| Tuesday, December 25, 2001 |
21:20 - Ain't No Good Guys
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Before anyone gets on my case about it-- yes, I do realize that Sony and Nintendo are hardly any better ethical models than Microsoft.
But that's really not my point. I quite simply want the Xbox to die a screaming, flaming death. I'm not going to lie about that. I want Microsoft to regret peddling its video crack to kids in order to get them thinking that Microsoft is the big benevolent Master Who Must Never be Questioned. I want them to slink from the game market stinging in skin and pride.
Once that has happened, then I'll turn my attention to Sony and Nintendo and the things they've done. But until then, my focus is on Microsoft, who-- if people do nothing but keep swallowing their line-- will within three years own 1) the desktop PC market, 2) the PDA market, 3) the cable/e-media/ISP market, and 4) the console game market-- with no way for competitors to enter the arena. Once they get the stranglehold, there's no getting out of it. The only defense is to see it coming and knee it in the crotch.
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