[Windows Central/Jez Corden] Xbox has turned a corner — the future for Microsoft's gaming platform once again looks incredibly bright

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Xbox Game Pass has been on an absolute tear the past few months, landing banger after banger with titles like Blue Prince, Clair Obscur, DOOM: The Dark Ages, and various others. The near-term future looks absurdly stacked too, with Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, The Outer Worlds 2, Keeper, and more slated for later this year.
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The Xbox Showcase earlier in the month gave us a glimpse at a truly glorious future for Microsoft's first-party, with studios like InXile and Obsidian hitting new levels of production quality. There's so many other projects on the horizon too, like State of Decay 3, Fable, Gears of War: E-Day, and support from third-party publishers is stronger than ever too. Square Enix and other Japanese publishers have been lining up to join the Xbox party, and seem more eager than ever to share a stage with team green.
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I think the real turning point was the recent flurry of hardware commitments, above all. It's easy to look back through the games industry at other companies that exited hardware and draw comparisons. It's true that Microsoft's Xbox hardware sales figures haven't made for optimistic reading over the past few quarters. But it's really a small piece of the wider ecosystem Microsoft is building here.
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Across Xbox Cloud Gaming, third-party Xbox-branded PC gaming hardware, first-party Xbox console hardware with backwards compatibility, and Windows 11 itself — Microsoft's vision of a digital gaming ecosystem where your content, save files, and community goes with you is well and truly taking shape. The road will be long and challenging to navigate, but for the first time in a long time, in my opinion, it feels like the destination is visible on the horizon.
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Jez Corden, writing for Windows Central, seems to have again written an entire article on one tweet made by a fan (included in the article itself, and below)



That said, maybe there is merit to what is being said. Maybe Xbox is turning a corner around now. I don't think it matters anymore, with them having thrown the hat in in terms of actually competing in the console market, but at least for existing Xbox fans, it sounds like things will be better than they have been?

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Xbox has turned a corner — the future for Microsoft's gaming platform once again looks incredibly bright

With the next-gen Xbox formally revealed, how are you, Xbox customer, feeling about Microsoft's gaming direction as of June 2025?
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Ill Be Back See Ya GIF by Naomi Sharon


First gif on my feed about sums it up.
 
If this new console allows us to access our entire Steam library along with Game Pass (obviously), then I would buy it over the next PlayStation. PS5 for me has been a major disappointment this gen.
 
I think it's a fair assessment to say 'Xbox Game Studios' has turned a corner, they are releasing a lot of great games and have a lot on the near horizon. But they're also all coming to PS5 now, which means Xbox as a 'platform' is basically dead and pointless.
 
Xbox fanboys are so gullible that its actually sad to watch sometimes.

They are the types of consumers that allow companies to think its ok to increase prices on hardware that is 5 years old... I don't even want to get started.
 
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From time to time those Xbox shills incapable of critical thinking say that "the future is bright" or things like that. But Xbox keeps struggling in sales and Microsoft keeps constantly changing their business.

From tradicional consoles, to launch games on PC, to gamepass, to buying big publishers, to launch first-party games on rival platforms, to gaming PCs.

Why? Why those people keeps supporting Microsoft?
 
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Yeah bro, soooo many great games like... uh, South of Midnight and the lowest performing Doom in the nu-trilogy. Can't forget about Avoid! And their showcase was sooo awesome bro. Like, who isn't excited to play Rushed Ops 7? That game where you play as a tower? I mean, like 5 people bought or even played Psychonauts 2, that one should be a hit.
 
kaizenkko said:
From time to time those Xbox shills incapable of critical thinking said that "the future is bright" or things like that. But Xbox keeps struggling in sales and Microsoft keeps constantly changing their business.

From tradicional consoles, to launch games on PC, to gamepass, to buying big publishers, to launch first-party games on rival platforms, to gaming PCs.

Why? Why those people keeps supporting Microsoft?
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Indeed

Everyone who isn't in denial can see Microsoft is exiting the console business with its tail between its legs.

Only 2 companies can succeed in this business, and Microsoft, Atari and my beloved Sega couldn't.
 
I can confidently say that every Xbox game won't be on PS consoles.

Like Ill be surprised if ES 6 isn't an Xbox exclusive.
 
LakeOf9 said:
Jez Corden, writing for Windows Central, seems to have again written an entire article on one tweet made by a fan (included in the article itself, and below)



That said, maybe there is merit to what is being said. Maybe Xbox is turning a corner around now. I don't think it matters anymore, with them having thrown the hat in in terms of actually competing in the console market, but at least for existing Xbox fans, it sounds like things will be better than they have been?

www.windowscentral.com

Xbox has turned a corner — the future for Microsoft's gaming platform once again looks incredibly bright

With the next-gen Xbox formally revealed, how are you, Xbox customer, feeling about Microsoft's gaming direction as of June 2025?
www.windowscentral.com www.windowscentral.com
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MS is having a fantastic year software wise, which is all I really care about.
Good to see them doing good. The industry needs several major companies deeply commited.
 
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RetroGamingUK said:
Indeed

Everyone who isn't in denial can see Microsoft is exiting the console business with its tail between its legs.

Only 2 companies can succeed in this business, and Microsoft, Atari and my beloved Sega couldn't.
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And some are already spreading that Microsoft have "check mate" the console wars. I don't know how many time I have read that in recent years.
 
These people make me wish I didn't play on Xbox.

Kacho said:
Sarah Bond is ushering in a new golden age for Xbox

Xbox fans in Japan lining up for autographs
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Wasn't there this super hot Japanese Xbox ambassador? I can't remember her name.

Edit: might be @misuzu1024

March Climber said:
Would he ever state the opposite? 🤔
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Yeah, he's a fucking shill and always has been. Same thing with Klobrille.
 
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I was thinking yesterday « well I guess they'll stop saying « Xbox future is bright » now »

And I was wrong. All the lights are turning red, but the red is brighter than ever I suppose
 
PauloRoberto said:
It looks like checks were paid again.... this tweet is one of the most pathetic things I've read this week.
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And then they tell to some of us that we are fanboys and miserable when it comes to anything MS/XBOX related, i mean, look who's posting them friggin' tweets (WC man and Jizz Corden), you just can't take such things and "opinions" seriously, it's LITERALLY shilling and i really don't get how the "fans" keep buying it, i really don't, you'd think that they'd have learned a valuable lesson by now but...

It's just a non-stop cringe fest at this point
 
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These frauds turned there back on team green, fuck them cunts, they do it for the coin, I do this shit for the passion. I never let Xbox down becuase Xbox was never down, them punk bitches can go enjoy some other shit as there not welcome in the Xbox Cartel anymore. We got them games, we got the hardware and still the most powerfull console in the world and things are only getting better. Im here im ready for whats coming, I got my X, my S, PC and Laptop with Xbox app and my ally X waiting for that amazing Xbox OS. Were not back, we was never gone 🟢💪.

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I dont see it. First of all what crazy lineup are we even talking about?

I dont see a bright future for their handheld either. Play anywhere is supposed to be their big thing? Something they need permission for from any dev? I got a steam deck recently and you knoe how many games are play anywhere? All 20'000 of them
 
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