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They executed well on the XBox and didn't need to reboot. They misstepped with WinMo. Then they rebooted. Start your count over again.

• latch 14y ago
  No, they didn't. Over the course of its life, the XBox brand is still billions in the red. It only started turning up a relatively small profit a year or two ago. It has a long way to go before anyone should consider it successful. The problem with consoles is that there's no brand loyalty (except for Nintendo). It only takes 1 bad console for an established player to vanish, and 1 good console for a newcomer to succeed. Xbox live might be changing that, but it's still waayyy too early to call it either a success or failure. Though, certainly financially, it's been a small disaster so far.
  • Smudge 14y ago
    Welcome to consumer electronics. Comparatively speaking, Microsoft has fared quite well.
    • seanmcdirmid 14y ago
      Comparatively speaking, Apple has done much better in consumer electronics.
      • lmm 14y ago
        Sure. Apple has done spectacularly well. It's a big jump from "not as good as Apple" to "worst CEO in America".
        • seanmcdirmid 14y ago
          I won't make any judgement on leadership, and want to just point out this fact. A peer of Microsoft is succeeding very well in consumer electronics, meaning Microsoft could potentially as well and would become insanely successful (big profits beyond enterprise). Disclaimer: I work for Microsoft and so would love for them to realize that potential. I'm sure it is much more complicated than "replace CEO" to get there.
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