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    Andrew Yoon posted a new article, Former Microsoft exec claims Xbox created because Sony didn't want to 'be a friend'.

    Microsoft wasn't always interested in entering the console market. In fact, according to a former Microsoft exec, the company only entered the console market because Sony refused to work with them.
    Feb 06, 2013 5:00pm PST
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    Andrew Yoon posted a new article, Former Microsoft exec claims Xbox created because Sony didn't want to 'be a friend'.

    Microsoft wasn't always interested in entering the console market. In fact, according to a former Microsoft exec, the company only entered the console market because Sony refused to work with them. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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      So, the moral of the story is that all new consoles are created out of spite? : GwyndionThis person is cool!
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        Spitestation 4 : AlexXdude
        • ^THIS : wrecker77
      • Nintendo and playstation : mobab
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      Microsoft is dicks. : ArBThis person is cool!
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        Sony apparently were dicks first. MS then pulled the counter dick maneuver on them : joninThis person is cool!
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          nintendo were dicks, not sony. sony wanted to work with nintendo and nintendo went behind sony's back : JoeyMc
          • and dicked them, amirite? : vornoporno
      • DickBox 720? Isn't that the shack? : biofrogThis person is cool!
      • Sony got dicked, decided it'd be a bigger dick, which in turn resulted in MS causing a dick party wherein... : Yumcheese
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      Funny how Sony also tried to shaft Nintendo out of the N64. They just can't get along with anyone! : 6UnJ9Wn
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        Who Nintendo? It was Nintendo who decided not to work with Sony, not the other way around. : pizzaput
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          Apparently Sony was being a dick about wanting rights to license software for the system so Nintendo aske... : timmieThis person is cool!
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            http://q-gears.sourceforge.net/gears.pdf In the "history" section. : timmieThis person is cool!
            • Wow.. So if Nintendo hadn't met with Phillips, there would be no Playstation, no Xbox and Sega might s... : Alexrose
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      With "friends" like Microsoft... : the archvileThis person is cool!
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        ...they could have ruled the galaxy together? : Haxim
        • The games are with you young Sony, but you are not a game company yet! : HL3dsx
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          Microsoft have a pretty big habit of backstabbing their "friends" i'd say they would have partnered with ... : kiddygrinderThis person is cool!
          • Microsoft backstabbed HTC, Facebook, ...? : matthaeusThis person is cool!
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            can you give examples of hardware partners that they screwed : boring gegtik
            • i don't know why you're limiting it to hardware partners, but MS pretty much kept them all in the dark ab... : kiddygrinderThis person is cool!
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        Is there any large gaming company that you like? : Fred GarvinThis person is cool!
        • none of them are very nice : kiddygrinderThis person is cool!
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      Console wars are the silliest thing ever. : Sephiras
      • I can't believe you would think that and also visit this website. Console wars are some of the most exci... : GwyndionThis person is cool!
      • Yea, console warriors are the worst. : Ellissd
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      wasn't the Playstation sort of birthed the same way when Nintendo told Sony to fuck off after Sony invest... : EvilDolemiteThis person is cool!
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        read the article... .... : FesterBlatz
        • But it's five whole paragraphs.. you ask too much : Proven28
    • I was just watching a documentary on Netflix called "Game on!" that talked about this. Kind of a flimsy ... : owly
    • Huh cool article. Nvidia's Shield is suppose to be the same deal as a cause of SONY pissing them off w... : valcan_sThis person is cool!
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      Think the PS3 would have been nearly as good if it was released before blu-ray? Meaning it wouldn't have... : daggotThis person is cool!
      • I thought Blu-Ray WAS the proprietary disc format :) : eyetyrant248
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        PS3 would have been a miserable failure without Blu-Ray. It was their wedge against Microsoft. Of cours... : EvilDolemiteThis person is cool!
        • I think it's very important that it was a GOOD blu-ray player. My most common reply to someone having bl... : eyetyrant248
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        If no blu-ray meant coming out a year earlier and at the same price as the 360, i think they'd have conti... : boredguyThis person is cool!
        • They probably would have. HD-DVD still had the stumbling block of Toshiba being the only hardware manufac... : ATimson
    • Sony started the Playstation for the same reason against Nintendo. : pizzaput
    • Kinda like how Nintendo refused to work with Sony so they released the Playstation on their own? : MagusThis person is cool!
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      HAY GUYZ DID U NO SONY MADE PS1 TO SPITE SONY?! : nodeThis person is cool!
      • SONY?! NINTENDO?! : nodeThis person is cool!
    • They could of had peace a lot easier in Star Wars if just the Empire and the Rebels could of been friends... : ZizThis person is cool!
    • lets state it more directly: Japanese are incredibly xenophobic (read: racist) when it comes to business.... : cell9song