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Microsoft heavily pushed high definition graphics early

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They brazenly launched hardware demanding incredibly high resolutions long before most consumers actually owned flat-screen televisions. Millions of people ended up playing incredibly detailed titles on blurry, massive cathode ray tubes, completely missing the graphical upgrade.

Microsoft heavily pushed high definition graphics early
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