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Outside of Xbox, do you buy other MS products?

Yes 64 57.14%
 
No 26 23.21%
 
NEVER! 22 19.64%
 
Total:112

If Xbox didn't exist I would of never bought a MS phone or be considering a Surface in the future. I have and will always use Windows but I also purchase things from other companies having owned consoles,phones and other electrical devices that MS also make.



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If a product is good and well supported there shouldn't be any problem buying it. The only time there might be is when you either can't trust the company, or find its practices abhorrent. MS isn't that bad by any means.



Prediction for console Lifetime sales:

Wii:100-120 million, PS3:80-110 million, 360:70-100 million

[Prediction Made 11/5/2009]

3DS: 65m, PSV: 22m, Wii U: 18-22m, PS4: 80-120m, X1: 35-55m

I gauruntee the PS5 comes out after only 5-6 years after the launch of the PS4.

[Prediction Made 6/18/2014]

Xbox, Phone, Windows(obviously), and a Microsoft Band. Plus an Xbox(Groove) Music subscription.



All three Xboxes, windows phone, surface, W10 and a whole range of peripherals. MS has grown to be one of the best hardware manufacturers so that, coupled with the W10 ecosystem, makes the choice easy.



The only microsoft products I have owned are office and windows.



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When I had X360, I decided to also buy a Nokia WP (mostly because of one account, games with achievements and so on).
That was the worst decision I've made, and 6 months later I swapped it for an Android phone (Sony Xperia, but it has nothing to do with console wars, it simply was the best buy phone then, and I wasn't even close to considering PS console at the time).

WP at the time (and I don't think it changed much) had a miserable app support, especially in Europe. Banks don't offer WP banking apps, no parking apps, no apps to buy movie tickets, no apps for...basically anything. It was a revelation to have an Android and dozens of useful apps for everyday life at my fingertips.
And to make things even worse, apps that are absolutely free on Android, WP charges money for (like Fruit Ninja and other games).
And the fugly interface and app design certainly didn't help. It was a colossal waste of my time and money.
Right now, only WP phones here are free ones, and nobody wants them as they are completely useless (well, I guess you can still use them to make phonecalls).

No experience with other MS hardware, but from everything I have read and heard from people, they are the worst deal you can get (usually both overpriced and underpowered like Surface - there arevdozens of better tablets and very few that cost more)



Roronaa_chan said:
Just Windows, nothing else

This,

But might buy a xboxone in few years a few games look good to me.

For me its more they mentality i am banning, bad faillure RROD on 360, All drm on xboxone reveal, bad window 8,  buy nokia and fire everyone.. i know the world not perfect, but i think microsoft is in my top 5 of my most hated company.

My interest for their other product is low, i have a samsung phone for 3 years now, and the second i-pad (so i get android/app store world) i don't need change every years like many, unless  this die i keep old one.



Xbox, Office and Windows. I've considered a windows phone but I haven't bought one yet. Liking Xbox doesn't make me interested in any other MS products.



    

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I don't really care for their Surface Pro or Windows Phone but I would really love to have an Xbox One. Of course, at my current financial rate that is almost impossible.



I love Windows and office is pretty good too. Their surface tablets are tempting but needs a bit more bang for me to buy it

I will never touch WP for obvious reasons



                  

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