Humbly acknowledging gigantic corporate failure by selling it to you is such a weird and uniquely Microsoft-coded thing to do - ThreadSky

kelslewin.bsky.social • 85 days ago

Humbly acknowledging gigantic corporate failure by selling it to you is such a weird and uniquely Microsoft-coded thing to do

Reposted from Tom Warren

Microsoft has created an Xbox 360 Red Ring of Death ugly sweater. The sweater went on sale at Microsoft's company store earlier today and it's proving to be a popular item with employees. Details: www.theverge.com/2024/12/10/2...

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crithon.bsky.social•85 days ago

technically all their money is made off of Office.

scottcastro.bsky.social•85 days ago

.... and also how can I get one?

realwalnut.bsky.social•85 days ago

And its sold out too

brettwritesit.bsky.social•85 days ago

Looks like if Steve from Blues Clues were a robot with a defect.

sobblespencer.bsky.social•85 days ago

Can't not see Steve's sweater from Blue's Clues

fluffyobie.bsky.social•85 days ago

Looks like a misprint of Steve's sweater from Blue's Clues.

kelslewin.bsky.social•85 days ago

I’m looking forward to buying my Massive Layoff Ugly Christmas Sweater™️ next, followed by the Monopolistic Merger Mug™️

mattotterpop.bsky.social•85 days ago

It will look nice as we all exchange solent green for Christmas.

ninjinister.bsky.social•85 days ago

Bill Gates' Epstein Island flight log greeting cards!

pat.pbsky.xyz•85 days ago

this is some murdered by words material 🤣

thatmattguy.info•85 days ago

All proceeds go to the budget to prepare for the next set of layoff.

jumbotv.bsky.social•72 days ago

Okay, Monopolistic Merger Mug actually sounds like a good idea...

wes.readonlymemo.com•85 days ago

if I get too hot in the sweater do I get to send it in for a more breathable cotton blend?

iznaut.com•85 days ago

you actually put it in the oven for a few minutes and it will sort itself out

stevenjlovelace.bsky.social•79 days ago

I do have a Clippy sweater from them, though at least Clippy was a “fun” failure.

zollington.bsky.social•85 days ago

And if you preorder them now, it comes with a Pink Slip Ornament™️!

thomasfuchs.at•85 days ago

Cool, do they sell a ugly "we stole your open source code and removed your license file" ugly Xmas sweater? Because that's what they did to me.

48kram.bsky.social•85 days ago

Just for you

kbabz.bsky.social•85 days ago

In my bleary-eyed stupor I though this was a Blue's Clues sweater except Steve was a frustrated gamer

thebigben44.bsky.social•85 days ago

That's a long-play if I've ever seen one

mneko.bsky.social•85 days ago

After what Don Mattrick did to the Xbox One, the Xbox 360's red ring of death seems trivial by comparison.

eeveeking13.bsky.social•85 days ago

Imagine if 20 years from now Nintendo's starts selling Joycon Drift sweaters

electrichead.bsky.social•85 days ago

I should get six of these for free, one for every 360 I had die.

dizzydisraeli.bsky.social•85 days ago

Reminds me of how in Xbox's own documentary about itself is just everyone involved being like "yeah, we massively fucked it so many times in such inconceivably huge ways".

geekkun.bsky.social•83 days ago

The 360 I bought for the purpose of playing exactly two games in 2010 doesn't even work anymore. I treat my consoles very delicately and it's the only machine I've ever had that eventually stopped working. Fucking Microsoft.

stopskeletons.bsky.social•85 days ago

About as bad as Ubisoft selling Scott Pilgrim vs The World The Game shirts at GameStop when the game had been delisted for years. I took this picture in 2019.

violetstein.bsky.social•84 days ago

I still remember how pissed people were when they did the same thing when they sold merch related to their documentary, tho in that defence, it was based on something historically related.

Here it doesn’t exactly have the similar feel as those merchandises. But it’s still something that was iconic.