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[Unknown Soldier]

Did Nintendo leave the hardware business?

GAF pretends Nintendo doesn't exist except when complaining about how much their hardware and games cost

 

[TheRaidenPT]

Pretty much, it was supposed to tape-out in Q4.

Because AMD needs the commitment to justify their R&D

AFAIK the handheld was cancelled because AMD wanted a commitment of 10m+ units to justify making a dedicated SoC, but with Steam Deck only selling ~5 million units and ASUS ROG/Lenovo Legion only selling 1-2 million MS didn't want to take the risk.

10m is a big ask in their current situation, I would also opt out tbh

 

[bad guy]

First and current XBox were excellent hardware. 360 seemed cheap, XBone should have been a higher-end SSD gaming thoroughbred, that's where MS fukd up, which dragged to this gen.

 

[Ellis]

Bro the clowns running Microsoft Gaming are nowhere near Nintendo's level.

This is almost insulting to Miyamoto and Iwata tbh.

Exactly. N64, GC, and WiiU weren't really massive hits for Nintendo sales wise, but no one got the feeling back then that they were in trouble like MS is with Xbox.

Nintendo are masters of getting themselves out of a pickle and adapting.
Microsoft aren't. As we've seen the last 10-15 years.

 

[Skifi28]

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Thread 'Walmart has started to convert its Xbox sections to Nintendo/PS'

Today at 1:04 AM

Not sure how widespread this is, but it looks like Walmart has started to convert its Xbox sections to other things? Is this another sign of the impending discontinuation of the Xbox console line?

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[calico]

There might be some type of device with Xbox branding on, but it's hard to see any upside in developing a proper next gen console unless they return to exclusives.

 

[balls of snow]

What happened to we dont comment on rumors and speculations. Xbox getting whipped 3 times before sundown everyday it seems.

 

[Danwan224]

Just to be obtuse how about releasing consoles because all that says is we are doing r&d

 

[Ar¢tos]

10m is a big ask in their current situation, I would also opt out tbh

They expect their next-gen console to sell at least 10m then?
That is also a big ask looking at state of things now.

 

[Kumomeme]

obviously not first time they claimed something like this.


dont be suprise if it end up differently,

 

[Loope]