Microsoft shouldn't hire any CEO who wants to kill Bing and Xbox

[Daniel Smith]

The only people who use Bing are confused old people so there is no point in keeping it.

[DoomsDayDan]

Fuck I keep reading Bing as Bling

[Big D Duchovny]

[QUOTE=Daniel Smith;42838915]The only people who use Bing are confused old people so there is no point in keeping it.[/QUOTE]

...and people on Windows 8.1, WP8, Xbox one, etc.

Not to mention all the stuff mirosoft probably uses it for behind the scenes.

[Tony]

[QUOTE=Daniel Smith;42838915]The only people who use Bing are confused old people so there is no point in keeping it.[/QUOTE]

Bing has a ~20% market share in search, anyone who thinks Bing should be completely shut down is off their head.

[catbarf]

[QUOTE=TheTalon;42827691]Here's how to make Xbox successful as fuck:

Let gamers tell you what they want.
Ignore the suits telling you what they want.

Microsoft's unveiling of the Xbox proved to me that they're getting too greedy, wanting too much control, and couldn't give a toss about gamers. Xbox is marketing first, games second. Screw that mess. It's nice that they 180'd on almost all the horrible shit, but them developing the Xbox like that in the first place was enough to completely turn me away for good[/QUOTE]

You have to be really naive to think that any company makes a console based exclusively on what the intended consumers want and ignores all those pesky factors that turn 'what the gamers want' into 'an unaffordable, unsustainable mess of a product'.

(let's also ignore that they obviously [I]listened to what the gamers want[/I] since they did 180 on the worst policies)

It's a business. They're in it to make money. If listening to the gamers makes more money, that's what they'll do. The bottom line is ultimately what matters most. Sony is the same way, as is Nintendo. Will changing the Xbox earn more money in the long run? Then they'll change it. Is Bing sustainable and fiscally viable? Then they'll keep it.