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It's worth remembering that Microsoft did exactly what you've described. They decided that the video game market was where the money was, and pursued it with a
by knowtheory 15y ago
It's worth remembering that Microsoft did exactly what you've described. They decided that the video game market was where the money was, and pursued it with aplomb.
It's worth noting though, that they didn't dump their profitable business in their pursuit of a new market. On the other hand, they also had a huge pile of money to throw at building the xbox.
- grhino 15y agoMicrosoft had slowly moved their way into the video game business. The PC had become a popular gaming platform by 1995, and Microsoft made a commitment to building a first-class video game platform/SDK, DirectX. Microsoft eventually decided to basically build a PC dedicated to gaming (XBox) that would leverage the legion of game developers already building on PCs. They also would be able to compete against Sony and Playstation because their platform was arguably easier to develop for and more well-known.
- jamesgeck0 15y agoMicrosoft was slowly moving onto consoles even before the Xbox. The Dreamcast ran Windows CE, and Microsoft approached SEGA at one point about building a Dreamcast 2, IIRC.