>I like how everyone forgets that it wasn't Sony, Nintendo or even the PC market that put the XBOX division in the position they are, it was themselves.
I don't think anyone forgot, it's simply irrelevant. For one reason or another, they are 3rd place so these arguments against being a monopoly falls flat. As well as all the "company bad" arguments being made. If "company bad" was a sufficient argument no acquisition would be made ever.
But these aren't up to public opinion, it's up to courts.
> a media brick with features no was or is asking for to this day
nah, people really wanted those features... but MS was beat to the punch by much cheapter set top boxes. Then the rise of smart Tv's sealed the deal (even if the hardware for those absolutely suck). Bad foresight there, especially since they were promising a cable TV show for Halo in 2013, around the time Netflix was establishing itself as a major force.
>does anyone even remember how bad GoW5 was?
No, not really. GOW5 jumped off the Lootbox train extremely fast (<2 months after release or something). So EA/Activision/Epic was in the forefront there. Probably one of the smarter moves MS made. MS may have been bad, but they either had good PR or the competition was simply that much worse.
I don't think anyone forgot, it's simply irrelevant. For one reason or another, they are 3rd place so these arguments against being a monopoly falls flat. As well as all the "company bad" arguments being made. If "company bad" was a sufficient argument no acquisition would be made ever.
But these aren't up to public opinion, it's up to courts.
> a media brick with features no was or is asking for to this day
nah, people really wanted those features... but MS was beat to the punch by much cheapter set top boxes. Then the rise of smart Tv's sealed the deal (even if the hardware for those absolutely suck). Bad foresight there, especially since they were promising a cable TV show for Halo in 2013, around the time Netflix was establishing itself as a major force.
>does anyone even remember how bad GoW5 was?
No, not really. GOW5 jumped off the Lootbox train extremely fast (<2 months after release or something). So EA/Activision/Epic was in the forefront there. Probably one of the smarter moves MS made. MS may have been bad, but they either had good PR or the competition was simply that much worse.