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?

And Dreamcast used Windows CE with DX6. MS wasin talks with SEGA during the Saturn era about some sort of support for it as well. MS wanted in for sometime.

I’m definitely going to watch this. Looking amazing.

It’s really funny how MS thought Sony was the rival for personal computing dominance when in fact, Sony is still a media format company. 20 years later, does anyone use PS for computer stuff? Meanwhile, Apple finally took back the personal computing space right in your pocket.

I’m always hesitant to quibble about each company’s motivations for getting into the industry, because ultimately these are all market based capitalist enterprises that from the very beginning had multi national profit making ambitions. One having more “pure” intentions than the other just seems after the fact rationalizations from fans.

Ultimately I am glad Xbox entered the arena. They were batter able to withstand hardship than Sega, and their experience in the PC space brought a unique set of hardware and software that previously either wasn’t there or was under developed.

I haven't seen the documentary, however it wasn't just Sony that pushed MS into the Console market. They were in it way before Sony and even Sega. They were pushed out by the ever popular Commadore 64 which dominated the market at the time. MS always wanted to stay in the market and the moment Sega dropped out, they saw their prime opportunity. Sega was helping drive MS software and without Sega, no one was doing it in the console industry. The Xbox was created in house so they don't have to rely on outsourcing their software. This explains why MS wanted to buy Nintendo etc. The Xbox named after Direct X was Microsoft's return to the industry.

Gaming is more than just console gaming.

C64 wasn't a home console but a home computer. MSX wasn't a home console but a home computer architecture.

There were MSX-computers from many different manufacurers, including Sony. Just like there were and are many PCs from different manufacturers running MS-DOS or Windows.

So Microsoft ain't ignoring the MSX existence by saying that Xbox was their first console.

Microsoft has developed and published a lot of games before they entered console space, f. e.

• Microsoft Adventure (1979)
• Olympic Decathlon (1980)
• Microsoft Flight Simulator series (since 1982)
• Solitaire (1990)
• Minesweeper (1992)
• Microsoft Golf / Links series (since 1992)
• Age of Empires series (since 1997)
• Microsoft Pinball Arcade (1998)
• Midtown Madness (1999)

Yes they supplied software, but from a hardware standpoint it was Bills fear of the one machine to rule them an all in every home that opened the door but those at MS at the time advocating for MS owned hardware Xbox, not to dissimilar to those early advocates at Sony would have helped it gain impetus.

We need to remember this was a scenario that held sway among many in the tech industry at that time where smart devices were still a fair way from being realised.

Wasn't his first game Snatcher? Metal Gear Solid is PS1. Metal Gear is MSX.

Pretty sure he worked on  Metal Gear first. The "good" version for the MSX. Unfortunately, the NES got a shitty port. 

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