The text of the error subtitled “Mock Error Title,” which perhaps implies it’s used for all non-finished error descriptions, reads as follows:
The funny error message was first sent out over Twitter by a confused Xbox One owner. He posed it as a question to Xbox Corporate VP Mike Ybarra, as well as the Xbox support account on Twitter. Being the consummate professional that Mike Ybarra is, his response was to immediately indicate that he was “looking into it.” Hopefully Ybarra at least gave a chuckle at his desk, considering the ridiculous nature of the message. Ybarra would then follow up less than 24 hours later noting that the issue would be patched that night.
As funny as the Xbox One error message reads, and as overtly straight-laced as Mike Ybarra’s response, the error is likely much more of an issue than meets the eye. It’s one thing to allow through some unintentional description text, but it’s another thing to publish something official like the title of a property that Microsoft doesn’t own. Accidents happen, so it’s not likely there’s any trouble brewing as a result of the mistake, though perhaps the team that published the error will reflect on how something like this could get through.
The rest of us will go on comfortably knowing that, at least for a short time, Microsoft’s official favorite My Little Pony episode was Read it and Weep. Episode 16 of the second season of My Little Pony, Read it and Weep is about Rainbow Dash having injured her wing and reading a book. She is of course terribly embarrassed to be reading, hiding it from her friends, but ultimately admitting that being an “egghead” isn’t so bad. Perhaps the “eggheads” at Microsoft empathize?
