Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Killing Off the Original Xbox: A Big Microsoft Mistake
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Now Microsoft (MSFT) introduced the Xbox in November 2001 and deliberately
>| brought out their next machine, the 360, just four years later, in November
>| 2005, so as to be first to market with the next generation. They kept the two
>| models as a range for just one year, killing off the original Xbox in
>| November 2006 when it was just five years old.
> `----
>
> http://seekingalpha.com/article/53614-killing-off-the-original-xbox-a-big-microsoft-mistake?source=yahoo
> http://tinyurl.com/2nphou
>
> Sony has meanwhile upgraded the PS2, which probably still outsells almost
> everything.
>
> Xbox 360 no longer grabs headlines. It has gotten another anti-feature (just
> like Vista), which is a parental control that enables disablement. *LOL*
>
>
The 360 is an also-ran, now.
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