So the Zune’s not doing so well. Shocking, I know. Macworld has a report from Microsoft stating that fourth-quarter revenue for the little music player that could (not) was down $100 million from last year, which, of course, is chump change to MS—the equivalent to what you and I would find in our couch cushions. But it’s also a decline of 54% of the Zune’s market from last year.

Yesterday, we reported that 30GB Zunes had started “bricking” themselves on a massive scale—and all the affected devices had just one thing in common: it all started after 2 a.m. on December 31st. Dubbed “Z2K9″ by some users the confounding problem finally has a solution from Microsoft’s support forum. And it’s a solution so elegant, it should have occured to anyone who has owned, tried, or even seen a Zune:

Let the battery die and then don’t use it. Heyo!

Seeing as how “Zune” and “Failure” are practically synonyms, it’s surprising that Microsoft could buckle down and take the rabidly unpopular music player to a newer, and lower, level. But as of 2 a.m. today, and apparently part of some suicide pact/calendar-related coincidence, 30GB Zunes have been bricking themselves.