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Xbox President Sarah Bond on the future of Xbox

New Xbox hardware.

New team dedicated to game preservation and forward compatibility.

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Obscure_Observer51d ago

Hell yeah!!!

My favorite quote:

"Per emails received by Windows Central, confirmed by Microsoft as genuine, Xbox President Sarah Bond recently briefed her team on various topics.

In the emails, Sarah Bond reiterated Microsoft's plans to build new Xbox hardware focused on delivering "the biggest technical leap ever in a generation."

Way to go, Sarah!

Just focus and give us a full blown next gen system!

EasilyTheBest51d ago

Definitely think the Next Xbox is going to come a lot earlier than is expected. I also see Microsoft having new light versions of Windows 11 for Handhelds & for Consoles.
Could Microsoft do away with the 30% they get from 3rd party games going into the store & just have the whole system open like PC? Plus have any store be available there & just concentrate on Gamepass Subs.
Could be huge.

Extermin8or3_50d ago

So basically they'll abandon Xbox hardware and start selling premade PC's yeah I could see that.

VenomUK50d ago (Edited 50d ago )

@Obscure_Observe Do not think that new hardware means that everything is okay with Xbox. When Steve Ballmer was head of Microsoft he kept the MS Office apps exclusive to Microsoft's Surface tablets. When Satya Nadella took over he made the software multi-platform and it was released on iOS/iPad OS and it reached a massive audience generated huge profits from subs. Microsoft still makes new Surface products but it's clear that the Apple and Android ecosystems are more valuable to it.

It seems clear that Nadella wants to do the same with Microsoft first-party games. New first-party games will go multi-format and eventually be released day and date with other console platforms including Switch 2, PS5 and Android. Call of Duty and Starfield and Elder Scrolls VI being released on PlayStation and Nintendo will have a natural home on them and because customers are paying money to access these games and have a larger install base than Xbox, Microsoft will come to value them more.

Yes Microsoft will make new Xbox hardware for the enthusiasts who prefer Microsoft products, in the same way there are those people who will choose Surface tablets over iPads and Galaxy tablets, but it's focus will remain the third party platforms with the largest user bases.

When Sega exited the hardware market it made an official announcement and the message was clear to everyone. Microsoft is moving its focus to becoming a third-party games software publisher but it cannot make such an announcement because it will cause a PR backlash and damage the credibility of Phil Spencer. So instead Microsoft IS doing it but by a series of smaller 'pivoted' steps. Make no mistake, this is already happening.

crazyCoconuts50d ago

Biggest leap ever and forward compatibility doesn't make it sound like a traditional console. Forward compatibility means they will do something that allows Xbox games to run on future hardware. If we think current Xbox games, I think that means abstracting all the bits and pieces that are Xbox hardware specific (like hardware decoders, sound chips, etc.) into software (like an emulator) so that it can run on non-Xbox hardware like a PC. Maybe even Nvidia, which is where the "leap" would come from. I still think we're talking about a PC with some capability to run the existing XSX games on it if they can figure that out.

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rippermcrip50d ago

Most would Microsoft gain by abandoning the 30%? That's literally the only way they make money from third party games.

PhillyDonJawn50d ago

That would be a shot in foot. MS makes a boatload off 3rd party. Why the hell would they do that?

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jwillj2k450d ago

Systems have never been the problem you’re letting them do the same bait and switch over and over again. This will be the third time for them tricking their fan base into thinking powa will solve their game quality problems.

Profchaos50d ago

Why though when nothing has truly pushed the current gen system

Obscure_Observer50d ago

"Why though when nothing has truly pushed the current gen system"

Hellblade II will raise the bar to a whole new level and it obviously push the Series consoles to the limit.

We already heard from Shinobi that Gears of War 6 will push that bar even further.

Not to mention the upcoming Fable and both Clockwork Revolution and State of Decay 3 also powered by UE5.

I´m 100% positive that will see the Xbox Series X realizing it´s full potential before the next gen Xbox drops.

Not sure about the PS5 and all that PS5 Pro nonsense, though.

mkis00750d ago (Edited 50d ago )

I think there is a market for this. Abandon the low end and just make a high tier console target $700-$800 Id buy it on 3rd party alone if one existed. It would save me money on pc building if I could get a targeted high end console like that. PS and nintendo has the mainstream on lock adults and younger crowd respectively and with xbox games on ps it makes no sense to compete in the same hardware space as either of them. Why not go for a higher tier no one else is competing in? Dont sell at a loss, but still reap the cost savings that is mass production of a single sku.

anast50d ago

A streaming box or a mobile device

S2Killinit50d ago (Edited 50d ago )

Question is do most people care anymore?

Redgrave50d ago

It is buzzwords galore, MS hasn't ever been particularly forthcoming or honest in their time.

Excitement is one thing, but even the most stalwart should have cause for worry instead of blind devotion.

If you recall, the XSX was supposed to be the most powerful console ever. Where exactly has it displayed that in leaps and bounds over the competition?
The PS5 hasn't even done that.

This entire generation has essentially been a "pro" improvement over the one before it on both sides. That, and of course they will state it as 'the most powerful/technical leap/life changing" thing because they certainly wouldn't downplay their efforts or admit mediocrity. The same will likely be said for the PS6 and so on.

Set the kool-aid down and try some critical thinking for once.

-Foxtrot50d ago

But you have a full blown next gen system, the worlds most powerful console and MS has done f*** all with it because of parity rules with the Series S

The same will happen next gen

The Series S is doing better in sales than the Series X so MS is obviously going to do something similar again, then we’ll be in the same situation as now

MS are doing powerful consoles for show basically, to use in marketing and to one up the competition but they don’t take advantage so what’s the point.

Lightning7750d ago

"the worlds most powerful console and MS has done f*** all with it because of parity rules with the Series S"

That's not at all the reason. Hasn't it occurred to you we've been stuck on cross gen games this whole time? What, new super power has any of these consoles shown this gen?

Obscure_Observer50d ago

"The Series S is doing better in sales than the Series X so MS is obviously going to do something similar again, then we’ll be in the same situation as now"

I don´t think so.

I believe Microsoft will release just one powerful next gen console. The other one will likely some Xbox handheld as a companion console to play on the go which relies on cloud gaming.

"MS are doing powerful consoles for show basically, to use in marketing and to one up the competition but they don’t take advantage so what’s the point."

There´s no first party nearly impressive as Hellblade II on PS5 as of now, despite the fact that there´s no "PS5 S" to hold it back.

If Shinobi is anyone to trust, Gears 6 will be even more impressive than Hellblade II. So one can only wonder when Sony will ever realize the PS5´s potential with all that PS5 Pro nonsense that even developers think that´s unnecessary.

Obscure_Observer50d ago (Edited 50d ago )

@VenomUK

"Do not think that new hardware means that everything is okay with Xbox"

They´re obviously doing very well. The division is making tons of money, because that money isn´t just made out of the Xbox consoles but the whole Xbox ecosystem as a whole. The Xbox division has its games spread out across PC, Steam Deck, Nintendo, Playstation, Tvs, Mobile and now, multiple streaming services across the globe.

You were expecting Xbox to leave the console market to become a third party for Sony and Nintendo. Well, tough luck.

A brand new next gen Xbox console is in development and your expectations of playing Xbox first party games on your Playstation is now officially back in the line of hopes and dreams until further official notice.

it is what is.

@crazyCoconuts

"Biggest leap ever and forward compatibility doesn't make it sound like a traditional console."

You´re late to the party, dude

https://venturebeat.com/gam...

Cockney50d ago

That leap is to cloud! I think we all know this deep down no matter the spin

ChasterMies50d ago

“Way to go, Sarah!”

Yes! Way to say something. Just amazing. I wonder what she said about where to go for dinner.

Zeref49d ago (Edited 49d ago )

I wonder if this means that the future handheld will support all Xbox games

Obscure_Observer49d ago

I think the handheld will support Xbox games via cloud.

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purple10151d ago (Edited 51d ago )

Wow “Forward compatibility”

That means, they’re already thinking of leaving the series X/S fanbase behind or it would have said back compat

Obscure_Observer51d ago

"That means, they’re already thinking of leaving the series X/S fanbase behind or it would have said back compat"

Jesus Christ

(hard facepalm)

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Sonic188151d ago (Edited 51d ago )

"Thinking of leaving the series X/S fanbase behind"

Lol We all knew that was going to happen

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jwillj2k450d ago

@Tuhorobah not much to leave behind this generations been f*cking trash across the board.

S2Killinit50d ago

@jwillj2k4
The consumer is what will be left behind. People that believed MS and bought into their promises…

Profchaos50d ago

I think it just means they want to ensure that Xbox series games will run on the next box.

Be a pr nightmare if the ditched Xbox series consoles so early on their lifetime and stuffed up back compatibility

MrBaskerville50d ago

Might take the opporyunity to kill off the older forza games. People can still play Forza 5-7 and I'm not sure Microsoft enjoys that, delisted them ages ago. Now they can finally kill them off for good.

DivineHand12550d ago

I would like to know what goggles you are wearing or what dictionary you are using to get that from forward compatibility.

Forward compatibility simply means they are developing their games in a way to ensures it will also work on future hardware. That way they don't have to put too much resources into making them backwards compatible when the next generation comes around.

This is a term that has been used in IT for over a decade.

darthv7250d ago

...wouldnt that mean you carry your games forward to the next system?

Lightning7750d ago

Yes but ppl are extremely dense around here.... Ad you know.

Tacoboto50d ago

How on earth do you get that from what she said?

If anything that gives the *most* assurance that they're going to best support current hardware and software for it and playable on it

PhillyDonJawn50d ago

Lmao, comprehension is key. This mean Series user will be able to play the next gen games. This will most likely be cloud. Where series consoles hardware will run the games and have cloud to carry the load where it fall short.

Zeref49d ago (Edited 49d ago )

Well yeah. That's how console generations work lol.

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TriniOutsider51d ago (Edited 51d ago )

Let's see how many people fall for this. Wasn't Series X supposed to be the most powerful console out right now? What happened with all that talk?

Funny watching those running Xbox spin their usual nonsense. Then someone else from Microsoft is gonna come and say something different.

S2Killinit50d ago (Edited 50d ago )

the PS5 PRO can also claim “the biggest leapt” as it will be 33.5 teraflops.

The PS6 will be the console to own down the line, so Im not even registering what xbox will be coming and when because nothing MS says would convince me to buy their system.

MagUk50d ago

I’ve got 8k ready on the side of my PS5 box I’m still waiting for that 🧐 I’ll don’t believe the pro will be as powerful as they claim.

S2Killinit50d ago (Edited 50d ago )

Well, It will be powerful. How powerful depends on what they actually do with it.

CobraKai50d ago

I think we will never see a leap like SNES to PS1 and PS1 to PS2. Whatever technical leap they’re talking about will probably have to do with streaming or cloud gaming

Einhander197251d ago (Edited 51d ago )

This is just B.S. propaganda to get ahead of the negative press from their upcoming digital only series x and the complete loss of any disk based options when both s and x are digital only.

How are you going to preserve games when you can't stick any disks in the console?

And this is such an obvious con coming from the company that has pushed for digital only subscriptions and streaming harder and for longer than anyone else, this is the company that wanted to tie disks to your account to prevent resale and game trading.

I guess they can preserve their games by making disk versions for PlayStation.

Anyone remember when Microsoft deleted all of xblig removing access to hundreds of games people purchased?

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Neil Druckmann clarifies true intent of new Naughty Dog game comments

Following a recent interview with Sony, Naughty Dog head Neil Druckmann claims the original intent was “unfortunately lost” in the process.

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just_looken3d ago

He can take dog shit put it in a oven with seasoning then call it waistland cookies the sony fans will pay $40 a cookie give them a medal of cooking.

No mater what trash this sobs puts out/talks about it will sell.

The true fact in the 8 years sense uncharted 4 his first time in the main seat to a point all this "amazing" team did was get 2 dudes to fuck in a van then destroy a franchise they never created.

But being a port studio they are decent at they should keep in there lane at being just that a glorified port studio.

fr0sty2d ago

Salty Bots... gotta love it.

just_looken2d ago

@frosty

Over what? naught dog under his command is a glorified port team tlou2 was mostly tlou 1 asset's with the same game play loop but forced a trans down your throat.

I would gladly help pay for this blight and his team to get removed from gaming in general.

fr0sty2d ago

Seeing a LGBT person exist in a work of fiction isn't "forcing them down your throat". Nobody is forcing you to play it. Nobody is forcing you to agree with it. If you think that just seeing a LGBT person exist is "force", it sounds like they make you very uncomfortable, and maybe you need to be doing some serious reflecting on exactly why... looks to me like you're suppressing something with all that fear.

just_looken2d ago

@fro

When i think of the last of us i think of a group of survivors crossing the apocalypse wasteland with a growing bond between 2 people that end up with Joel making ellie his new daughter.

Then you fire up the 2nd one bang joel is dead oh that comic series? bang dead

Oh you want to continue all that we grew in the first one? na f that toss it in the trash

Now here is a trans woman so strong superboy would blush go out there kill all what made tlou1 then halfway get a forced sex scene that you can not skip between 2 dudes.

The gameplay? just like the first game the combat/backpack system crafting sytem? 0 changes/improvements.

I could go on but lets face it they copy pasted that tlou 1 assets bin a shit ton of times.

There is nothing on the box or the ads or anything before the game that said you would going to spend most of the game controlling a new trans character that has no ties to anything of the first game the only existence was to kill what the first game made.

Oh but hey there is a mp mode coming out before 2022 wait what is that? oh we made it its own game then cancelled it now go but the game again as we port it a few times.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

mkis0072d ago (Edited 2d ago )

What has Straley or Henig released since they left ND? Not a thing! stop scapegoating! Which of them is credited with co-writing a majorly successful show?

just_looken2d ago

@mkis007

You bring up Bruce Straley really? someone that gave us 4 generations of amazing games and was there in the creation of 4 legendary franchises but was tossed in the trash for the pos niel druckmann not 7? years ago

So yeah in those 7? years you right all he has done is get 2 awards one is a game award for a puzzle game he made oh boy right like for fuck sake's all niel has done is one game that was a overhyped fan boy orgasm underneath all that ps jizz was just a typical 5/10 game.

Then you drag Amy Hennig that poor woman was also kicked out then became this century's Brendan Fraser with her sexual misconduct information coming out.

We all know how horrible people are treated behind the scenes she might have been sexual attacked groped or something.

So yeah all she did after was battlefield hardline forspoken now that new marvel 1945 game but hey Brendan Fraser was a great actor till he also said he was sexually attacked just now he is allowed back in no doubt she also had to take a leave of absence out and or was forced out on ice.

Man there are way to many out there that look at niel at the new gaming jesus when all he had done is some work on uncharted 4 then tlou2

Oh also the tvhshow? for real all they did was use stuff from the 2013 game its like saying GOT was a 10/10 but never watching past season 3

-Foxtrot2d ago

@mkis007

That's highly unfair to them both

Amy Hennig got messed around working on projects that got cancelled by the publishers (EA) and then ended up on a awful game (Forspoken) where you had 4 other writers working on it which is just a recipe for disaster. She is now working on Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra. Not her fault she was pushed out of NaughtyDog, something both Nolan North and Richard McGonagle have both said in interviews.

Bruce Straley left after burn out, the rest of the story we don't know and will never know just like what happened with Amy Hennig. He decided to take a break and wasn't sure if he wanted to come back to gaming however he had an idea he wanted to make so he founded Wildflower Interactive, a smaller studio where they are currently working on a new game.

Tacoboto2d ago

@the obvious stain of a commenter

The trans character wasn't Abby. Try playing Part 2 instead of gatekeeping what you think Part 1 was about and meant.

Maybe try watching the show while you're at it, because you're terribly off with your opinion on that too

MajorLazer2d ago

Naughty Dog is better than all the MS studios put together.

derek2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

@just he has been behind 2 of the greatest games ever made. Tlou2 was easily the best non-vr game made last gen. Losers just can't get over Joel's death, mixed with the usual console war nonsense. The fact that you so casually call him a sob shows how deranged some gamers have become about Drunkmann.

derek2d ago

@frosty, for people like Just, including anyone that can be categorized as being a minority in any kind of media is "forcing it down his throat " lol. I to don't care for poor "checking box" inclusion for inclusion sake but that was not the case with tlou2.

fr0sty2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

The pathetic part about it is, you can tell just_looken never even played TLOU, because that was the game where Ellie's sexuality was first brought to light... No "that was forced down our throats" to be said about that.

Only terrified folks in the closet that use their hatred as cover from outing themselves fear LGBT people that much. They exist. They will exist in all aspects of life, including popular media. Get over it.

just_looken2d ago

@all

Once again you drag out something like its a big win

Here is my old channel a clip of me playing TLOU on ps3
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Search my channel for more clips

Proof its my channel? look at this profiles banner that is 7yrs old then look at other vids on that channel like my bf3 clips to see my psn id. But knowing this group that is way to much work.

Also elle being a lesbian is another trump card? one dlc is all we got of that a dlc that took over a year to be tossed out.

Rainbowcookie1d 23h ago

Hey at least we have cookies to eat 😄

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Rangerman12083d ago

Glad he clarified it but i'm still somewhat skeptical. Plus, his comments about how Ai will revolutionize storytelling were still pretty iffy.

anast3d ago

No need to bow down, Stan your ground. The AI comments were gross though.

S2Killinit3d ago

Pretty excited as I read these. I just cant wait to see what ND is up to.

Export3d ago

put a chick in it and make her gay !

shadowknight2033d ago

Next they need a diverse couple, and perhaps some climate activists

StormSnooper2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

I would love that if only to piss off all the lunatics. Lol

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Naughty Dog Boss Neil Druckmann Says AI Will 'Revolutionize' Development

Druckmann claims the tech could 'push the boundaries of storytelling in games.'

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Jin_Sakai4d ago

I’m more interested in what else he said.

“Neil Druckmann says new Naughty Dog title could ‘redefine mainstream perceptions of gaming’

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H94d ago

It will be something like "we erased gameplay all together it's just a movie now"

purple1014d ago

every time naughty dog make a game, you play it and get the feeling "this is not possible'

from the boulder running towards you in crash, on ps1,
to the massive open world of jak and daxter, on ps2,
to the QuickTime events sequences of uncharted on ps3/4

and now we will see what they do with ps5,

H94d ago

Press X for doubt at "PS5"

-Foxtrot4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Arrogant asshole who sniffs his own farts bigs up next game…sounds like typical PR to me

You know what I find interesting? Almost every site reporting this as the main title where the REAL interesting bit of the interview is Neil praising AI and saying it will be used to help push story, characters, dialogue and more.

It’s super shitty to big up AI especially when it comes to story telling and other creative elements.

senorfartcushion4d ago

Just because someone says this type of stuff, it doesn't mean that it's guaranteed to be good news.

You can say this about microtransactions. MXTs revolutionised the gaming industry.

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Levii_924d ago

Geez how full of themselves are these guys.

Einhander19724d ago

He also said it has "ethical issues we need to address" but of course that doesn't get the clicks.

CrimsonWing694d ago

I’m all for it. Cuts the time to make a game. Look, Hellblade 2 took 5 years to make, if AI can do that in half the time, as a consumer, I support it.

Chard4d ago

Things will get far sloppier brother

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