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Bill Gates almost asked Xbox to be dead as a garbage

2025-01-27 10:54:52|Myriagame |source:minecraft skins

The first generation of Xbox was insulting Bill Gates?Ed Fries, the co -founder of Microsoft Xbox, accepted an exclusive interview with the game media IGN last week. ED Fries broke the news in the interview that Microsoft Xbox plans to be dead, because at the time, when the Xbox team showed the first Xbox at the conference, the Xbox team was displayed at the meeting.It was strongly opposed by Microsoft's founder Bill Gates and CEO Steve Ballmer, and Bill Gates even scolded Xbox to insult him to work in Microsoft.

In ED Fries, the meeting in 2000 can be regarded as "Cruel Valentine's Day".He said that in 2000 Valentine's Day, the company held a meeting on Xbox game consoles to decide the development direction and future destiny of the game hardware.Regarding the solution of the game business, at the time, Microsoft formed two different claims. One was supported by Fries. The game hardware was made into a built -in hard disk, similar to the "disguised PC" design, that is, XBOX, and the other part of the other partIt advocates creating a Sega game console.

From at the time, "Bill Gates took our plan to Xbox and walked into the conference room angrily and fell the documents on the table.insult'".No matter who it is, it will be hit by hearing this. At that time, James Allard, an executive responsible for Xbox, was shocked and his mood was low.Fries wants to explain, but does not get a suitable opportunity.

Fries recalling the turning point appeared at 8 pm. A observer proposed "what to do that Sony?" He continued to explain that if the Sony dominates the living room game, "in the future," it will pose a great threat to Microsoft in the future. "

Fries finally found a breakthrough to persuade Gates and Ballmer, and finally they finally realized that if the company did not respond in the consumer market, it would quickly lose its advantage.It was because they agreed to the Xbox team's plan, and the team obtained the development right of a completely independent company.

As a result, the first generation of Xbox eventually appeared in the consumer market.