Power On: The Story of Xbox

[EricHiggin]

Azzanation said:

EricHiggin said:

If XB1 took the same kind of step that PS3 took, beyond gaming, then ya, PS4 and now PS5 being far closer to PC's in their capability wouldn't be out of the question by any means. 

Maybe SNY would've stopped at media and left PC's alone, but that seems kinda unlikely. Where would they have grown from that point? MS got into console, entertainment, digital online (bundle) services, so why wouldn't SNY had tried to offer what PC OS and software could?

I believe a lot of people are misunderstanding whats being said here. Its not that if Playstation was going to end up overtaking PCs, that wasn't the issue. The issue was towards the support leaving windows gaming which was a massive selling point for the OS. When Sega left, no console was pushing Windows and Direct X. This was a problem since Microsoft were worried that majority of 3rd party companies weren't supporting Direct X which is a staple of Windows. MS needed a console to help push DX, Sega were doing it and when Sega left, MS had to step in themselves and push it. The Xbox brand was meant to help support DX and push developers to use MS tools. That's why they named it XBOX, short for Direct XBOX.

That's not what the documentary says.

If that were the case, going after SNY would have been a no brainer for MS. It wasn't until Windows in general may be under threat, which was simply a future thought experiment, that MS took it more seriously. Even then they weren't entirely sold on it.

Which makes sense because once SNY steps on your turf, what are the odds they'll only remain in this fraction of it?