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22
Next might be a slow and unannounced pullback from non-core businesses. It may already be happening: last year, Microsoft manager Shane Kim (now gone) remarked that the company hopes to keep the Xbox 360 alive for ten years. That doesn’t sound like a company excited about the growth potential in console gaming and ready to pin Nintendo and Sony to the mat with the next generation. That sounds like a long, slow exit from a business that never made much sense for Microsoft in the first place.
FINALLY: Microsoft Just Stopped Pretending It’s A Growth Company