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Georgia

 

[EN250]

Xbox brand being phased out gradually by MS Gaming as the brand that has the power and the games

That doesn't mean HW will go extinct, but won't be a priority either

 

[Arrapaho]

The status of Xbox Series is "gamepass machine".

 

[hououinkyouma00]

Do not come in here & say " Florida" then leave there is an actual discussion to be had here.

Console generations last a lot longer nowadays and even in the 12th year we are still getting games for PS4/Xbox One which means Xbox Series should still be getting games in 2032. So what's Microsoft plans for the hardware? They barely responded to PlayStation Holiday discounts so if there is a real PlayStation 5 price drop coming soon will they react or just let Xbox Series sales continue to fade ? Will they even boost production for the arrival of Grand Theft Auto VI?

I think the consoles will very obviously still get support as why drop support for a device that still has 30ish million owners.

I don't think you can disconnect Series consoles from the general future of Xbox and I don't think even Microsoft
Knows what they want to do with Xbox. They already had thoughts of killing the brand before Series consoles even came out.

I think it's obvious that Microsoft isn't pushing them as much, and the idea may very well be to let it slowly fade versus how Sega ended it. Microsoft can't announce that they aren't working on anything because then it really is the end and if people know the brand is gone then there really is no point in buying a Xbox or GamePass or buying games on their platform.

I actually just bought a Series X again, and I've played more on it then any other platform I have right now even owning a PS5 Pro and a capable PC. A lot of this is from BC though as while I own multiple working PS3s and a working 360 it's easier to play these on a current platform plus I was gifted a year of GPU so the games in the near future I would buy on PC or PS I will simply play on Xbox like Expedition 33.

They said loud and clear that they have new hardware, I'm not sure if it will be mass produced though

I definitely think they will have new hardware, but who knows what it will be.

I think Xbox could exist in a more "niche" high end way possibly.

Microsoft have a slew of games coming out that are 1st party. Here's a thought- cancel your day 1 sub service for these games, make people BUY the games and, most importantly, MAKE THEM EXCLUSIVES TO XBOX CONSOLES! That might help sales of their consoles.

I think the backlash of effectively shutting down GamePass would be the actual final nail in the coffin of Xbox.

They could wind it down third party wise, but I just see the backlash in dropping 1st party titles alone as too much.

I'll die on the hill that Play Anywhere was a huge part of what killed Xbox. Play Anywhere started in what? 2016? This was the time that PC gaming was starting to become mainstream and while it probably seemed like a good idea to support it you gave away a big reason to buy hardware over other hardware.

Im assuming, from all the rumours…

- Windows based compact gaming PC
- Windows based desktop gaming PC
- Windows based gaming handheld

…will be the 3 variants. As they're PC based it's a much lower risk to Microsoft. Their competitors will be Asus and Lenovo, not Sony and Nintendo.

I think this is actually the smartest way but whether or not they will do it is another question. A PC with a Xbox-like front end similar to how SteamOS works.

Internally a PC, but navigation wise and externally a Xbox console.

I've always liked what the Surface team has been able to do and I feel like I remember hearing they worked on either the One S/X or the Series consoles. The Surface team is one of the few teams that's been able to properly mimic the build of Apple.

Not state of Xbox I said State of Xbox Series

I think it's hard to separate the state of Xbox and the state of the current consoles unfortunately.

Can any of the optimistics here explain why is almost impossible to buy an Xbox in certain Europe countries?

I don't think there is an optimistic way to explain it.

I think it's simply demand. If a product has 0 demand then it will get 0 supply and from a business standpoint it's smart. You simply reallocate your resources to other places.

Europe has already always been PlayStation heavy at least in the west, and combined with PC being popular (this is an American POV formulated simply by observation and second hand accounts) the Xbox doesn't really have much chance.

 

[DanielG165]

The Series consoles will obviously continue to see support for years to come, but it's clear that MS are full steam ahead on their next phase of what Xbox will represent. The consoles will simply be one pillar of their umbrella, not the central focal point. This will very likely be the case even when they release their handheld, and PC-console hybrid.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

The Series consoles will obviously continue to see support for years to come, but it's clear that MS are full steam ahead on their next phase of what Xbox will represent. The consoles will simply be one pillar of their umbrella, not the central focal point. This will very likely be the case even when they release their handheld, and PC-console hybrid.

 

[panda-zebra]

The Series consoles will obviously continue to see support for years to come, but it's clear that MS are full steam ahead on their next phase of what Xbox will represent. The consoles will simply be one pillar of their umbrella, not the central focal point. This will very likely be the case even when they release their handheld, and PC-console hybrid.

Imperfection.

The handheld is the pc hybrid, the console is an xbox.

 

[REDRZA MWS]

Greenland

And the 51st state, and the Panama Canal.

 

[onQ123]

Will they at least take advantage of the boost in the market that will come from the release of GTAVI?

 

[RetroGamingUK]

Will they at least take advantage of the boost in the market that will come from the release of GTAVI?

They'd be silly to discontinue Xbox consoles before then

 

[bitbydeath]

Will they at least take advantage of the boost in the market that will come from the release of GTAVI?

They'll be reliant on Xbox Series to take advantage of it. Rockstar won't make a PC version until years later.

 

[skyfinch]

I don't know, but I think I might have made a big mistake. My uncle wanted to get into gaming. He wanted the best. I suggested that he buy an Xbox Series S! There ain't no way you could do wrong with Xbox and Series S. The very next day, Phil went on his firing rampage. The crazy thing? My uncle is also named Phil. And he just got fired from Home Depot. Oh well, sucks to be him.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Xbox series is still good technology

 

[Chittagong]

I think people may be reading too much to the talk that they are developing a new console, a handheld, that there are SDKs out there.

I worked for a bit at Microsoft, and if I have ever seen a company that doesn't hesitate to pull the trigger for a headshot, that's them. It doesn't matter if there is work done, companies acquired or costs incurred, with a single email and Teams call, it can all go away.

The way things are going, it will be an extremely hard sell-in to the board to get them give a greenlight to launch another hardware generation. There will be a board meeting where they need to make the case, and if they miss, the plug will come out very very fast.

Bumping my old post as it's even more relevant now

 

[DenimDevil]

New hardware is probably why they are trimming the fat.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

New hardware is probably why they are trimming the fat.

If you noticed so far the hardware team didn't get trimmed

 

[digoutyoursoul]

Launching without any significant exclusive games to showcase the new hardware was a warning sign. After what happened with XB1 you would think that they wanted to impress the fans and hope attract new players to their ecosystem.

Halo had to be delayed, which let's be honest they should have known the state it was in before that disastrous showing , another warning sign and had no other major title ready.

What's worse is the likes of Greenberg jumped on board the narrative that the pandemic played a big part in the state of the game when we were only a handful of months into it!

Then we had Microsoft and their media cohorts pushing the backwards compatibility narrative as the big marketing machine to sell the console at launch. How sad is that?

And I would ask the likes of JezCorden, is that launch a Amy Hood, Sataya only problem with what happened?

After everything that's transpired after that too, why would fellow fans trust them with their next offering? Im not criticising fans by asking that.

 

[PurePlatinum]

Xbox is going to be like Surface, where it's an irrelevant hardware thing that MSFT does for "Some reason", while they really make all their money on software, and focus on gaming for Windows.

There will be other hardware OEM's that make Xboxs but I don't know why they'd do that when the profit margins are so slim and usually recouped by software sales, which presumably Dell and ASUS won't be getting a cut of.

 

[MicTyson]

The state of the Xbox Series? I don't know. The same as the PS5 with worse sales? They both play 99% of the same games. There isn't one game on the PS5 I would buy one exclusively for and the same can be said for the Series.

 

[nowhat]

Imma go with... Alabama? Inbred and barely functional.

 

[SegaSnatcher]

 

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