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    591 month ago

    Honestly if I was them I would be very worried. As people move away from the Microsoft ecosystem Microsoft slowly loses control of the market.

    The Steamdeck is flying off the shelves. I hope that many other companies start going Linux outside of value as the more companies involved the less likely one will ruin everything.

    • @PlasticExistence@lemmy.world
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      191 month ago

      Best estimate that I’ve been about to find on Steam Deck sales is somewhere between 4-6 million, which considering everything is astounding. I’m on my second Deck (upgraded to OLED).

      I actually decided to sit out the Switch 2 launch because I’m so satisfied with the Deck (and a lack of groundbreaking Nintendo games at launch).

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        141 month ago

        Assuming you are right that’s about half of the total Wii U sales

        Small compared to well known giants but this is really the first real successful console Value has launched

        • That’s the thing, it’s not an established console line

          And also, half of Wii U sales is fucking massive. Yes the Wii U was considered a failure, but it was still well known

    • @Rooty@lemmy.world
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      The Windows ecosystem is an abominable pile of half-finished apps and dark patterns that should be slam dunked into the trash. The problem is in the leadership that is laser-focused on milking business users who are used to Microsoft’s abusive practices.

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        laser-focused on milking business users who are used to Microsoft’s abusive practices.

        The funniest thing I notice is how IT departments have to enforce all kinds of group policies and custom scripts and things to crowbar Windows into shutting up and just being a work OS.

        It’s just standard practice at this point to fight the thing into submission to get an install image that’s not nagging users or trying to upsell them on cloud nonsense and whatnot.

      • @Joeffect@lemmy.world
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        51 month ago

        It would of been smart to redo the whole thing and start over after they said windows 10 would be the last windows…

        Fuck compatibility and just start over with windows 2… Get rid of the bloat and crap… But yeah that would actually make more sense than making more profit…

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            I don’t know if this is hard to wrap your head around… So you take all of the windows versions that currently exist and that is version one… And you start over from scratch with a brand new version maybe I don’t know a version two?

            Because they probably still have code from the original version of windows running…

            • macniel
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              131 month ago

              The screenshot I showed you IS windows 2. Maybe you are a bit too daft or I was a bit too pedantic for your smooth brain. In any case you were extremely rude.

              • @lmuel@sopuli.xyz
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                81 month ago

                With absolutely no qualifications whatsoever I diagnose: defo a case of daft cunt syndrome

    • @Blackmist@feddit.uk
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      31 month ago

      Not even sure they care any more. They make so much money from corporate Office use and Azure that everything else could disappear tomorrow.

      Half the world went from applications to web based stuff years ago. Them and Amazon are now running most of that, regardless of you using Windows or Linux.