Soleron on 12 August 2008
The goal of the Xbox was never to make money. It was to:
1) Prevent Sony from "dominating the living room" and thereby preserving the Windows/Intel monopolies
2) Prevent DirectX/.NET/Windows Media Player/LIVE branded services from becoming less important due to a shift to console gaming. This will reduce the chance of multiplatform computer games (Linux & Mac OS X).
