Microsoft is now selling an Xbox Red Ring of Death poster for $24.99

Microsoft is now selling its personal Xbox Red Ring of Death poster to commemorate the discharge of the Energy On: The Story of Xbox docuseries. The six-part documentary is a warts and all take a look at 20 years of Xbox highs and lows, together with the notorious crimson ring of dying.

The Xbox 360’s crimson ring of dying was represented by three out of the 4 LEDs on an Xbox 360 turning crimson, an issue that affected loads of preliminary consoles as failure charges had been extremely excessive. It indicated a {hardware} failure, and it meant Xbox 360 homeowners needed to ship their console in for restore.

In chapter five of Power On, former Xbox chief Peter Moore displays on the error that value Microsoft greater than $1 billion to repair. “By the point we regarded on the value of repairs, the loss gross sales that we factored in, we had a $1.15 billion downside,” says Moore.

Energy On paperwork the 20-year historical past of Xbox.

The Red Ring of Death poster is $24.99, which received’t go very far in making up the $1 billion loss, however I’m certain those that labored on Xbox 360 would by no means have imagined Microsoft could be selling a poster concerning the failure greater than 15 years later.

Energy On additionally paperwork the origins of the primary Xbox, launched 20 years in the past, that includes interviews with those that helped convey it to life. Even former Xbox chief Don Mattrick makes an look within the docuseries, discussing the Xbox One launch and the problematic concentrate on TV, Kinect, and always-connected digital method.

If you happen to’re within the historical past of Xbox or video video games typically, Energy On is certainty price a watch. Whereas it’s created by Microsoft, the corporate doesn’t shrink back from acknowledging its failures, the robust Sony competitors, and its spectacular achievement of creating a brand new recreation console. Energy On: The Story of Xbox is obtainable on Redbox, YouTube, IMDbTV, The Roku Channel, Microsoft Movies & TV, and elsewhere.