... , Mr. Spielberg, and he thought he craved the anonymity of quietly working on code. But Mr. Blackley wasn't one for sitting on the sidelines. Within days of joining the Redmond, Washington, giant, he changed course. Sony had been touting the Internet-ready PlayStation 2 as a gadget that could eclipse the PC as the most useful digital appliance in the home. Many at ... Microsoft's toy division. Mr. Thompson set about trying to acquire a game publisher that would guarantee success for Xbox titles, but was unable to lasso the likes of Nintendo, Sega, and Square. Ed Fries, head of Microsoft'...

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