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I just keep thinking this as XBOX is putting on his clusterf*** business show:

When asked why Microsoft was creating XBox and getting into gaming, then-CEO said "because it's cool." There was this sense that Microsoft was playing with house money. Like Apple and Amazon now with TV and movies.
Now when Nadella is talking about how it needs to be a business that makes money, that makes sense, but it's also different. And there was no conscious change, it was just gradual as leadership shifted.

So, like- is XBOX supposed to actually make money?
*shrug*
The ultimate goal was that Gates wanted a computer in every living room. Maybe with better leadership that vision could’ve been better realized.
 
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Man they are scorching the whole damn earth.

Watch, the next Fallout and ES will be lackluster, delayed, a mess, etc. at release. A lot of the people being laid off could’ve been moved to one of these projects to help. Problem is, again, neither likely has a director who knows what the hell they’re doing, or is having meaningful communication with the decision makers.
 

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I just keep thinking this as XBOX is putting on his clusterf*** business show:

When asked why Microsoft was creating XBox and getting into gaming, then-CEO said "because it's cool."
Bollocks.

They were green with envy that Japanese companies were successful in the market and as a response they wanted to muscle their way into people's homes.

Microsoft are fucking snakes and a blight on any industry they attempt to dominate.
 
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Bollocks.

They were green with envy that Japanese companies were successful in the market and as a response they wanted to muscle their way into people's homes.

Microsoft are fucking snakes and a blight on any industry they attempt to dominate.
My point wasn't that MS were the good guys or some kewl gamurs. My point was that once, they may have seen Xbox as more of a loss-leader branding exercise. Hence my Apple and Amazon comparison. All these companies can eat my shit.
 
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I just learned that Game Fly is still around. Game Fly! Oh man, I used to use that.

When I come back from my vacation next month I'm gonna join and use it. Lately I see a lot of games where I'm like "I want to play that but not at $70." Their cheapest subscription model is $13.50/mo for one game at a time, which is how I normally game anyway.

Ok, I guess this isn't a news item- but it's news to me.
 
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I just learned that Game Fly is still around. Game Fly! Oh man, I used to use that.

When I come back from my vacation next month I'm gonna join and use it. Lately I see a lot of games where I'm like "I want to play that but not at $70." Their cheapest subscription model is $13.50/mo for one game at a time, which is how I normally game anyway.

Ok, I guess this isn't a news item- but it's news to me.
They never left and are still doing great. I bought a used game from them a couple months ago. I had traded in Lost Soul Aside at one point at gamestop, and then bought a used copy from GF that had everything in it for $30.