Except MS apparently.I think a lot of us were skeptical of it when it came out. and it was a great deal for a while there, but I feel like everyone knew that it wasn't going to stay that way and it certainly wasn't going to make MS happy in the long run.
The ultimate goal was that Gates wanted a computer in every living room. Maybe with better leadership that vision could’ve been better realized.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*
Man they are scorching the whole damn earth.
Bollocks.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."
Righting the ship doesn't maximise profits. Better just sink it and claim it on insurance.Has anyone told them that you shouldn't right a listing ship by throwing the crew overboard?
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.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.
I mean technically it can move, what with the tides and eddies and such. But I think in nautical terms that is called 'being adrift'. Which given everything I've been reading, is absolutely apropos.Wait you mean a ship doesn't move is nobody is left to run it?
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.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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