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Topic	The origin of Xbox is pretty fascinating
Darmik 02/15/18 12:49:47 AM #88:	- The Microsoft games division were looking into making sports games (including women's soccer). They were expected to rival Madden. The developers said they'd need to release their games on platforms like PlayStation to achieve that. Microsoft said no. - Fun was a new concept in Microsoft at this point. Programmers didn't need to worry about Word being fun. Creating new games was a challenge - Microsoft bought the flight simulator developers because Sierra was attempting to buy them - A lot of thr flight sim developers are still at Microsoft and now work on the Forza series - The Microsoft games team worked on small little games for the entertainment packs. One of the top guys left to work with Ensemble. Who end up making Age of Empires --- Kind Regards, Darmik <cite>Darmik posted [p:896113720] in The origin... [t:76288422]...</cite> <quote>- The Microsoft games division were looking into making sports games (including women's soccer). They were expected to rival Madden. The developers said they'd need to release their games on platforms like PlayStation to achieve that. Microsoft said no. - Fun was a new concept in Microsoft at this point. Programmers didn't need to worry about Word being fun. Creating new games was a challenge - Microsoft bought the flight simulator developers because Sierra was attempting to buy them - A lot of thr flight sim developers are still at Microsoft and now work on the Forza series - The Microsoft games team worked on small little games for the entertainment packs. One of the top guys left to work with Ensemble. Who end up making Age of Empires --- Kind Regards, Darmik</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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