Microsoft made a VCR that plays video games!

To suck at doing nothing would mean that they have an incapacity for ceasing their activities.

 

Which is why we get another Mario game pretty much every year.

 

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Yeah, but when you're revealing your new VIDEO GAME console for the first time to the public, it's usually a given that it will play games. Microsoft probably just wanted to emphasize the features that aren't made obvious by the very nature of what they're revealing. It may not have been the best decision, but it's understandable.

 

Just because its a given doesn't mean you glance over it almost like its a minor feature. If someone is trying to sell you a microwave, you want to see it be used as a microwave: not as a fancy clock or extra TV or social networking tool.