costing hundreds of millions in repairments and guarentees. Now the XBone, the thing was almost burned in a stake due to the Kineckt being apparently mandatory (and all of the polkicies behind it), not being as powerful as the PS4 and it's not selling half as good as Microsoft wishes.










