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[mayham2199]

As a former XBox and Microsoft loyal Customer and Fanboy, it's really sad to see what XBox and Microsoft has become!!!

Luckily there is still Nintendo

It's horrible because now there's only PS left for me. No offense to Nintendo fans but I'm just not a fan of that ecosystem\IPs\games.

I hate gaming on PC so that just leaves me with PS. I really hope SteamOS or the Xboxapp really make PC gaming a console like experience. It was already pretty close the last time I tried but I still had issues that were driving me crazy. If they can do that then I'll at least have a viable option if PS tries to screw me over.

 

[graywolf323]

Eh, I like her perspective, but just because she's able to identify problems doesn't mean she's equiped to solve them. Look at what happened with Phil.

Phil can't even identify problems, there's really no good reason that Aaron Greenberg and Matt Booty have lasted in their roles (and even gotten promotions) for so long under him

 

[Loomy]

Phil can't even identify problems, there's really no good reason that Aaron Greenberg and Matt Booty have lasted in their roles (and even gotten promotions) for so long under him

All 3 are definitely well past their best before date at Xbox.

 

[Unfortunatecookie]

@12:56 "They can fix this."

 

[EverydayBeast]

I'm team one tier Xbox live all day all night Xbox got afraid of ps plus and it's tiers and changed Xbox live for the worse

 

[T-0800]

Just got up to the bit where she says about Gamepass - 'Microsoft abandoned what they had and started chasing what they don't understand'. Pretty spot on.

 

[Dorfdad]

It is really easy to solve. Shutdown gamepass and cloud. Focus ALL resources to make a Variety of great games emulating the Golden age of Xbox(2004-2008). Pure Focus on games not this bullshit of features and services. They would lead this industry.

they are not in it for the games, they are a business and its been handed down across all divisions that they want to increase subscriptions to ensure income monthly from all products. XBOX division included so Gamepass is the driving force of this. Sustained Cloud based revenue is their goal.

 

[demigod]

If people don't want to pony up the extra dosh to keep them in the black, was it even a good idea to begin with?

Maybe they just got over eager with expenses, this doesn't magically make the model not the future.

There's a lot of xbox studios / partner studios that won't be able to stand on their own feet without Gamepass, they won't, they just won't. They don't have the raw talent to stand without this rental service.

Hope the people cheering on the destruction of the service understands how many xbox / associate blue hairs are going to be ejected from their jobs over this. Bad vibes.

All of a sudden you care for the studios / devs that might lose their jobs. Where were y'all to support them by buying their games instead of using a rental pass? Cry me a river.

 

[bighugeguns]

All of a sudden you care for the studios / devs that might lose their jobs. Where were y'all to support them by buying their games instead of using a rental pass? Cry me a river.

Did you just fucking y'all'ed at me? Dude, not cool.

Without Gamepass, most of these people wouldn't make it in the free market where it's almost exclusively merit driven, I am indeed a saint for having indirectly supported all of them through thick and thin, yay. I mean, you could argue this is a sure shot way to rid the industry of huge chunk of woke pretty much permanently, I just find it a little brutal, but if that's your strategy, go for it, I suppose.

If you think about it, Gamepass is inherently Communist, maybe it's for the best that goes away.

 

[Melfice7]

Xbox is a prime example of what happens when you try to disrupt an industry and fail.

Everyone knew back in 2001 that microsoft would disrupt the industry and if they couldnt get their way, they would rather see everything burn than to just fail and leave. Any other company would have been gone for a long time. Microsofts benefit of infinite money is why they simply wont quit

 

[Unfortunatecookie]

Just got up to the bit where she says about Gamepass - 'Microsoft abandoned what they had and started chasing what they don't understand'. Pretty spot on.

Accurate.

They had the ability to stick the landing but for whatever reason, they chose to fly to a different airport.

The same could be said for PlayStation and their pursuit of GaaS success. They're extraordinarily lucky that Xbox shat the bed, because if Xbox had their shit together, we'd be having a radically different conversation right now.

 

[DenchDeckard]

100 percent gamepass is the future. In typical Xbox fashion they will be out of the game by the time and alternative comes along that does it "right" but fundamentally the majority of gaming will be done through sub services and us weirdos who buy "licenses" for games will go the way of the dodo, or be more or less extinct.

 

[Jesb]

She knows her shit. To me the price increase is so brainless that it feels like a self sabotage thing. Like you can't possibly be this stupid. But than I remember I'm talking about Microsoft….

 

[jm89]

100 percent gamepass is the future. In typical Xbox fashion they will be out of the game by the time and alternative comes along that does it "right" but fundamentally the majority of gaming will be done through sub services and us weirdos who buy "licenses" for games will go the way of the dodo, or be more or less extinct.

Never stop hoping bro.

 

[JohnnyFootball]

It is really easy to solve. Shutdown gamepass and cloud. Focus ALL resources to make a Variety of great games emulating the Golden age of Xbox(2004-2008). Pure Focus on games not this bullshit of features and services. They would lead this industry.

LOL. No. It would require a whole new set of people with a whole new philosophy that is completely contradictory to Microsofts culture. They had that briefly during the original Xbox era.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Never stop hoping bro.

Not hoping bro. I will be in the minority still buying games just like you. Look at all the data. Less people buying games. You don't actually own your games. You're renting them anyway.

There were those saying the same as you about music and movies. I understand the argument that games are different but sub services will be where the lion share of gaming is done.

Intact, I bet more playstation users play games through ps plus and extra than what buy new games each month. It's just all eyes are on gamepass as the fall guy for it due to ms push.b

 

[evolve]

Easy to talk when you're not there. I bet Phil would say the same from the outside.

 

[Radical_3d]

Laura should be leading Xbox. She understands the industry and the gamers.

She doesn't if she thinks that a behemoth like Xbox can afford to have GP at 18$. She does understand that gamers are cheapskates that give clicks to people that say that they should pay less for premium products. So she is very qualified to run a YT channel and little else. While I don't agree with him I prefer the David Jaffe take on this matter.

 

[Humdinger]

I like what she said about the old Xbox console:

"It wasn't just a piece of hardware. It was the anchor and the system that locked in loyalty. You had dedicated hardware that created lock-in. With Xbox Anywhere, that no longer exists. First-party exclusives like Halo and Gears of War drove identity. And with no more exclusives, this is gone."

Really the only thing they had going for them was the "best deal in gaming," and now that's gone, too.

That isn't news, but I like how succinctly she summed it up.