Great article by Dean Takahashi:

http://venturebeat.com/2008/09/05/xbox-360-defects-an-inside-history-of-microsofts-video-game-console-woes/

"Microsoft decided to shut down manufacturing of the Xbox 360 in January, 2007. Between January and June, it didn’t build any new machines. The reason was partly because it made too many machines earlier, but the other reason was to track down the source of its quality problems."

WOW. 2007 was like Year of the Xbox, and they didn't build any consoles for half a year?

i remember, microsoft shipped about 10m in the beginning of 2007, and loads people accused them of stuffing the channels, it makes sense now

Wow, and they still maintained their lead over the PS3

 Fixed that for ya.

Now this one is worth reading. Unlike many others, it is researched and has a credible source behind.

edit: woah, according to dean MS started to design the console one year after Sony started with the ps3 design, yet they delivered one year early. Gosh. We are looking at how many years of crunch time for the MS design team?

Vista = crap
Zune = crap
360 = crap
M$ can't do anything right. Why do people still buy there products?

I have a Zune(won it from Live Search Club) and it works great.  I download audio and video podcasts and listen to tons of music at work.  Not sure what problems people have with it.  The software is great also.

I own a 360 and so far I have had 1 rrod and am still incredibly happy with it and will gladly purchase M$'s next console.

Ok I'm still only halfway through the article (playing Persona 3 at the same time), but I have to say, if this article is true (i.e. no irresponsible reporting, libel/slander whichever one is for printed materials, etc), then this is by far the most detailed and comprehensive gaming article I've ever read.

And I'm only on page 4/6. I'm thoroughly impressed, though I wish less sources were anonymous.

2007 might be the best year the XBOX360 will ever have, but it definitely wasn't the year of the XBOX 360...