What made Microsoft succeed where Sega could not?

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Nem said:

Angelus said:
Money, and innovation.

Yes, that's right innovation. XBL might not be the gold standard anymore, but MS revolutionized online gaming on consoles. Just sayin......

LOL? You do realise that SEGA was the one to deliver us stable online gaming first? Microsoft literally copied what SEGA made. The only "innovation" they ever made were achievements.

Yep, Sega has been setting up online infrastructure in gaming since the genesis days. They were the true innovators, but they needed Microsofts help to set it up and by the time the Dreamcast came around it was too late. They called microsoft into the gaming circle, much like Nintendo called to Sony.