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DiscreetFX wrote: @fairlanefastback The iPhone/iPod Touch works on Windows, MS did not have to make the the Zune and compete with it, they chose to. Just like they did not have to complete with their long time partner Sony. MS chose to complete with these company's and many more spreading themselves very very thin. What they should have done instead is focus on making Windows and Office better for their longtime customers.

The Amiga CD32, Atari Jaguar, Sega Saturn, and 3D0 Interactive Multiplayer console were all to market before Sony. And several of those firms had been in the home video console business for years and years already (such as Nintendo, whose fifth gen system came out after Playstation). That did not stop Sony from deciding to compete in that field, and they certainly did so with the idea of knocking out the competition. Its just as easy to say that Sony should have stayed focused on their traditional products. The truth is large companies tend to want to become diversified to some degree, so that they can weather issues in one area or another in the long term by having a hand in other areas. Thats true of MS, Sony, and many many other firms.

BTW you still have not answered how many folks you personally know that keep spare backup Xbox 360s for fear of RRoD.

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@DiscreetFX

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DiscreetFX wrote: @fairlanefastback The iPhone/iPod Touch works on Windows, MS did not have to make the the Zune and compete with it, they chose to. Just like they did not have to complete with their long time partner Sony. MS chose to complete with these company's and many more spreading themselves very very thin. What they should have done instead is focus on making Windows and Office better for their longtime customers.

LOL! You have read on how the PS1 came to be right?

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Kettle
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@DiscreetFX

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The iPhone/iPod Touch works on Windows, MS did not have to make the the Zune and compete with it, they chose to. Just like they did not have to complete with their long time partner Sony

Same logic can be applied to Sony i.e. PS1 is a platform that competes against MS's platform. So much for being a "long term" partner.

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