Xbox Business Update Podcast | Xbox Everywhere Direction Discussion

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When the switch came out I played zelda on the train to boston , I played zelda in the hotel before bed, I took my switch with me to the convention and played multiplayer with other switch users.

You missed all of Boston.

 

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I think there's an expectation issue here for what Microsoft should do from a consumer oriented slant.

It seems like the want is that because Microsoft as a whole has huge financial resources they should basically bankroll the hardware platform aggressively and waylay competitors that way. While this results in a very consumer preferable situation (unless maybe your a fan specifically of a competitor) is recoverable in the the long term in terms of the outlay? Especially now with the increasing big tech scrutiny and concerns about how their platforms/ecosystems/moats act as anti competitive barriers to entry?

Honestly this is the entire problem with these tech platforms. Basically platforms with inertia that become incumbents either need to self destruct, face disruptive events, and/or have an outside competitor basically throw huge money at hopefully future returns to displace them. How capitalism and competition works in theory as envisioned ages ago just doesn't really work.

 

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Yeah, people seam to want Microsoft to come in and just money hat their way into industry dominance, though a fair amount of people already accuse them of doing it already.

Honestly, it's probably a good thing that the 3 main players in the console space have 3 different strategies. There is a good possibility that they will each continue to carve out a space for themselves, which would be much harder if they were all imitating the market leader.