The future of Xbox will be revealed on February 15th

Xbox writes: "Please join us for a special edition of the Official Xbox Podcast.

Hear from Phil Spencer, Sarah Bond and Matt Booty as they share updates on the Xbox business."

[ocelot07]

Why via a podcast?

[ChasterMies]

Because a press release would just piss off Xbox owners. A podcast let’s Phil and his team explain how all this will be good for Xbox owners.

[-Foxtrot]

“We believe allowing these two fantastic Xbox games going multiplatform is the best way forward, not just for us but for all gamers. Barriers in gaming need to be torn down so no player is left behind. This is what we at Xbox hope to achieve”

Something like that

[VenomUK]

What might they say?

My SPECULATIONS based on the various unreliable and reliable leaks.

Phil Spencer's identity and that of his parasocial loyalists have been tied up with the Xbox brand for years so he is going to want to tread carefully so that this doesn't sound like a retreat, a failure or that he is abandoning his 'bros' who have him on their friends list and get excited when they see his account playing Pentiment.
Senior Microsoft execs probably have allowed him to do this so he can save face.

* A reveal that new Xbox games will be launching on other platforms including Switch and PlayStation (PS will be listed second).

* Possibly announce that Microsoft first-party games will no longer launch on Game Pass, but WILL come to Game Pass after a release window. Imitating new movies that have an initial run in movie theatres then after 3 months come to home streaming services. (perhaps day one launch on Game Pass will be honoured for existing subscriptions)
* Or new first-party games will still launch on Game Pass Ultimate tier.

[Lightning77]

@Fox that's about different things. You never questioned if games were gonna be exclusive. Only the ones who purposely took what Phil said out of context for fanboy wars (like many have here) at least on the subject of exclusivity. He's been wishy washy about other things yeah.

[Cacabunga]

Obscure Observer: what are you expectations? 😄

[Darkegg]

Personal experience. I was a student and I was the leader of a project. I used all my team members to create notes for ourselves that would be most efficient. The classes were overwhelming so we had to survive so much information overload. Of course, there were other groups in the class with the same idea. Somehow my group was a bit alone in our endeavor and people used our work to get other works. Without returning the favor to us. I know bc I saw my groups work given to others and somehow we were not reciprocated.

So I decided that the reality was that we ended up with our own notes and nobody was sharing, while other freeloaders were trading like crazy. In the end, I made our work open so that anyone can just have it. One of my group member was angry and thought how unfair it was. And it really was unfair. But as the leader, I told him we can keep it to ourselves and receive nothing while other people were unfairly benefitting .. or I can just make it open and create bridges with other groups. Well it worked and although I had kind of a mendicant suppression about me .. one of the groups decided to share and gave me theirs. I shared that to my group and so we were able to leverage the same advantages as some others were getting.

The point is that it will most definitely be wrong on some levels. But I see Xbox going multiplatform as a way to win users when we focus less on the short-term sight of exclusivity. Somebody will be taking a hit and this is an important step into who will let their ego go. Mind you its more complicated than that but I think Microsoft approach is that we are living in an age where convenience is more important. In my case its true. I have multiple houses (friends, family, not necessarily mine) where I go. I don't just game at my home. It's kind of a mi-casa-tu-casa scenario so we kind of just barge into each other. In this venue, having a station at multiple locations .. it's very convenient that I can access the Xbox from these without lugging any consoles around. Handheld is nice too. So I like the convenience of non-exclusivity. But in the context where Nintendo and Sony have a lot of it .. it just sucks that Microsoft can't push itself into creating first party titles rather than just eat up companies and bankrupt them. The biggest case against Microsoft is that they aren't trying hard enough with first party titles, the exclusivity should not even be the focus. What we want to hear is what they are doing for gamers with game creation .. screw the discussion on exclusivity.

[VenomUK]

My SPECULATIONS about Xbox hardware announcements:

* Phil Spencer will be asked a scripted question (as will be the whole thing) about the Xbox consoles, then he will give an emotional answer along the lines of 'we care so much about the Xbox console'.
* He will reconfirm Microsoft's commitment to Xbox hardware and say that new products are in development and that, naturally, it's too early to reveal anything now.
* He won't make clear if the new hardware will be manufactured by third party brands.

* THE SPECIAL SURPRISE GOOD NEWS!!! - The new Xbox Series controller will be officially revealed and a release date given so Xbox players who last week were losing their mind because they felt they were 'broken up with', this week will be doing cartwheels because they've got back together with their eX.

* Wildcard prediction: Phil Spencer loses his shit and kicks the podcast furniture.

[darthv72]

whatever the end result is... my dreamcast is ready.

[Cacabunga]

Looking forward to seeing if they will still share number of headshots and miles travelled in their games..

Nintendo sony for the win ✌🏽

[jznrpg]

@Darkegg this is a totally different situation than yours. MS spent a lot of money on Xbox but hasn’t got close to making the money back and they spent another 75 billion dollars. Shareholders and CEO wants profits not a lagging division propped up for 20+ years. They tried everything besides organically growing their game making skills and studios and failed and now they need to pay the piper in any way they can. They aren’t sharing to get goodwill from Sony or Nintendo they need to make money now.

[CobraKai]

@Foxtrot.
Oooh. Im bookmarking this to see if you’re right🤣🤣㊃ 5;

[Zeref]

@VenomUK

1. Obviously it will be scripted. Not a difficult prediction to make. That's literally the standard.

2. Why would they need to clarify who's making the next Xbox? Obviously it's gonna be inhouse. They don't need to respond to every silly little rumor yall make up out of thin air.

[fr0sty]

My predictions:

1. Open by saying "We remain committed to consoles.", while remaining vague about exactly which consoles they remain committed to... this gives players the illusion that they are going to keep releasing new consoles, while still leaving them an off-ramp to later say "We meant the current generation of consoles" down the line if they decide not to release another generation of consoles.

2. "However, Xbox isn't about being a walled-off ecosystem. We believe in people being able to enjoy the Xbox ecosystem from anywhere. This is why we brought GamePass to PC, and Xbox games to cloud streaming. This is also why select Xbox titles will also be coming to other platforms." - While I do believe that eventually the end goal is for them to release all of their games on other platforms, I think they are going to try to ease their playerbase into that reality, rather than hit them with it all at once and cause a mass exodus from the Xbox brand. So, they're going to start off by saying "these certain titles will be releasing on other platforms", which will be the rumored Starfield, Gears, Indiana Jones, etc... but as time goes on, more and more titles will be announced for other platforms, until it just becomes the norm for titles to be multiplatform. They are going to use these first few games to desensitize their player base to the concept first. If they do decide to go full multiplatform, I could see it coming with a timed release at first... "enjoy it first on Xbox" type of thing.

3. They then will likely announce that day 1 releases for gamepass are either going to be stopped outright, or will be reserved for the highest priced tier, which might even see a price increase as a result. That, or they will severely limit which titles get released day 1.

[Cacabunga]

Venom
“ Possibly announce that Microsoft first-party games will no longer launch on Game Pass, but WILL come to Game Pass after a release window. Imitating new movies that have an initial run in movie theatres then after 3 months come to home streaming services. ”

This in my eyes would be extremely risky and would cause a serious meltdown among GP subscribers.. GP was praised for the day one release.. that means all existing users of this service will take a hit from this.. only PS gamers would benefit because 1- its a new service for them 2- sony was again right not to release their games on day one..

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

It is a bit weird that it's Podcast only, is it just going to be bad news? Are they expecting a bad fallout? I'm pretty sure they'll announce that their games will be appearing on PS as per the rumours we've heard last week. I hope we can get Halo 5, Rare games (Rare Replay/Banjo Kazooie) and the remaining Gears games on PC, we'll probably have guarantees of Bethesda and Blizzard/Activision games remaining multi-plat as well.

@Cacabunga
They'll have a meltdown, but Xbox probably needs this, they're cannibalising their own sales to try and scoop up some of Sony's market but failing miserably. Delaying a release like VenomUK theorised would stop some of the bleeding that Xbox has caused itself, from a business point of view, it was a bad idea from the get go. Sony and Nintendo couldn't afford to do that, and there's no way they would miss out on that money.

[Lightning77]

It's not a game showcase. It's buissness talk. I'll say the one thing they got right it's not Satya the CFO and Amy Hood. The anti Xbox leaders but Phil, Matt and Sarah the pro Xbox leaders.

That explains why satya and the CFO would say one thing and Phil saying another the past 3 years. The mixed messaging.

Anyway, not like it matters too much but if it was the latter, then we'll know exactly the future of Xbox is no doubt.

[-Foxtrot]

Phil himself can say one thing and contradict himself twice over within a few months

We don’t need Satya for that

[EvertonFC]

Phil and Matt have both been shite, there the main problem.

[ocelot07]

Maybe Satya decided it he best for them 3 to announce it so them 3 get the blame lol.

[Eonjay]

It's a gigantic PR stunt
But what we do know ow is that Sea of Thieves, Hi-Fi Rush and Marvel's Blade are coming to the PS5. This is just the stuff we know. Could be a lot more or not.

[crazyCoconuts]

Phil can't say things contrary to Satya and Satya wouldn't step in to do Phil's job. Whatever internal politics led to the change we're about to hear about, I don't know. But as long as Phil works for MS, he will be on the same page as Satya.

[Cacabunga]

I think phil can easily win guiness record for U-turns.. guy is a living legend in lying and misinformation

[Profchaos]

There's quite a bit to cover.

Exclusive
The all digital future
The firings
And all the other mistakes they've made in just the last 2 months

[Zeref]

They're not covering "The firings" and
What are "all the other mistakes"?

[Eonjay]

@Zeref

The biggest mistake of all was putting day and date into gamepass. That's is one of the reasons it failed.

[Cacabunga]

Zeref

Soon it will be halo gears and forza on ps5.. isnt this a mistake according to you??

*here please dry those tears*

[Christopher]

Seems like the perfect place to make public announcements aimed at the Xbox community without making it all a stuffy business speech on a stage to me. They can also control the whole narrative there and probably answer questions before people ask them online with a prolonged discussion that wouldn't work in a press release or the like.

[theindiearmy]

Exactly. Podcast production is much simpler than video production. They don't plan on showing any games or hardware and it seems like this is purely being done because rumors are getting out. Those can easily be addressed and cleared up in an audio format.

[Ninver]

Because a podcast could potentially soften the blow. Interesting times ahead.

[Firebird360]

Podcast are more popular than ever. I believe this was also how they announced some developer acquisitions in the past.
Gotta remember this info being ousted wasn't supposed to happen this way.
So this is all unplanned.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

Really? I thought podcasts were dying out because it was hard to get/maintain engagement, hence why you don't see many Youtubers doing them, maybe Spotify is doing better in that area.

[--Onilink--]

The Xbox Podcast show is still a livestreamed video on Youtube, they actually do one almost always after any showcase.

Its weird that they call it a podcast, but its not what you are imagining it is. Its basically the same format as the Nintendo Treehouse live shows

You can also go search for any of the previous ones on YT, they had one after the most recent Developer Direct too

[gold_drake]

why is it a podcast?

i feel a stunt coming.

[Lightning77]

It's not a Xbox showcase or developer Direct it's a buissness meeting.

[RaidenBlack]

@purple101
so according to you, the News4Gamers' comment sections should only contain praises for Sony and PlayStation and everything else is to be barred & prohibited?
that's your opinion on 'amicable' ?
then rename the site to N4PS or N4P

[LoveSpuds]

Actually Ryebread, the recent poll on Pushsquare really illustrated just how little PS only gamers had missed over the last decade or so. The votes were all fairly spread out too with no one game actually dominating the vote.

[Hofstaderman]

Whats a business meeting? In all my thirty years of gaming I have never heard of something like this. Not even in 2001 did SEGA call it a business meeting. Semantics.

[Zeref]

@purple101

I'll take a free PS5 lol

Make no mistake. My "loyalty" to Xbox starts and ends at the games. If they ever go full multiplatform. I'll buy a Playstation. It's not a big deal to me.

[Crows90]

@zeref

So you must've had a really tough time throughout all last gen...Xbox had no games.

[Zeref]

@Crows90 last gen was great. Got Halo 5, Gears 4 and 5, Forza. There was Ryse and Quantum Break. Ori 1 and 2. Sunset Overdrive. Recore was one of my favorite games that generation.

All the iconic games that I play Xbox for were there (Halo, Gears, Forza) except Fable, they canceled Fable Legends which I'm still salty about. And they also introduced me to new IP's that I also loved. I'm praying for a new Recore and Ori. Then gamepass came. Best deal in gaming.

I was very satisfied with Xbox last gen. In fact I'm looking at it more fondly than I am looking at it now. Though Starfield was cool and I enjoyed it. The only games that I really love are Halo Infinite, Forza Horizon 5 and HiFi Rush so far. Though there's way more to look forward to. This year is looking insane.

The next few years look like they're gonna be awesome as well. It's definitely set up to surpass even the Xbox 360 with exclusive games.

Games were never Xbox's problem imo. Xbox is Xbox's problem. They keep tripping over their own feet. But as long as they keep making the games I like. Idgaf about the latest PR disaster. I'm too busy playing games.

[Lightning77]

@purple already have one.

[purple101]

Saweet!!!
My mistake ☺️

You are neutral then. And can talk with some sense
I take it all back

[RaidenBlack]

What if older games are coming to PS?
like Ryse, Quantum Break, Dead Rising 3 & Sunset Overdrive?

[Shane Kim]

If that's the list then please keep them.

[Jin_Sakai]

A podcast? What a weird way of handling this. Xbox PR never ceases to amaze.

[LoveSpuds]

I suppose they get to cover it in a longform format and importantly, they don't end up with a YouTube video with a few hundred thousand negative votes and comments from the usual hard-core head cases.

They can control the narrative more with a podcast and they know the people they want to reach will tune in regardless of the format. Its probably a smart move, but it does make me wonder just how far reaching the changes are if they are taking this route rather than a straight forward video.

[Hofstaderman]

You can bet your arse that there will be hundreds of youtube videos about this with their very own string of comments sections...

[EvertonFC]

I think it looks way worse 99% of gamers getting the info off social media, main news channels etc the next day.
Nobody expected a showcase but a podcast is awful getting the correct info over.

[--Onilink--]

The Xbox Podcast IS a Youtube video, if anything calling the show a podcast is what has always been weird.

They almost always do it after the Showcases (and for other stuff too)

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

@Hofstaderman,
This is how I'm going to watch it, I don't really care that much about Xbox as a brand, so I'm not interested in sitting through the whole podcast, or maybe I'll just read a summary on a gaming website.

[EvertonFC]

Because nobody listens to it,.99% of gamers will hear it all the nxt day on main media news channels.

[--Onilink--]

All Xbox Podcast shows have always been livestreamed on youtube, just as their showcases (and they usually happen right after said showcases).

Its just another youtube presentation like all others, think the Nintendo Treehouse live format if you know about that one

[--Onilink--]

So, for the people who keep disagreeing… here is the one they did after the Developer Direct, very clearly named Xbox Podcast, and also very clearly a livestreamed YT video and not an “actual” podcast, they show gameplay, talk with devs, etc (though I doubt this will show gameplay since the topic doesnt seem to call for it )

https://youtu.be/yJFDLV9ov_...

Its a dumb name and makes it confusing, but if this one is the same as every single other Xbox Podcast they have done in the past, then its actually going to be livestreamed in the exact same format and its not the type of actual podcast you think it will be

[Lightning77]

Whatever they say it needs to be clear and concise. MS are hilariously bad at communicating but they had weeks to figure it out. There's nothing they can say that wouldn't cause backlash (if it's as bad as we think it is) all they can do be crystal clear. Don't say on thing now, then later in the year have another buissness meeting, yeah no absolutely not. One and done and don't ever talk about it again it needs to be that clear.

I still believe ABK will be full multiplat that's a given. Certain LS games will be multiplat while BZ and Xbox Game Studios will be exclusive.

[crazyCoconuts]

Since we're all guessing anyway let's get our bets in...
HiFi and Sea of Thieves per rumors I think are coming over
I think Indiana Jones and Avowed will be coming over as well
I bet Halo Infinite and Hellblade 2 will be over in 1-2 years

[Lightning77]

Hifi and SoT are a sure fire according to Tom Warren.

They back tracked on SF making its way over to PS. If we're goin off of that I don't think Indy or Hellblade will.
Make its way over. Hey, we never know we got till Thursday so who knows but personally I think those games are stayin.

Halo yeah I think that's happening. Specifically the master Chief collection. Well, According to a job posting for a future Halo game they want it to work on ALL Platforms. Now that doesn't necessarily mean whatever new Halo game they release will be day and date on PS6 in the future but they can pull the trigger as they see fit. So like you said a year or 2 later is definitely possible for the new Halo. They'll have PS code and engine ready for said future release on PS.

[Hofstaderman]

I think everything is coming eventually. The takeaway is XBOX is no longer a force unto itself, its been reigned in by stakeholders who want their ROI. Guess how they going to get it?

[Scissorman]

Pentiment.

[Profchaos]

I wonder though would it be worse if they downplayed and denied only to enact the thing they downplayed in the next 12 months or just come out and say it.

Because it feels like this is 2013 Microsoft vision coming to fruition in many ways with the all digital stuff at least. However now some stuff is multiplat but it's not clear what is and that's where the problem lies with me. Do I buy the next Xbox as a halo fan or do I just wait for the psx release. Or will Halo campaigns be a permanent exclusive but the multiplayer will be broken out as it's full of mtx these days.

They need to be super clear here and in the future with any showcases things like game captured on series s footage or captured on X or PC or not gameplay footage. They always drop the ball there and we end up seeing a work in progress like Forza and not getting anywhere near that in the final state.

[EvertonFC]

Just get it all out now, better to have 1 backlash rather than 2 or 3.Having said that I think the messaging will be awful on the 15th.
If there is more questions than answers after the business event it's a FAIL from MS.

[BurritoWarrior]

They really love to keep you waiting don't they lol

[1Victor]

Personally I’m not going to fall for the typical newscast trick of waiting for the interesting news only for it to be given at the end of the broadcast.
I’ll keep an eye here (N4G) to be informed then when the hour or 2 podcast breakdown is shown with the important actual news I’ll jump into it with a fingier on the skip button.
Ether way I’ll be entertained and or outraged 🤷🏿.
.
Best of luck to all the hardcore Xbox fans here that thought activision purchase was the beginning of Sony downfall and the raising of Xbox undisputed dominance 🤣

[-Foxtrot]

I think what people are forgetting with all the rumours flying around is that even if it one Xbox exclusive game goes multiplatform that's it...all bets are off.

It's boiling the frog in the pan slowly rather than throwing one into it.

[Hofstaderman]

Phil should just be upfront for once and pull off the band-aid. Taking so long to respond has already caused a massive trust deficit.

[blackblades]

Yeah, I know they had said next week at the time and techincally it is but I was more on maybe Monday or Tuesday for the info. Not announcing the date of the discussion on Monday of info

[RhinoGamer88]

All I ask is that Phil and his C suite chums are held to a higher (data driven) performance standard. The same they apply to his employees. I would argue their results would have seen them fired/laid off if they were line employees.

[CRASHBASHUK]

Well very likely not a new console (midgen or next gen) as it's not a video etc

[YourMommySpoils]

They're still thinking what they want to talk about. A bunch of clueless getting it ready and its going to be so bad, they don't even want to show their faces when its said lol

[purple101]

Someone go home-depot and get a mop,

There’s going to be blood on the floor

[SimpleSlave]

02/15/24 - It's Still Thinking...

[Hofstaderman]

I see what you did there .....9/9/99

[Aloymetal]

Save some snacks for me...Oh, and a flat diet Coke if you got one;)

[Hofstaderman]

@Aloy popcorn with butter or salt?

[EasilyTheBest]

Microsoft reveal Steam on Xbox so even Sonys PC games run on Xbox.
The New Digital Series X announced with new controller plus it plays all PC games & Xbox games.
This will 100% calm Xbox going multi platform.

[ocelot07]

Don't Nintendo have a Direct that day??? I think they will announce SOT and Hifi Rush for both ps5 and switch. They will also announce another title. Maybe not Starfield just yet. Maybe Gears collection. Then say expect more releases in future but won't say what title.

[shadowT]

Thank you Phil Spencer

[bigfish]

I don't think a podcast was necessary, but it seems that Phill is pandering to Xbox fanboys, whats funny is that they dont seem that loyal anyway with some already selling xboxs and posting the pitcures online.

[Lightning77]

They're loyal to exclusives or first party. Would you be saying they same thing if Sony was threatening to go 3rd part? Would you call PS fans not loyal because they started to sell their PS. No PS, hell, console gamers in general act this way. They feel threatened. Especially when you have done like Pool promising games for the past 10 years only to finally release said games and they're all on PS. Yeah Xbox fans aren't happy about that at all.

[Father__Merrin]

day 1 xbox games only on premium tier gamepass. many games going to ps5 but i believe core xbox games like forza and gears halo etc will stay on xbox.

[ocelot07]

But if other titles sell really well on pc? It would make no sense to release most games on playstation. But not Forza at some point.

[purple101]

Yes it’s going to be about how they can extract more money from loyal customers
+ how it’s going to be good for all of us!!

“When we play together, we all win”

[EvertonFC]

I think playstation will use premium ONLY for the Xbox games too ? Hoping it's extra though

[FernDiggidy]

The future of xbox is PC!

[YourMommySpoils]

PC was always the future

[Skuletor]

Also the past, so many games I can play on PC that aren't on PS5/Switch or Xbox.

[TheEnigma313]

Going all in on gampass

[Aloymetal]

Tbh, they've been like that since June 2017 when they first introduced gamepass and nothing has change.
After 7 years on the market and still trailing on all fronts.

[ApocalypseShadow]

3 TRILLION worth and they can't even show their faces. Lol.

This is going to be so interesting. Either cackling and celebrations or tissues and pitchforks.

[EvertonFC]

After the PSN hack during PS3 Sony came out they did the Japanese bow and apologised etc, I was more expecting something like that, an apology to Xbox hardcore fans then explaining why they have to do it.

[dumahim]

We should get a talking point bingo card ready.

[jlove4life]

Let me be the medicine to calm your nerves xbox as you know it is over gamepass as you know it is over and xbox already have games on Playstation and Nintendo with plenty more to come Spoiler Alert you don't go buy big publishers like Bethesda and Activision to make 1st party Playstation wouldn't be dumb enough to do it why would xbox do it in 3rd place makes absolutely no sense timed maybe but not full on exclusive if what was reported was a rumor Phil of da future Spencer would've clarified that as false but hasn't now you can watch podcast Valentines day after massacre with less disappointment you're welcome

[jlove4life]

This will go down as Xbox Valentine's Day After Massacre you heard it hear first on N4G

[purple101]

V for vendetta

[Destiny1080]

phil better bring the goods, i want to be playing xbox that very night

[Profchaos]

I honestly don't see them ripping the band aid off and at this point there will be more questions than answers.

They will probably say games are being assessed on a case by case basis and new hardware is planned we are committed to the brand best place to play blah blah.

However it'll be the actions over the next 12 months that speak volumes

[EvertonFC]

If there is more questions than answers then the messaging failed miserably imo

[purple101]

Thinking more carefully, it’s even more hilarious

Could be equal to breaking up with your partner, by txt message

This slaps of Cowardice either way

[DarXyde]

A post-Valentine's Day breakup...?

[Redgrave]

Why do the funny guys we want to comment the most on these articles never comment on them?

Obscure and the like will boast about Starfield being the top most played game on XBOX, by him and 6 others total, but are nowhere to be seen on actual important articles regarding their brand of choice.

I bet you, though, if this is anything positive and a sheer swerve (we know it's not) they'll be right at the top of those articles championing the news like religion.

[Profchaos]

The best news in gaming yup expecting that if it's positive

[Firebird360]

My prediction is gp on playstation featuring a select number of titles with no ability to purchase xbox games on playstation.

Gp on switch via cloud streaming.
Switch 2.0 will offer the same but with the ability to play locally, less demanding games like hifi rush.

Gp on xbox continues as normal. Ability to buy xbox games outright stays on xbox consoles.
And announcements that the successor to xsx and xss is well underway in development but not expected any time soon.

[talocaca]

It seems like they are trying to stop it from going viral on platforms like TikTok but it probably won't work 🤷‍♂️

Xbox fans probably won't like what they hear. The question is, will PS and Nintendo fans care? It's hard to get excited about Halo and Gears coming in 2024...

[Profchaos]

I Already own every single halo game but I'd rebuy it the second it came to ps5 for the novelty alone

[SPEAKxTHExTRUTH]

As a gamer I couldn’t care less. The ONLY issue I see with Xbox possibly going 3rd party is Sony won’t have competition to drive them to do better. At that point all the Sony fanboys who wish for Xbox’s demise will eat crow when Sony (or any company with no competition) begins to abuse its customers.

[Eonjay]

Who cares. This whole thing seems like a Microsoft PR stunt. Xbox gamers aren't losing games. Maybe everyone else gets to play the games Microsoft stole from the industry. That's it. Everyone know the.console will be around as long as it's their number one source for GP subs.

[DarXyde]

I'll say this... If the multiplatform stuff is true (and it very likely is), I don't know how anyone competes with Microsoft at that point. This is a grandmaster chess move that can probably only be foiled by their current competitors. Look at it this way:

If they spread their games everywhere, it will be MUCH harder to prove their monopolistic intention. That means they can likely continue purchasing large publishers.

Well... Eventually, we will move away from consoles, likely to the sub service model. In that scenario, it will be Game Pass versus Playstation Plus. Through publisher acquisitions, they're playing nice now, but once they're just sub services that can be shared everywhere EXCEPT other sub services, they get their exclusives back.

It is perhaps incentive for Sony to continue producing hardware, but without it? This is long game stuff.

I REALLY hate to cheerlead acquisitions, but in that scenario, it looks like Sony and Nintendo need to acquire some pubs to remain competitive.

This is what I'm talking about: that gross industry restructuring just because you have the capital.

[repsahj]

They should announce it straight and direct to the point, like a megaton bomb. XD

[__y2jb]

It wouldn’t surprise me in the least if Xbox manage to mess this up too with some half baked semi multi platform announcement that pleases no one. Their second decade of incompetence continues.

[aaronaton]

"Bring out your dead"....."Bring out your dead".

[Ristul]

I don't know why they aren't just releasing the info in a simple press-release, are they that scared of the small minority of angry xbox fanboys? Most people will view this as a positive, even most Xbox players will be clueless about the change that their games will be on more platforms. 🤷‍♂️

[Retro1986]

And while all this noise is going on, im enjoying my Xbox because im a gamer. Same with my Nintendo. My Xbox is working just like before. Gamepass is there, my games are there, everything is working good, future games are still coming. Its so nice to not have all these problems so many have, just because im a fan of gaming 😊

[mcstorm]

It's definitely going to be interesting to see what's said but I have a feels game pass is going to become Microsoft Game pass rather than Xbox game pass.

I feel Microsoft ips like starfeid, Halo, Forza, Fable, Gears and others will stay exclusive to streaming, pc and Xbox but there will be a version of games like WoW, SoT, COD will be available to buy on Switch, Playstation and other platforms.

I could be way of the mark but we have already had news that Microsoft are not pulling out the console business and with devices like Steam deck Rog Ally also doing well it gives Microsoft different things to focus on on where their ips and exclusive games lie.

I can't see Microsoft saying well you know what let's pull out give all our IPS to Sony and just make money of the sales from that. I also don't see Sony saying ok you can offer game pass on our platform. The same for Nintendo.

But Microsoft own some of the biggest ips in the world like cod, Doom, Fallout ect having some of them in its own exclusive will bring sales of the console or services. at the end of the day we all know consoles don't make a lot of £ and if a user who owns a ps wants to play halo they know that they can just sign up for GP and play it on their TV with an app that is available to Samsung or use a pc type device (windows, Chrome book) to play that game.
The real gamers who want the best quality of that game will buy a pc or Xbox. So no matter how you look at it Microsoft win.

But on the flip side a MP game like SoT, WoW are games that need a massive community just like Minecraft and others so for games like that making them cross play on PS and Nintendo makes sense I also see them follling under the Microsoft banner target than Xbox.

As I said I could be way off the mark but I don't see why Microsoft would have put so much into buying what they have to just throw exclusives out the window along with Xbox.

Xbox just needs a big reset like Nintendo did with the Switch.

[Kuma]

I may be one of the few that plays both Xbox and ps5. I do it for the games as I consider both consoles nearly equal. Sony by far has the best exclusive games. I think games on more multiplatforms is the way to go.
I am retired and play 10 hours on some days.

[lellkay]

I can hear their voices shilling this to the Xbox fans already. I can HEAR the pre planned corporate speak and little phrases and slogans they are going to spout over and over throughout.

A podcast is such a fake, "cool", "casual", way to deliver this. I've thrown up in my mouth already and it's not till Thursday.

[Lord-John-Steele]

Weird its a podcast and not a live stream show.

[Father__Merrin]

Thursday the 15th will the world's biggest Internet meltdown period!!! All them years they played PS1 then all them years they played PS2 then all of a sudden based purely on the fact that they purchased 360 first they decided PS has to go and have been against PS ever since.... Now look at them?

[ocelot07]

I think the best way they can do this is if they are indeed going to announce some games for switch and ps5. Then just announce them. Microsoft fans will then think it's only sea of thieves it's only hifi rush hahaha. That will calm a lot or nerves then just gradually announce other games over the coming months.

[ModsDoBetter]

What future?

[rlow1]

Everyone is just focused on Phil and people really aren’t asking the important questions. At its essence what kind of company is MS? Where did their CEO come from before he was in his position? If you look into that, it will give you the answers from gamepass to multi platform strategies as well as Xbox bad decisions.

[Unknown_Gamer5794]

The phrase “the future of Xbox”, and not “the future of gaming” alone hints at a third party future, but I suppose we will see on the 15th.

[anast]

It'll be cool to find out when Halo and Starfield are releasing on PS5.

My predictions were right about MS, I should change my name to "The Oracle".