Do you like Microsoft

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prayformojo said:

Goatseye said:

prayformojo said:
No, I do not. Their business model is one based PRIMARILY on finding a trend, copying said trend, releasing cheaper, inferior version and making a small profit. As an artist, that's shameful imo. I just can't relate or endorse that kind of mentality.

I don't understand your reasoning. At all.

They haven't blatantly copied competitions IPs yet.
Xbox Live has been a thing since 2002/3(?).

Xbox=a result of copying Playstation's mainstream success. Zune=a result of copying iPod's mainstream success. Windos phone=a result of the iPhone's mainstream success. Xbox music=a result of copying Spotify's mainstream success. Windows 8/Suface=a result of copying iPad's mainstream success. Xbox Live=a result of the Seganet (http://kotaku.com/5859934/the-xbox-was-as-close-as-we-got-to-a-dreamcast-2). 

As an artist, I pride myself on original ideas. If I see something that works, I scratch it off my list of things I can and will do. I don't think to myself "hmmm, that works, I'll copy it and make bank" because there is nothing special about that. Money is what MS worships and money ALONE. There is no sense of vision, no attempt to make a positive impact on the world...it's all money. 

So how do you feel about Sony copying Nintendo's mainstream console success, or Xbox live's mainstream success with PSN? Or how about Sony's Xperia phones copying iPhone/Galaxy? 

Just curious if you dislike Sony as much as MS since they behave very similarly.....according to you.

Also, I see you've already backed away from your claim that MS copies people's ideas and then releases cheaper, inferior versions. That didn't take long.