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Re:Ask HN: Is Satya Nadella the best tech CEO of last decade? by zamnos on Thursday April 27, 2023 @10:19AM (#35728481)
> MS still lacks a industry leading 21st century consumer device

The XBox division doesn't count?

Re:Ask HN: Is Satya Nadella the best tech CEO of last decade? by froggychairs on Thursday April 27, 2023 @10:38AM (#35728827)
Video game consoles are technically 20th century invention. Xbox is just a continuation of that legacy even if the brand started in 21st

Xbox also isn’t top dog among the big 3. They’ve really struggled to ship big exclusive system sellers (which is a bummer. I’m a big fan of a lot of Xbox IP), so they certainly aren’t “industry leading”. Doesn’t mean the exclusives they’ve shipped aren’t good. They certainly are, just that their is no Xbox answer to God of War or Last of Us

GamePass is one of the biggest success stories to come out of Xbox and is certainly the dominant game streaming service

Re:Ask HN: Is Satya Nadella the best tech CEO of last decade? by seanhunter on Friday April 28, 2023 @02:05AM (#35737995)
It's hillarious how the public perception differs from reality on console sales.

Mario has everyone else smoked[1].

[1] A bit out of date but see https://www.statista.com/chart/26122/estimated-lifetime-sale... where in 2021 nintendo were selling more switches in Japan only (their 3rd biggest market) than the worldwide sales of both Xbox and PS5 combined.

Re:Ask HN: Is Satya Nadella the best tech CEO of last decade? by VWWHFSfQ on Thursday April 27, 2023 @10:34AM (#35728771)
I don't know any numbers but I would guess that Xbox is not close to being the market leader. Sony has that wrapped. Xbox is probably closer to Nintendo. They do, however, have a competitive platform which is important. Something they could never do with Windows Phone.
Re:Ask HN: Is Satya Nadella the best tech CEO of last decade? by ginko on Thursday April 27, 2023 @10:37AM (#35728819)
> Sony has that wrapped

Nintendo sold 4 Switches for every PS5 on the market.

Re:Ask HN: Is Satya Nadella the best tech CEO of last decade? by felixg3 on Saturday April 29, 2023 @05:09PM (#35757224)
Given the price stability and the hardware specs, probably also a higher profit per device.
Re:Ask HN: Is Satya Nadella the best tech CEO of last decade? by jayd16 on Thursday April 27, 2023 @10:34AM (#35728769)
Successful but not perhaps not dominant.

That said, they have more market share vs Playstation than iOS has over Android.