Microsoft

Founded: 1975

Headquarters:

One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington, 98052, United States^[1]

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Microsoft is a United States-based multinational computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices and videogaming hardware.

Founded in 1975 by William Henry Gates III and Paul Allen, it first faced the gaming industry indirectly in 1998 by providing a custom version of Windows CE for the Sega Dreamcast, and became an active party in 2001 when they released the Xbox, a console supposed to challenge the Nintendo GameCube and the PlayStation 2. They later released the Xbox 360, in 2005, an improved version of the previous console, to survive the challenge against the Wii and the PlayStation 3.

Microsoft also offers the Microsoft Live Arcade service.

Company

In January 1994, Microsoft and Sega announced a partnership in which Microsoft would develop the operating system for the then-upcoming Sega Saturn. The company would release a later statement clarifying that they were not producing the Saturn's operating system, but instead interface software for the platform's CD-ROM drive. It is unknown what came of this partnership, or whether Microsoft's work was utilized in the released Saturn.^[2]