Sony believed that they had so much market share that they could make a console that was leaps and bounds more complicated to code for, which would lock devs in and prevent them from going elsewhere, and they’d just have to suck it up because of said market share. Sony was wrong, and they lost out big time that generation (although they did manage to win the Blu-ray vs hd-dvd format wars).

Microsoft seems to believe they have so much market share that they can force people to upgrade to a privacy invading, ai infested piece of crap, and that everyone needs to suck it up because market share.

I’ve already started hearing wind that people, in statistically significant numbers, are finding alternatives… so is this the same situation as the ps3?

Just a passing musing without much to back up the gut feelings.

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    Linux is a bad choice for multiple reasons. I wish Linux had better support for games, DAWS (my job) and other software.

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      Linux has close to the best support for games possible without support from the game developers.

      Other windows software usually isn’t quite as good in my experience, but still better than non-native software on any other operating system.

      Never used a DAW, so I can’t say anything about that.

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      I wish Linux had better support for games, DAWS (my job) and other software.

      Do you have any examples or details so we can understand your point better?

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        It runs FL studio and Ableton like complete ass as well as any plugin I need. Has terrible Nvidia support and even worse Intel support.