Microsoft has lost potential PC consumers

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Ali_16x said:

vivster said:

Unlike Sony, Microsoft also profits from PC gamers in a lot of indirect ways. So it's not as harmful as you might think.

No they don't. If you are talking about having Windows, they purchase that already. It's not like they make new money after they purchase PCs. They already have PC sales, they don't make extra from Steam games, so no they aren't making anything from indirect ways, the indirect money you are talking about is when people first purchase a PC and that is just normal, it's not like they make extra money just because the person purchasing is a PC gamer.

there are two ways

direct and indirect. what u talk about would be direct.

so i really dont get ur point. "they already purchaes windows" is the perfect describe of the chicken egg problem.

but yeah it doesnt matter, if they buy just one, or 100 games on steam.

but as long as the play on windows, it benefits ms