*A Microsoft Rep throws his hands up in fear*

"OKAY OKAY...we knew they were broken...our bad!" yells the Microsoft Rep.

Now, this is a funny situation.  I use the word 'funny' because only a corporation like Microsoft would wait 10 months for enough people to complain before they realize "whoops, our bad!".  After they have all the money and all the reps bought summer homes in fiji...

"whoops, our bad".

When you've been staring down the ring of death for a couple of months already...

"whoops, our bad"

...is about as helpful as a shovel to the face...which also doesn't fix the 360 problem.

Here's another tip: expect the same thing when Sony ships their console.  I say that because the more complex the technology gets, the less time people actually put into it to make the technology WORK.  Get it out, fix it later.  If it doesn't work, we'll make something better that's full of bugs and force everyone to get a patch or some buffalo biscuit nonsense like that. 

Busy, busy, busy - just like Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle says: back-handed and sketchy things are always going on...

"whoops, our bad!"