Let’s name things Microsoft uselessly continued or created because of greed

[TRethehedgehog]

Halo: there was only supposed to be Halo CE, but microsoft saw how much money it could generate, so they made Halo 2, 3, and Reach, but at least those were good. My problem is that after Reach, Bungie left and Microsoft wanted more Halo, so they said “fine I’ll do it myself” and made Halo 4.
The day Halo 4 released was the day Xbox died

Xbox: talking about Xbox, you cannot convince me that they didn’t want to stop making them at some point. Hell it was probably named after DirectX anyways, they knew PC was always better. And you know all the issues the Xbox 360 had
Especially with the color red

Gears of War: it was probably supposed to end at 3, but nah just like Halo they had to release a prequel, then two ♥♥♥♥♥♥ sequels.

Windows: windows 10 was supposed to be last windows, but they released windows 11 and plan on discontinuing 10. They probably meant “windows 10 will be the last one that everyone can agree was good”

Internet Explorer and Edge: Get the ♥♥♥♥ out of my life! They made it so they could run netscape navigator to the ground and have more of a monopoly in the PC space. Apple came in clutch with the iMac and safari, and Google will make chrome later, and as we all know Edge and Internet Explorer ended up as total jokes.

Bethesda: they didn’t need to continue Bethesda, should have released Hi Fi Rush, then kill them just like they killed Skype.

Github: not saying I want Github to die, but you know they wanted to buy Github to have a monopoly on even the open source community smh.

The government: if Microsoft proved that the government laws don’t matter to them, then Microsoft is above government. So if Microsoft was smart they would complete their monopoly buy purchasing the United States, and then own U.S. government

[Morkonan]

Publicado originalmente por TRethehedgehog:

...Windows: windows 10 was supposed to be last windows, but they released windows 11 and plan on discontinuing 10. They probably meant “windows 10 will be the last one that everyone can agree was good”
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Windows 10 was not supposed to be the "last" Windows we'd ever need, even if that was part of its hype.

It was the FIRST Windows product that had as a strict requirement - "Make our PC OS branch profitable."

Its entire purpose was and is to finally bring Windows OS development and maintenance into "the green" with a positive cashflow.

And, Win 11 continues that tradition and so will every other Micro$oft OS, to the detriment of anything at all that could potentially represent a loss in profits.


I'm all for making money and a business should do that. But, Win 10 and further versions are, themselves, profit centers rather than the apps and other items that Micro$oft builds into them or allows space to be leased for...

You want evil? Go read Micro$oft'S 200+ Page "Privacy "Agreement.""

The only reason Micro$oft didn't price-in those profits to the end-user's final cost for Win 10 was a fear that Linux-based OS's may gain more of a foothold. They will not allow that to happen and that's an "At All Costs" directive, IMO. (Sabotage, stacking the deck with hardware mfrs, legislation, etc...) As soon as Linux-based distros could gain a foothold, ALL of Micro$oft'$ profit centers for the personal end-user market dry up very, very, quickly. (Office/browsers/user-data/sub-services/all of it)

[❤ Sly Succubus ❤]

Microsoft has less failures then Google.

Remember Google Glass? Google Car? Google Wave? Google X (AKA their social media platform).

For what its worth on a funny note: Xbox One X is just a stripped down Windows 8 thats then put into a sandbox, its literally a weak form of Steam Big Picture.

Point is, what Microsoft fails at or cans, other companies have far more of by count

[Rio]

"The government: if Microsoft proved that the government laws don’t matter to them, then Microsoft is above government. So if Microsoft was smart they would complete their monopoly buy purchasing the United States, and then own U.S. government"

Microsoft would have to complete with countries like Israel and China. Who pay top dollar to own the usa.

[Hammer Of Evil]

good call on halo.

i'd put forth call of duty franchise, pretty over done imo

[Morkonan]

Publicado originalmente por Sly Succubus:

Microsoft has less failures then Google...

/agreed

Wasn't Google Play/Streaming Service thing pulled, too? I still see occasional ads for it, though, so I'm not sure.

I don't trust Google to develop anything other than profits from their data selling and search engine cash. They just can't get anything past launch.

[Grumb]

Well they definitely aren’t greedy enough to make a new Banjo game, but they’ll squeeze the IP dry with merch

[Affronter]

I only wish Microsoft continued on with Zune and Windows Phone.

[❤ Sly Succubus ❤]

Publicado originalmente por Morkonan:

Publicado originalmente por Sly Succubus:

Microsoft has less failures then Google...

/agreed

Wasn't Google Play/Streaming Service thing pulled, too? I still see occasional ads for it, though, so I'm not sure.

I don't trust Google to develop anything other than profits from their data selling and search engine cash. They just can't get anything past launch.

Ya, Google TV, along with their largest failure...

Remember Google Stadia? AKA Google Gaming Platform?

[Ȼħⱥꞥꞥēł8753452]

Everything and anything past windows 8, has been nothing but greedy poorly made garbage, the only exception is their controllers which are pretty solid imo.

So basically, windows 8, W8.1, W10, W11, Halo infinite, Gears 5, Xboxone, xbox series x and s, kinect. Starfeild is a disaster also

It became pretty obvious that after the end of the 360, any and all effort was discarded in favor of just buying up studios and wringing them dry. Like who is in charge of the naming/branding department at xbox?? Because they should be fired.

But the worst of the worst would have to be GAMEPASS

[Ȼħⱥꞥꞥēł8753452]

Publicado originalmente por Grumb:

Well they definitely aren’t greedy enough to make a new Banjo game, but they’ll squeeze the IP dry with merch

Well, probably because they lack the skill to actually make one, idk if you've noticed but almost every game made by their dedicated studios has lacked quality.

[Grumb]

Publicado originalmente por Channel_04:

Publicado originalmente por Grumb:

Well they definitely aren’t greedy enough to make a new Banjo game, but they’ll squeeze the IP dry with merch

Well, probably because they lack the skill to actually make one, idk if you've noticed but almost every game made by their dedicated studios has lacked quality.

Yeah you’re right. Rare isn’t even close to what they used to be. And even if they licensed it out to Playtonic I’m not sure they’d do it justice.

I would take a Spyro/Crash style remake collection. ToysforBob would actually be a decent choice

[TWPanda77]

But are the failures good research? If a company does not take some risks, they are never going to innovate.

[Fishie]

Xbox and Playstation get ring of death it not just a Xbox thing.

[Hobbit XIII]

everything after windows 7.

[ktulu84]

Stupid microsoft account, its completely garbage and in %99 of the times it refuses to login or work

Microsoft also ruined minecraft