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Originally Posted by Damien
Microsoft can get it right when it is focused. Take the XBox. That was run very well, with a clear direction, no infighting, no ‘let’s base it on Windows and run Office’, just a well executed device and they beat Sony with their second attempt.
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The Xbox 360 is a good example of what MS can do when they focus.
The original Xbox was a great console (I still have one somewhere), but it never really seemed to do well at the sales.
When they launched the 360, it may have had a boost because it was out first, but the PS3 had the advantage of being marketed under a well known brand (the PlayStation brand). An advantage that Apple has at the moment in the consumer mobile market, and an advantage that the 360 overturned in the games market.