▲ 531 ▼ Xbox Co-founder Says Microsoft is Quietly Sunsetting the Platform (gamesbeat.com) submitted 5 months ago by Innerworld@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world 164 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] tyrant@lemmy.world 20 points 5 months ago (1 child) This isn't new. I heard them say years ago "yeah Sony won the console war but that doesn't matter" implying cloud gaming permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ApatheticCactus@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 child) 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". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ilixtze@lemmy.ml 1 point 5 months ago (1 child) Is this the real reason everybody is trying to sue valve these days? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) There are legitimate reasons to dislike the monopoly behaviors that Valve employs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LucidNightmare@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 months ago While true, you don't see anyone else at all even trying to be better than Steam, unfortunately. :/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ApatheticCactus@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 child) 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". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ilixtze@lemmy.ml 1 point 5 months ago (1 child) Is this the real reason everybody is trying to sue valve these days? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) There are legitimate reasons to dislike the monopoly behaviors that Valve employs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LucidNightmare@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 months ago While true, you don't see anyone else at all even trying to be better than Steam, unfortunately. :/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ilixtze@lemmy.ml 1 point 5 months ago (1 child) Is this the real reason everybody is trying to sue valve these days? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) There are legitimate reasons to dislike the monopoly behaviors that Valve employs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LucidNightmare@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 months ago While true, you don't see anyone else at all even trying to be better than Steam, unfortunately. :/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) There are legitimate reasons to dislike the monopoly behaviors that Valve employs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LucidNightmare@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 months ago While true, you don't see anyone else at all even trying to be better than Steam, unfortunately. :/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LucidNightmare@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 months ago While true, you don't see anyone else at all even trying to be better than Steam, unfortunately. :/ permalink fedilink source parent