Comment on Xbox Co-founder Says Microsoft is Quietly Sunsetting the Platform

tyrant@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• ApatheticCactus@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  That makes sense. Microsoft didn’t enter the console market for gamers or gaming- they entered it to beat sony. The PS2 had a linux distro you could load on it to try to sell it as a computer to circumvent luxury import taxes. If it WAS a computer, it would compete with Microsoft Windows. They were worried that a console could just sell software instead of games and be a competitor, so they threw a ton of money trying to run Sony out of business.

  Microsoft never really wanted to win gaming. The war was against an enemy that wasn’t really a threat. So not killing off a console wasn’t really a “loss”.

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  • Ilixtze@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Is this the real reason everybody is trying to sue valve these days?

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    • ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      There are legitimate reasons to dislike the monopoly behaviors that Valve employs.

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      • LucidNightmare@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        While true, you don’t see anyone else at all even trying to be better than Steam, unfortunately. :/

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