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80f526cd | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @Chris Trottier I remember folks at the time saying it was good it wasn’t windows and I’m no gamer but I nodded along
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Chris Trottier | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @d380c590 Yeah, Microsoft knew that if they called it “Microsoft Xbox” out of the gate, and made it a Windows machine, it would have been the kiss of death. 

PC gamers were fine with Microsoft but console gamers saw the company as a bunch of interlopers.