News: Microsoft Could Be Obsolete By 2017

[Fire$torm]

I believe he is correct. There is an IP situation that gets Microsoft royalties for every Android device sold...

http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft...licensing.aspx

Oh yeah, forgot about all of M$ copyright whoring/stealing/infringing....

[John P. Myers]

Don Mattrick, the president of Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment unit — which centers on the Xbox and all the software giant’s gaming and entertainment efforts — is leaving the company, said multiple sources close to the situation.

http://allthingsd.com/20130701/exclu...-ceo-at-zynga/

Since this article was written, it has been confirmed by M$'s CEO Steve Ballmer that Don is leaving and is going to be CEO of Zygna. Zygna also confirmed it stating he begins his new position on July 8th. Now the Xbox developement team reports directly to Steve...can't imagine how inefficient that's going to turn out to be

[Fire$torm]

So, they are beginning to jump ship....

[Clank [MM]]

Now I read a couple of days ago that MS was backing off on some of Ones restrictions like always linked and game swapping. Anyone else read that? As far as Zynga, that's a sinking ship.

[John P. Myers]

Now I read a couple of days ago that MS was backing off on some of Ones restrictions like always linked and game swapping. Anyone else read that? As far as Zynga, that's a sinking ship.

Yeah i saw that. M$'s statement was they weren't backing off because of everyone's disgust with it. They were only doing it because of Sony. Remember to thank Sony by buying a PS4 As for Zygna being a sinking ship, agreed. They've already shut down numerous games and had a fair share of layoffs, and the whole time the market for browser/mobile games has been growing. Who knows? Maybe Zygna is the right place for this guy.

[John P. Myers]

What's worse than taking a $900M write-down for the Surface RT? How about watching your stock take a $32B hit the same day. Ouch.

The weekend can't start soon enough for Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who watched as investors drove down the company's stock by more than 11 percent Friday after a disappointing earnings report raised questions about demand for the latest Windows operating system as well as the Surface tablet.

The stock finished at $31.40, off $4.04 for the day. The percentage decline -- which wiped out more than $32 billion in stockholder value -- was the biggest slide in Microsoft's stock since the year 2000. More than 245 million shares traded hands compared with the 90-day average trading volume of 50 million.

Sucks to be M$

[DrPop]

Wow. That's just nuts. $32 BILLION in market capital GONE. Maybe they ought to make Win 8.xx look a LOT more like Win7 in a hurry.

[Duke of Buckingham]

[John P. Myers]

Oooouuuuch! Poor M$

Sony Sells A Million PS4s Within 24 Hours Of North American Launch...The Xbox 360 sold about 326,000 units a little over a week into its North American debut. Will the Xbox One be able to demolish those numbers like Sony did with their launch? Released a year ago tomorrow, Nintendo's Wii U has sold 3.91M units, meaning Sony has sold more than a quarter of their total in a single day.

[John P. Myers]

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