Microsoft torches Xbox studios then tells you to 'feel the burn' with tone-deaf controller launch

Introducing the fire sale of Xbox Game Studios, and oh, this controller, too!

[Jin_Sakai]

Microsoft have an obsession with these d@mn controllers.

[anast]

It's like game stop. They make their money on trinkets not games.

[Eonjay]

I actually like the design of the new controller. Poor timing to release it though.

[anast]

@Eonjay

It does have some style.

[dumahim]

If people keep buying them, they'll keep making new ones.

[Ra3030]

Ok...that makes sense......Microsoft closes Game Studios because the games those Studios made don't meet Microsoft's sale metrics. Why pay more good money to feed the leaches when they provide no benefit and controllers sell so lets make more. Also the PR messaging "Feel the Burn" was a msg. to all the other Microsoft First Party Studios that if the games you make don't sell you'll "Feel Tue Burn"! Same goes for Xbox gamers they didn't buy the Microsoft games so now they " Feel the Burn" of those games going to PlayStation! so now we know the meaning of "Feel the Burn".....it means somebody bout to loose something!

[Einhander1972]

I clicked the link and I saw these things are $70, the same price as a PS5 controller but with none of the features.

This is just like the memory cards where the price is way out of line with what the product actually is.

[Jingsing]

Agree, You are basically buying a 360 controller again.

[Skuletor]

On the flipside, two of my PS5 controllers already got stick drift (bought a third recently) and my Series controller is fine. I never had that issue on the PS4.

[darthv72]

...and so do I
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[FinalFantasyFanatic]

They've put out 3 or 4 times more controllers than games at this point, who's collecting all these limited edition controllers and xboxs?

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Microsoft might as well imo become a 3rd party publisher because they are soooo tone deaf.

[Tacoboto]

Or they could compete with Mad Catz

[XiNatsuDragnel]

True lol

[anast]

They are going mobile, which is why they are downsizing.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Lol mobile or 3rd party publisher either way it's bad for gamers

[thorstein]

"It's fire... isn't that what the kids say these days? Fire? Let's show them we understand them! Fire!"

[Destiny1080]

they sure are milking, that 2 dollar controller

[Rimeskeem]

I feel like MS has released more controllers than games this generation.

[S2Killinit]

They know their consumers have not bought games from them, so they need to find another way to get consumer’s money.

Im not joking. I think had there been more games released or upcoming, they would allow the sales to go to the studios.

[ocelot07]

Next week they will close down Raven Software but don't worry they will announce another controller or one of them crappy skin swaps for the series S.

[Silly Mammo]

Tone deafness aside, that controller is pretty nice. I just bought my 1st Xbox controller for my gaming laptop. Coming from mostly PS I'll need to get used to changing out batteries.

[DivineHand125]

I highly recommend you get rechargeable batteries in at least pk of 2. The higher the mah the better. I prefer swappable rechargeable batteries over built-in rechargeable batteries. When my controller dies I can swap it out in a few seconds instead of having a second controller on standby.

Fun fact, the new series controllers are not compatible with older titles that were compatible with the Xbox 360 controller. I found this out when I tried playing Split Second on PC but my series controller wasn't detected. Disney no longer makes games so the developers are long gone and couldn't update the game. You can get around this by using software to emulate the 360 controller but in my case, I dug up the old 360 controller I had in storage.

[Philaroni]

You will thank me for this.

https://www.amazon.com/Pana...

I use these for everything, if you use lots of AA's and such for like remotes, clocks ect, The ones in my Xbox Game pad have with out recharging been in there for months. Really is worth it.

[anast]

HA!

[z2g]

The layoffs and closures are shitty but this is a bit of a stretch to relate to marketing for a controller, based on your own personal thought process. I would never have associated the two myself. Feels like a pile on article for clicks imo.

Most gamers aren’t thinking about the job market when they’re buying a controller, nor do they even care how the sausage is made (as horrible as that is its true).

[S2Killinit]

True. Its just sad to see studios shutting down. This is just a critical article with a catchy title. But, its funny for sure.

[Plague-Doctor27]

1) release controllers
2) don't release games
3) ???????
4) profit

[CrimsonWing69]

I mean… this is just bad timing on their part.

[fsfsxii]

they're taking the piss

[ActualWhiteMan]

Stick Drift City

[Philaroni]

That almost sounds like a name for a band.

[S2Killinit]

LMAO 🤣 @ the title! Right on.

[Skuletor]

Fire, more like fired, amirite?

[Babadook7]

They shut down tango? Didn’t they make Hifi Rush? That doesn’t make any sense.

[FlameWater]

The Onion can't even make up stories like this

[timzone]

I think the term is "tone deaf"

[DarXyde]

Letting my hopeless cynic run wild here for a moment...

I think it's entirely possible that they bought the studios knowing games would underperform financially thanks to Game Pass, do they can rationalize closing the studios to the public. As a result, Microsoft keeps the IPs while closing the studios and most of their hangers don't care because "hey, CoD is super cheap now." They now own several of the largest/most popular IPs in the world and they're going to push for more AI game development.

I have to say, if any of this is accurate, I genuinely underestimated the extent of their anti labour tendencies.