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A closer partnership with Facebook is going to loose Microsoft the coming console generation just like their focus on “TV is the new water cooler” lost them the last one.

Gamers don’t want Facebook. They don’t want TV. Gamers want games.

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>Gamers don’t want Facebook. They don’t want TV. Gamers want games.

Yeah, the fact that the PS2 could play DVDs had absolutely nothing to do with its tremendous success.

This is how I convinced my parents to buy both a PS2 and PS3 - the PS3 was one of the most affordable blu-ray players when introduced, it just happened to have a game console attached to it.

It was a much better player than most dedicated bluray players at the time too.

The difference is that everyone (to some approximation) who is likely to buy a PS5 has a computer of some description that is perfectly capable of streaming media - you're not thinking "oh, I need to get that console so I can watch Facebook Gaming".

Do you really think anyone is going to base their console decision on a facebook partnership?

I can certainly see people not buying them due to such a partnership, especially in Europe.

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