Microsoft's other successes netted it billions of dollars. XBox’s chief success from a business perspective seems to be defensive, as long as XBox maintains a significant market share, nobody will create a post-PC or post-TV world based on gaming consoles.
Of course, somebody seems to be creating a post-PC world based on phones and tablets, but that doesn’t negate the fact that this could have happened earlier if someone like SOny had sewn up 99% of the gaming console market and then integrated it with the web and content.
Of course, somebody seems to be creating a post-PC world based on phones and tablets, but that doesn’t negate the fact that this could have happened earlier if someone like SOny had sewn up 99% of the gaming console market and then integrated it with the web and content.