An earnings release by Microsoft has raised some very interesting details regarding its plans to steal the show at E3 2011. Microsoft have boasted that they have sold 2.3 million consoles since the start of 2011, translating to a 79% increase in sales compared to the same period last year. Microsoft have proclaimed that Kinect is the ''fastest selling consumer electronics device'', and this fact is officially recognized by the Guinness world records.
Where everything gets interesting is the fact that Microsoft have stated that they are expecting''momentum to continue'', with a projection of revenue increasing by 25%. The electronics giant will make its announcements about driving growth at E3 so a price cut can most likely be expected. Nintendo will debut its Wii successor and Microsoft will surely drop a megaton to ensure that it's Xbox 360 console isn't overshadowed by the Wii 2.
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.
they better announce some ground breaking software
hope some hardcore kinect games and free xbox live
dont really think so .... microsort is pretty much dead this year ... the only reason to own 360 is gears3 .... im praying they drop kinect an get some dam games
Didn't we say the same thing last year? With Kinect and I heard on several occasions 'Microsoft has 2 E3's for the sheer amount of content' What did we get well... nothing.
DW guys we'll see all the fantastic first party content ad Germany and Tokyo game shows... trust us.
Halo4 , Gears 3, some random american RPG, pretty much like every year except subtract 1 to each number