Could Microsoft have done better than Xbox?

[Otakumegane]

fordy said:

Otakumegane said:
Wasn't the Xbox made just to stop the progress of OpenGL?

Personally, I think they should've moved into the mobile market a LOT sooner, I think not even Microsoft predicted the surge of OS using smartphones.

As for the Xbox itself? I think it was a good thing overall. Competition between Sony and MS. (Nintendo just being Nintendo)

Well that's a thought.....if OpenGL became popular, it would have meant worry on the Windows side of things. Would explain why they originally called it "DirectX box"

Fortunately for Microsoft, OpenGL got stuck on a major version (version 2 I believe it was), for far too long than it should have, and things like shader support were not incorporated for a long time after DirectX.

Yeah just remember reading somewhere that Sony refused to use DirectX with PS2 or something.

Possiblity why they decided to go with Cell with PS3 as well they wanted to say no to MS.

Looks like they finally caved.