I worked at Microsoft in the early 2000 era. before Xbox. I did the top level os consumer support stuff. not for corporate but for the general public that uses the os support channel. one day I was in a discussion group and we talked about what you think about the future kinda thing. it was supposed to be a relaxed discussion but once I brought up Linux and older hardware, I felt the temperature changed. it was later explained that I was black listed for my argument because it expressed that flaws in Windows and the potential of Linux. Years later I joked with a friend who still had an MS job, that putting the Linux subsystem in Windows was admitting I was right back then... this new Xbox coming out in competition to the steam system just makes me feel so justified. Microsoft will always be a second best because they can't break the internal mindset that they are the top
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How long can laurels be rested on? Apparently at least 25 years.
it's a life changing event getting blacklisted from something like your career goal. I found a more rewarding career path but it still hurts that I was trying to make Microsoft a better company and I was outed for trying to argue that Linux wasn't going away and Microsoft had to recognize it's strengths
The last few decades in tech have been a generally abysmal downward arc. I used to envy my friends who got into software early, carved out a niche, and made great money. Now they're depressed and neurotic, all the money in the world and barely ever happy. Sorry if you thought I was making light of your hardship, humour is just how I cope with my own troubles. I'm glad you found a path forward.
the burnout is real, I oftened contemplate pushing a broom and cleaning toilets.
I've done that, it's unpleasant but at least only the smell follows you home.
These assholes spent the mid-2000s trying to kill PC gaming just to push their console. It didn’t work and now, nearly 20 years later, they’re crawling back begging PC gamers for attention.
Enjoy catching up.
Steam machine it is then.
Yep, A shittier steam machine. I wonder who would buy this after seeing MS abandoning their XBox brand. Also I bet it's going to be full with GenAI garbage.
Now the devs can just give you a prompt and the AI box can just hallucinate a game for you
Okay, so microslop's next console is ...a PC...right? Hope it comes with office.
Its going to come with Winslop 12 and you gotta pay $20/m or the power button wont work.
Oh crap...okay, I guess I'll pay...AI said so. LOL
oh boy, so you can be prevented from freely modding your pc games too?
Running what, Windows? 🤣
Just wait until HP releases their new Hinge Machine, with their new hpstore that will have unique experiences and hinge content! Rumours has it that Dell is working on their new Delli Shop as well but rumours are scarce due to pork issues
Always has been :) they've all used a modified windows kernel starting with NT on the OG and the latest are up to win11 now
That explains so much…
Sounds like they said it backwards. Didn't they mean, it's a PC that will play your Xbox games?
Nah this is Microsoft in 2026 so its an Agentic Copilot Machine that might play a pc game if you construct you prompt properly
Oh, so it's a telemetry farming thinking assistant that can games. Best enjoyed with an subscription.
So 25 years after the first Xbox .. they're finally realizing the original promise?
Personally I hope no one buys this "console". There's been way too many rumors and general discussions that this will be the "last Xbox" and Microsoft has already lost the "first party" game front.
There is zero reason to buy Xbox at this point. Game Pass is stupidly expensive(and you can't even buy Gold separately anymore). This new "console" is supposed to be stupidly expensive as well.
I would hope this would force people to just switch to PC, but the hard heads will buy Xbox and the noobs will buy PlayStation.
I loved my original Xbox and the 360, but Microsoft has been on a steep decline since. The writing's been on the wall for a long time.
I'm hoping Steam comes in and just destroys console gaming forever.
Consoles made it normal to pay for a subscription service to play multiplayer. Consoles are why games want to charge $70-90. Consoles create wallet experience and "exclusive" platforms for their games.
I’m hoping Steam comes in and just destroys console gaming forever.
It's a wishful thinking. Consoles "should" be priced cheaper than PCs, as they are closed down and can subsidies prices. Initial console price was always a big deal. And because it is closed down, they can arrange exclusivity deals, which is a huge, maybe even bigger huge, reason to buy a console than its initial price. A Steam Machine does not have any of these crucial points. But Steam shows the gamers and the industry a lot and is an evolutionary step towards a PC centric gaming culture. The ARM based PC race is in full development and could revolutionize consoles in the future. And Linux is behind all of that. :-)
Gold is just Game Pass Essential now right?
Is there actual evidence that you’ll actually be able to play PC games from competing store fronts? I’m enough of a corpo skeptic to expect this to turn out to be a locked down PC that exclusively operates through the Microsoft store.
Microsoft's history points to this.
Xbox live was pretty cool when it was trying to be the Netflix of Gaming. Then they shot themselves again and again in the foot.
Now that Netflix has games, it's also the Netflix of gaming.
Why does that foot have a hole in it?? Shoot it!!!
If they try to integrate Copilot and Ai features into the console, on top of trying to use Windows 11 under the hood... oh boy.
I mean...yeah? wasn't that their whole thing? they want games to play themselves to open a whole new market for "interactive film".
More indicators they want to lock you into their walled gardens and stop dealing with normal PCs, they want to push everything into subscription based cloud services.
A portable Xbox. I've been saying that since the first Xbox. That would have dominated the market.
I imagine it’s a desktop variant of the handhelds with that Xbox desktop environment, but with ability to play Xbox games