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They better have something good planned because just from other people's reactions it looks like they may need it.

EDIT: The Escapist : News : Microsoft Claims "Cloud" Will Quadruple Power of Xbox One

I really don't know what to say about Microsoft anymore except that they just do not seem to be playing with a full deck.
You're not their target market. Just like serious desktop users weren't the target market for Windows 8. MS is going after the people who have been flocking to Apple products due to how dead dirt simple they are to use.

The problem is that they're seriously alienating the core and at this point it's hard to tell how that'll affect their overall install base. Say what you will about Apple, but they've never had trouble appealing to their core while expanding outwards - considering their "core" consists largely of people who use the creative tools that Macs have always specialized in, and none of that has really changed. Adding the iPhone and iPad and Apple TV to the mix was seen as logical expansions that were non-intrusive.

MS wants that market, and it appears they're willing to completely overhaul their big-name projects to get it. It's a big damn gamble and I'm really not sure how it's going to play out. I expect in two years they'll either be rolling in the dough or completely backing off of this approach.
I'm not sure why you quoted me to say any of that when it doesn't really respond to anything I said in that specific post.

And even accepting that someone like me isn't their target market with this thing (which is stupid since it basically means console owners and gamers aren't their target market for their new console and games) it still doesn't explain or excuse blatant stupidity. Such as the kind displayed in the story I linked to in the very post you quoted.