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| From | Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy, alt.comp.os.windows-11, alt.comp.os.windows-10 |
| Subject | Re: Mentally ill Microsoft fans suffer Linux envy, again |
| Date | 2025-04-08 02:47 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <vt22nb$15gkb$6@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <zb%IP.654550$3pn5.611025@fx44.iad> |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
Seems like Microsoft has given up trying with its Windows “handheld mode” idea to compete with the Linux-based Steam Deck. Instead, rumours are now spreading that it is going to come up with some kind of combination Windows+XBox product, maybe later this year. This sounds to me like such a pointless product. The whole raison d’être why XBox was created in the first place was as a tightly-controlled platform that would only run software (mainly games) that Microsoft permitted it to run. Whereas Windows was a more laissez-faire playground, where users could run pretty much what they wanted, whether it was game or not. But XBox is not holding its own against the competition (from Sony, Nintendo etc) as well as it once was. And the deficiencies of Windows as a gaming platform are starkly highlighted by the Steam Deck, which is popularizing a new way of gaming that Windows is simply unsuited for. So what’s Microsoft’s answer? Combine the two losers into one Frankenproduct, in the hope that their individual weaknesses will somehow shore each other up, instead of bringing each other down. It’s an act of desperation, with no clear strategy behind it. A swan song for XBox? Does seem like it.
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OT: Mentally ill progressives call for boycott of Microsoft and Xbox CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-04-07 21:43 -0400
Re: OT: Mentally ill progressives call for boycott of Microsoft and Xbox % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-04-07 19:09 -0700
Re: Mentally ill Microsoft fans suffer Linux envy, again Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-08 02:47 +0000
Re: Mentally ill Microsoft fans suffer Linux envy, again CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-04-08 08:38 -0400
Re: Mentally ill Microsoft fans suffer Linux envy, again Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-08 21:10 +0000
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