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I have no idea what's going on at Xbox. I'm not much a gamer anymore, but like to read about it still. The latest versions are a sales flop. The mid cycle re
by silisili 2y ago
I have no idea what's going on at Xbox. I'm not much a gamer anymore, but like to read about it still.
The latest versions are a sales flop. The mid cycle refresh was canceled even(or whatever Brooklin was). And agreeing to release games on PS seemed an acknowledgement of that.
A lot of folks thought this indicates that MS would get out of hardware here, but this seems to be investment in it.
Are these just unsubstantiated rumors, or is this the right hand not knowing what the left is doing?
- protocolture 2y agoMicrosoft has always been at war with Microsoft. I think what they want to do is create the best Xbox console to run their games on, while also making money from their games across all platforms. Its not necessarily dumb they just have to handle it well (which they probably wont)
- pjmlp 2y agoAs someone that has played PC games since 1990, the problem is XBox has turned into a cross platform publisher after all those studio acquisitions, especially ABK. So big mamma Microsoft, doesn't want to see only a fraction of sales on XBox hardware and PC, which given Microsoft's history always had a place alongside XBox, when they can go big (in money terms), across all platforms. So XBox business unit has a big problem now, trying to assert the console still matters, when Microsoft as a whole, wants the big bucks more than anything, and doesn't really care about the console, rather XBox as a platform, Netflix for games.
- rsynnott 2y ago> A lot of folks thought this indicates that MS would get out of hardware here, but this seems to be investment in it. I mean, it's a not-to-be-missed opportunity to make a press release containing the word 'AI'. They'd be fools to turn that down.