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Jason Schrier "Xbox is a 'mess' right now, Plans change every year, Teasing "Handheld" right now"
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Insanemaelstrom
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Definitely feels like MS executives are paying more and more attention to Xbox and basically running the show now over at Xbox
vaibhavpisal
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I dont get it.
They are in a mess cause they are planning to tease handheld now?
They are in a mess cause they are planning to tease handheld now?
firegamer273
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its like every single western publisher is a mess right now . not xbox alone .
TxKnight7
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Seriously why doesn't Microsoft make a Handheld that runs Windows and has Steam on it, etc.? This way, the device can succeed and you can make a lot of money from it, especially if it has powerful spec. I've been thinking about buying a portable device for a long time, but I'm waiting for something really powerful!, and I'm ready to buy it. I can imagine running all of Microsoft's games on it, as well as Sony games, Switch games, a PS3 emulator, and a PS4 emulator with Bloodborne, etc.
lh032
I cry about Xbox and hate PlayStation.
for now i guess.
GHG
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LectureMaster
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Man, I hope at least something will work out. Sony needs competition to keep them in check.
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Madserb2023
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There is nothing worse in business than instability. They need to just stick to a plan. Just make it like the Steam Deck. A Windows PC with a console like interface. You can technically play Sony games on the Xbox then.
RoadHazard
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Probably because what you're describing would cost like $1,500.
RetroGamingUK
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Xbox has been in a mess since Peter Moore left (I still believe due to the RROD catastrophe) and Don Mattrick took the reins.
They coasted through the Xbox One generation due to the goodwill from the 360 days, but that goodwill is gone now.
They’re the Ubisoft of platform holders.
They coasted through the Xbox One generation due to the goodwill from the 360 days, but that goodwill is gone now.
They’re the Ubisoft of platform holders.
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jm89
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"I'm dead inside, some one kill me before Satya does"
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Skifi28
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Why would Microsoft's device be any better than the ones already in the market? Until AMD releases a more powerful APU, all devices will be about the same.
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ManaByte
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Spencer never left. He was running the studios before they forced out Mattrck.
It's not that he's saying something that everyone isn't seeing.
You can expect anything from MS from one extreme to the other and that's what's damaging to the Xbox brand.
That being said, I think those words aren't intended to give concrete information but just to express something that everyone is seeing.
You can expect anything from MS from one extreme to the other and that's what's damaging to the Xbox brand.
That being said, I think those words aren't intended to give concrete information but just to express something that everyone is seeing.
LazyParrot
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Because Steam and Windows are open platforms, and that means that handheld would be able to run all sorts of shit that Microsoft would never, ever greenlight in a million years.
Can you imagine the fallout if some parent found their kid playing Anime Rape Simulator 5000 on their Xbox portable?
Not to mention that having a walled garden where you alone get to decide what people can buy and play and get a cut from every sale is the entire point of modern consoles. Why would Microsoft sell a portable with thousands of games they won't ever see a single cent from?
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RetroGamingUK
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“A year ago, they were saying Indiana Jones was never coming to PlayStation so like, they change their minds every month”
I firmly believe that…
- The acquisition of Bethesda’s and Activision was an attempt to “win the console war”
- Satya Nadella made an ultimatum, if Starfield doesn’t result in rapid growth of console sales and Gamepass then we go third party
- Starfield not moving the needle resulted in Nadella getting his way
- Phil made it very clear, they lost the digital library generation to PS4, now the market has “calcified” preventing Xbox event competing with, let alone overtaking Sony
I firmly believe that…
- The acquisition of Bethesda’s and Activision was an attempt to “win the console war”
- Satya Nadella made an ultimatum, if Starfield doesn’t result in rapid growth of console sales and Gamepass then we go third party
- Starfield not moving the needle resulted in Nadella getting his way
- Phil made it very clear, they lost the digital library generation to PS4, now the market has “calcified” preventing Xbox event competing with, let alone overtaking Sony
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Lucifers Beard
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Agreed. Xbox is obviously a huge mess but the western AAA gaming industry in general is a fucking joke and has been for a good few years at this point. I'm back to playing games that came out a few years back and outside of a couple of notable titles I have little interest in AAA gaming. It's all the same recycled shite with absolutely no innovation.
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Crispy Gamer
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Man if they don't do a handheld then Microsoft just be talking to be part of the conversation it would be a huge missed opportunity
Punished Miku
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They're obviously going through a huge change, but it hasn't been changing every month. They pretty much spelled out what they were doing in February and it hasn't changed. Everyone knows they're going to trickle out the exclusives to Playstation and put stuff everywhere. They're working on a handheld and a "console." They're working on forward compatibility to the new hardware, which Bond just repeated the other day at TGS.
Angry_Megalodon
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Sarah is unpredictable. So bold and brave.
Radical_3d
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I know that I shouldn’t feel sorry because all of this was his idiotic plan but I can’t help it. He has that “Why are we here? Just to suffer?” vibes
clarky
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And have a ten minute battery life.
RetroGamingUK
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Correction, it’s western AAA that’s a fucking joke
Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft, Activision, Bethesda are all churning out crap.
Nintendo, Capcom, FromSoftware, SquareEnix, Namco and western indies are all churning out bangers right now.
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clarky
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Retool every game you have in development and target the next box with those titles exclusively . Hand every developer you value working at your studios a proper contract. Give them all an extra couple of years to polish the shit out of said titles. Release them only on said box and not on gamepass for 6 months minimum.
Profit.
Would cost a ton, but thats what it will take to save xbox.
Profit.
Would cost a ton, but thats what it will take to save xbox.
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RetroGamingUK
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My iPhone autocorreced Peter Moor to Phil Spencer
God I miss that era of Xbox, distant memory now…
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Moses85
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I know that I shouldn’t feel sorry because all of this was his idiotic plan but I can’t help it. He has that “Why are we here? Just to suffer?” vibes
poodaddy
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"Hey everyone, look at this guy who's been alive for several decades!"
"Haha, aging?!? What a loser!!"
Lucifers Beard
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Thanks for the correction on that. I completely agree that it's western developers churning out bullshit.
U n i o n 0015
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Yeah, we can see...doesn't take a journalist to see that their brand is a mess.
diffusionx
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I believe this and it’s entirely consistent with the conflicting and ever changing nonsense coming from Xbox mouthpieces like Jez Corden.
BlackTron
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panda-zebra
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... and then: silence. Followed by an eventual attempt at what felt like a little damage control.
I know.
Moriarty1889
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I would say that gaming as a whole is a mess right now.
Gamer_By_Proxy
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Phil and Sarah probably just need more counseling.
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JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
No Sherlock. That wouldn't save Xbox. It's already dead. You can't save what's dead.
clarky
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I can go buy one right now. I can also can buy games for it so no its not dead. Sherlock.
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Gamer_By_Proxy
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This became false as soon as they acquired ABK. Doing all that to stay 3rd in the console space won’t pay their big bills or be enough to please shareholders. They need to be a huge publisher everywhere cause they purchased huge publishers.
clarky
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How can it become false as soon as they bought ABK? I literally just typed it.
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Gamer_By_Proxy
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What you typed wasn’t exactly unique. In fact it’s been obvious to almost everyone but Xbox. Buying ABK was the final nail in the coffin for going back to how Xbox was, with their exclusives and must have the console push.
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