The Xbox was never going to make up the slack, and Microsoft can no longer afford to keep investing in it.
The Xbox brand has done a lot of good over the years, but their various blunders are pretty wild to look back on in their magnitude.
Ironically number 9 can save them at this point (releasing games on multiple platforms)
Phil Spencer is the worst that has happened to Xbox.
They built a respectable brand up to Xbox one. Then this guy took over and things became a joke
Really good video.
I remember the days with RRoD was big news on here, N4G.
Microsoft had it turbulence number of years.
Looking at the success of Sea of Thieves despite being 6 years old, time to release Halo, Forza horizon 4 & 5 on PS5. It'll help their revenue
I found this video painful to watch. Can someone list them out?
Top 10 for me from are:
1. 2013 reveal presentation
2. Bundling Kinect 2 with Xbox One
3. RRoD or why rushing to market with hardware is always a bad idea.
4. Buying studios only to close them.
5. Ads on the Home Screen
6. Letting Halo die.
7. Letting Geard of War die.
8. Every console name
9. Charging for Xbox Live on Xbox 360 when Sony let PS3 players play online for free.
10. Cancelling release of OG Xbox games after the Xbox 360 launched.
Microsoft recently revealed its plans to incorporate Copilot directly into video games, with Minecraft being the first showcased example.
F*** AI
"Hey Copilot, what's a good meme to prove I dislike AI".... https://giphy.com/clips/sou...
Two trillion dollar company that just can't wait to put as many people possible out of work as fast as possible.
It feels like every single thing they do is making gaming worse and destroying the industry.
Why all the hate? Im actually excited about this! Always wanted this kind of immersion, and an AI companion with me all the time helping me out knowing the status of my skills/inventory/progress and giving me tips on the best approach or how to craft something specific is game changing for the industry.
Hate all you want about AI, but this is just the start and I can see the potential already. You wont be complaining in the next 5-10 years about this, but rather complain if a game hasn’t implemented it.
Microsoft's Activision subsidiary announced today that it is opening a new game development studio to take advantage of the huge talent pool growing in Poland. It'll be the second Activision studio based in the region, joining Infinity Ward Krakow, although this studio is, in fact, not working on Call of Duty.
What a strange 'article'.
The fact that MS are rebranding so much of there platforms, technology and hardware to fall in line with the Xbox brand would tend to make me think differently to the author in question.
At least he gave us lots of quotes and references to back up his 'claim'.
Amazing how these articles are even allowed to be published.
Yahoo is a competitor of Microsoft.
I still think Sony and Microsoft should unite to create the x-station. I recommend this because
-Both companies are troubled at the moment
-Over 90% of ps3 and 360 games are multiplatform.
-Having only one next gen console would ensure greater game quality, eg. no longer have to cater to the weaker one
-their library and franchises would be massive. Best games no doubt.
-the consumer is more likely to buy it than buy the ps4 and nextbox both, so they can make it more expensive and more powerful
-their competition is gonna grow to include the Wii U, Ouya, cloud gaming, apple, etc.
MS is no where as troubled as Sony, no where near. Windows 8 turned out to be another Vista instead of a another Windows 7. And just like when Vista bombed there are these doom and gloom articles about MS. Added to the the bomba with is the Surface RT (aka Zune 2.0)
The OS business is still extremely profitable, Office is still extremely profitable. They have billions in savings.
Xbox/XBL is extremely profitable and next year the "Xbox 720" will be a huge deal.
What the hell was that "article," lol?