In the early part of the previous generation Microsoft had Sony on the ropes and we all expected that knock out blow that simply never came.
Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation, and it all revolves around Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood's plans to increase every department's margins.
"The plan to move Xbox games to other platforms is codenamed "Latitude" internally, and I know there's debate and unease at Microsoft about whether or not this is a good idea. More upcoming Microsoft-owned games slated for PlayStation are already being developed. At least for now, they're potentially obvious games you'd most likely expect. And yes, while it's true Microsoft is a prolific publisher on PlayStation already, it has typically revolved around specific franchises like Minecraft. From what I've heard, Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation, and it all revolves around Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood's mandate to increase every department's margins. "
Yeah, they are going to kill Xbox hardware.
i think it will kill off the xbox brand. windows will be fine.
but there is and would be a chance that xbox might be killed off in the future. if they fail to make the money they put in. imo.
"Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation"
Forza and Starfield next?
In the words of Phil Spencer when he was talking about Nintendo last year
“It's just taking a long time for Microsoft to see that their future exists off of their own hardware"
With Arkane Austin no more and Lyon living for who knows how long, the superb Dishonored is in serious danger; Microsoft cannot be trusted.
I love the Dishonored series so much and really want Dishonored 3. Microsoft better not screw this up.
I mean, I think the fans will probably kill Arkane Lyon by cooking up reasons to hate whatever they do next without playing it. I've never seen a game so artificially disliked as Deathloop.
Lol, why don't we just say, we are worried about all studios owned by MS now. They will keep closing studios until they have none left ...🙄
I think it's becoming clear based on matt bootys comments there's no future for any IP that can't sell above 10 million within the launch window. But is also a small game that gives them prestige
/S it's beyond a joke right now
Paul Thurrott in a recent episode commented on the on-going Microsoft fiasco hinting at more job losses and that "there's more to come".
There won't be no more acquiring game publishers from Microsoft in the future . Xbox has to pay Microsoft back. It might take two decades to do that.
There really needs to be a class action lawsuit here. You buy these companies just to put people out of jobs. And it’s not like something happened to derail their plans this WAS the plan. Microsoft has no business in this space at all.
Ninja Theory, Perfect Dark, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Wolfenstein 3, Dishonored, Prey, Doom, Quake... something tells me that bad things are going to happen to these entities under Microsoft.
Microsoft did really well with the 360,actually took a massive market share from Sony..
then arrogance kicked in (what is it with third console arrogance?) and they messed up the image of the Xbox One with PR calamity after another, plus weaker hardware at a higher price.
and what really pisses me off is how they have allowed Sony to overtake them in the online space, I would always tout live over PSN, yet it seems Microsoft are now playing catch up, PSN offers everything live does plus you get soo much more bang for your buck,whether it be games, discounts or services not behind a pay wall. Microsoft need to seriously get back on the ball
Microsoft have to be kicking themselves
Looks like they will come in last for the 3rd gen in a row.Well, actually they'll come in 2nd since Wii U is bombing so badly.
Still pretty sad tho.OG xbox was awesome.I played it way more then PS2 back in the day.It's just so sad to see the steady decline of the brand.All the great guys who made the original xbox, with all their passion for gaming and wanting to bring console gaming to the next level all called it quits and left.
All that's left is this ugly, bulky, media device wannabe that has more hardware problems then it does games.
Xbox is on it's last leg now.
By the time xbone comes out in other markets, it will be late for them. What really pushed them was that it was cheaper than ps3. But then again they completely abandoned the console with exclusives, while Sony still releasing exclusives on ps3.
Yeah except MS never had Sony on the ropes. They were outsold every year aside from one and without the 1 year headstart they would have trailed behind all of last gen.
MS did well last gen but too many give them more credit than earned.
Ms did well but they didn't "dominate"
The internet made it seem that way with all the ps3 doom articles
But the numbers said otherwise, Ps3 has been outselling 360 since launch... And now has sold more even with the year headstart.
The US isnt the world