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[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 13 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (4 children)

This has been tried before and never worked well. What makes you think its going to work any better now?

I even have a free controller google gave me when they tried it.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

It doesn't need to work well.

It needs to sound like it will make more money for MSFT's board.

You're approaching this from the angle of 'is this a sensible and sustsinable long term business strategy.'

Nobody cares!

They care about LINE GO UP BIG FAST NOW!

Microsoft Board: But Google lost so much money on Stadia!

Voice on speaker: but Google didnt have me, Bing.AI!

Microsoft Board: DONE. MAKE US RICH!

[–] Wilson@lemmy.today 3 points 7 hours ago

Oh man, those stadia controllers. Not the stupidest $99 I've ever spent, but still pretty dumb.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 5 points 10 hours ago

Attitudes like that are not how we got a trillion dollars in spare data center infrastructure to find a use for!

Those consumers will be happy owning nothing THIS time!!

[–] dr_robotBones@reddthat.com 1 points 9 hours ago

Why the LLM-driven scarcity in computing parts of course, and a little bit of cartel behavior when Nintendo and Sony inevitably announce the same thing next year.