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Old 03-25-04, 09:39 AM
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NYTimes article on Xbox new software strategy

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Two good clips are:

Under the strategy, which the company calls XNA, a developer of game software would be able to write a single program that could be translated for use on Windows PC's, on Xbox video game consoles or on mobile hardware systems.

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The Microsoft announcement is the clearest evidence yet that the company, which is struggling in a distant, unprofitable second place in the video game business against Sony, is trying to make its next-generation Xbox game machine more of a peripheral device connected to the PC in the home.
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Re: NYTimes article on Xbox new software strategy

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... that the company, which is struggling in a distant, unprofitable second place in the video game business against Sony...
Must be comparing US sales only. I can't imagine them being second worldwide when they only sell a handful of machines in Japan a day.

But even if Nintendo is officially third now, I guess it is better to be 3rd and profitable than second and losing money.
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Nice link. We should probably merge this thread with the original:

http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthr...hreadid=354628

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