Users of consumer Windows are not Microsoft’s customers in any real sense. Microsoft’s customers are huge enterprises who want this stuff and smaller companies who are trapped into using the MS ecosystem by needing to have interoperability with other people/businesses who use MS products.
It’s kind of the last slice they have left for gaming. Windows remains the de facto platform for PC gaming. It’s not as big as the segments you are describing, but it’s critical to Xbox’s near future plans. If they lose that advantage in gaming (Linux gaming is on the rise), Xbox becomes just another third-party publisher in the games space.
Its a fair point but its not entirely accurate. If consumer windows users quit for another OS enmasse MS would feel it. Linux and Mac also have viable ecosystems with alternatives to Office apps, onedrive etc.
At the very least shareholders would ask questions. Going whole-hog on AI doesn’t seem like a good bet regardless of where your money comes from.
Users of consumer Windows are not Microsoft’s customers in any real sense. Microsoft’s customers are huge enterprises who want this stuff and smaller companies who are trapped into using the MS ecosystem by needing to have interoperability with other people/businesses who use MS products.
It’s kind of the last slice they have left for gaming. Windows remains the de facto platform for PC gaming. It’s not as big as the segments you are describing, but it’s critical to Xbox’s near future plans. If they lose that advantage in gaming (Linux gaming is on the rise), Xbox becomes just another third-party publisher in the games space.
Its a fair point but its not entirely accurate. If consumer windows users quit for another OS enmasse MS would feel it. Linux and Mac also have viable ecosystems with alternatives to Office apps, onedrive etc.
At the very least shareholders would ask questions. Going whole-hog on AI doesn’t seem like a good bet regardless of where your money comes from.