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| | '''Microsoft''' is a company which produces the [[Xbox 360]] and is the parent of [[Microsoft Game Studios]]. |
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| |name= Microsoft
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| |image=[[File:Microsoft new logo.jpg|400px]]
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| |founded= April 4, 1975
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| |dissolved=
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| |founder= *[[Wikipedia:Bill Gates|Bill Gates]]
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| *[[Wikipedia:Paul Allen|Paul Allen]]
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| |leader= [[Wikipedia:Satya Nadella|Satya Nadella]]
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| |parent=
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| |subsidiaries=
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| *[[Xbox Game Studios]]
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| **[[Bungie]] {{C|Formerly}}
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| **[[Halo Studios]]
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| |headquarters= Redmond, Washington, USA
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| |website= [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/ www.microsoft.com]
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| '''Microsoft''' is an international computer technology corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA. | |
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| ==Products==
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| ===Software===
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| Microsoft develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices. Its most popular products are the [[wikipedia:Microsoft Windows|Microsoft Windows]] operating system and the [[wikipedia:Microsoft Office|Microsoft Office]] suite of productivity software, each of which has achieved near-ubiquity in the desktop computer market. The company also manufactures computer hardware products.
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| ===Xbox===
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| The Xbox is a video gaming brand and entertainment platform created by Microsoft. As of the [[wikipedia:History of video game consoles (eighth generation)|eighth generation]] of gaming consoles, three platforms have been released; the [[Xbox]],<ref>[http://www.gamespot.com/articles/e3-2001-microsoft-delivers-xbox-launch-details/1100-2761182/ '''Gamespot:''' ''E3 2001: Microsoft delivers Xbox launch details'']</ref> [[Xbox 360]]<ref>[http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/12/technology/personaltech/xbox360/ '''CNN:''' ''Xbox 360 makes its debut'']</ref>[[Xbox One]],<ref>[http://www.polygon.com/2013/5/20/4348940/the-next-xbox-revealed-all-the-news-from-microsofts-next-gen-debut/ '''Polygon:''' ''Xbox One: All the news from Microsoft's next-gen debut'']</ref> and the [[Xbox Series X/S]].
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| Microsoft is also responsible for launching the online multiplayer service [[wikipedia:Xbox Live|Xbox Live]], as well as the motion sensor peripheral [[Wikipedia:Kinect|Kinect]].
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| ==Subsidiaries==
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| * Microsoft was formerly the parent company of [[Bungie|Bungie, LLC]], and is still the parent company of [[Wingnut Interactive]].
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| * [[Microsoft Studios]]' internal team, [[343 Industries]], is responsible for creating new properties for the [[Halo|''Halo'' franchise]], which is also owned by Microsoft.
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery>
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| File:Microsoft logo.png|Microsoft's previous logo, replaced in 2012.
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| File:Xbox.jpg|The original [[Xbox]], launched in 2001.
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| File:Xbox360.jpg|[[Xbox 360]], launched in 2005.
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| File:XB1-Family.png|[[Xbox One]] and Kinect sensor, launched in 2013.
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| File:XboxSeriesXS.jpg|[[Xbox Series X/S|Xbox Series X{{!}}S]] and [[Xbox Series X/S#Xbox Series S|Series S]], launched in 2020.
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| </gallery>
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| ==Sources==
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| ==External links== | | ==External links== |
| *[http://www.microsoft.com/ '''Official website'''] | | *[http://www.microsoft.com/en/us/default.aspx Official website] |
| [[Category:Companies]] | | [[Category:Companies]] |
