dec 21, 1999 - (T) Thompson warns loss of $900 million over 8 years

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Xbox team met with top brass, December 221, 1999. Hail Mary presentation. "If you do this, you will lose $900 million over eight year," (183)

Other notes: Gates asks if they can launch worldwide in fall of 2000. The answer was that they could feel like machine was roughly on par with PS2--Gates doesn’t like answer and decides to skip fall 2000 launch.

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