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Gaming is a tiny niche market in reality. Microsoft runs almost everything. Have you ever seen an ATM crash - yep you get a BSOD, or a ticket machine at a cinem
by MarcScott 13y ago
Gaming is a tiny niche market in reality. Microsoft runs almost everything. Have you ever seen an ATM crash - yep you get a BSOD, or a ticket machine at a cinema, or a checkout till. Most of these machines are still running XP!
- islon 13y ago"Gaming is a tiny niche market in reality" Yes, it's just the biggest medium industry in the world, ahead of hollywood and music.
- MarcScott 13y agoI was talking in regards to PC sales. Microsoft has gaming covered with the XBox, and to a certain extent IE. When I said niche, I was referring to gamers that buy PC gaming rigs. These consumers are not important to Microsoft, they have bigger fish to fry.
- shmerl 13y agoMicrosoft doesn't care that much about PC gaming these days and this is another thing that will bite them. Linux will emerge as PC gaming leading platform in the future.
- shmerl 13y agoIt often holds casual users from ditching Windows for Linux. I'm not talking about Windows being used in businesses. With Linux gaming gaining momentum, there will be significantly less reasons for many people to use Windows.