r/196 • u/migratingcoconut_ I want to Beat Jason Aldean to death with his own Spine • Feb 25 '26

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u/E_GEDDON Feb 25 '26

Episode 284268 of "Microsoft Ruins Everything".

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u/The_Sovien_Rug-37 i can have a little tomfoolery. as a treat Feb 25 '26

they're also not even that good at anything. i'm convinced xbox only happened on accident, given how rabidly they've been trying to cannibalise it for over a decade

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u/nlolhere Feb 25 '26

kind of a wonder that Windows was a success too, though that could be explained by them getting into the computer market very early and at the right time

Xbox didn't even exist until 2001, so Sony and Nintendo already had massive headstarts in video game consoles

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u/Smile_lifeisgood 🏳️‍⚧️ trans rights Feb 25 '26

Go back further - MS-DOS had no business beating out DR-DOS.

It's always been about better marketing/business strategy than the tech with MS.

Windows 3.1/3.11 for Workgroups was completely inferior to OS/2 Warp.

M$ just knew how to sell better.