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[HerjansEagleFeeder]

All of the added productivity due to AI and still they can't find some to allocate to this effort. They must be using all of the AI's power to gain world domination.

 

[diffusionx]

Next article on Windows Central: "It's not just Xbox, year end 'wrapped' sites have a problem - they're old, played out, and not popular anymore."

 

[onQ123]

Our new 3rd console awaits

Excuse Me ! Look at me I'm Your Big 3 now!

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

This seems like a prime AI job here. But I think it is too much to ask for a little scrappy, garage up-and-coming company like MS.

 

[xiskza]

 

[LordCBH]

The fuck is their marketing budget?! 2 bottle caps and a moldy peach?

 

[falling into hell]

Lol we should start collecting donations for Xbox.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

When is the Xbox patreon launching?

 

[Sevyne]

Should have used AI

 

[adamsapple]

Lol we should start collecting donations for Xbox.

Send them to my PO Box, I'll make sure it gets to the right place.

Spoiler

 

[DryvBy]

"they're gonna do one more console!"

LOL

 

[Pejo]

I guess it's a big deal to make a big fancy UI web page with the player details, but you could get some database guy to pull stats and send it in an email or something for basically nothing. Maybe they feel that something simple would damage the brand, but I dunno man, this should be an easy as fuck thing to do with a company the size of MS.

 

[Bridges]

Maybe I'm dumb but would it really be that bad to just use last year's again and change the year? I personally don't really care that it looks unique each year or anything, I just find the stats interesting.

This is a bummer. Seems like Microsoft is searching for as many Ls as possible this year

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

MS should be openly racist on camera to collect donations from X.

 

[ByWatterson]

This is the equivalent of an adult film actress telling her boyfriend she's too tired tonight.

 

[kiphalfton]

So the almost $4 trillion company doesn't have the budget for this?

No budget constraints if you work for Microsoft AND are high enough in the company.

 

[calistan]

Maybe I'm dumb but would it really be that bad to just use last year's again and change the year? I personally don't really care that it looks unique each year or anything, I just find the stats interesting.

This is a bummer. Seems like Microsoft is searching for as many Ls as possible this year

You can get a lot of the normal annual stats on trueachievements.com. It seems weird that Microsoft isn't doing an official one - it can't cost anything at all, it's just scraping some data from your Xbox account.

 

[Topher]

I bet that department got laid off

 

[Arsic]

Just dm the data to adamsapple and the other 4 guys who still use a Xbox. Make it happen Phil!

 

[TheMule1983]

These guys do not care about the console at all. It is blatantly obvious. Investing in the Xbox ecosystem is just throwing your money in the drain at this point.

 

[Topher]

No budget constraints if you work for Microsoft AND are high enough in the company.

So Phil Spencer will get a "wrap up" of what his interns played this year?

 

[lughnasadh123]

Or maybe any variation on wrapping it up is a little too on the nose lately for Xbox.

 

[Astray]

You would expect them of all companies to see the value of having a wrapped thing given GP.

But Microsoft gonna Microsoft huh?

 

[Disciple of MSSP]

That excuse right there? That's an Xbox

 

[Crayon]

"Here's how many games you didn't buy:"
"Here's what you were willing to pay for game pass before you cancelled:"

 

[GHG]

Based on this, they are saving themselves and their usebase from embarrassment.

 

[bitbydeath]

That 25th anniversary is gonna be a banger.

 

[AGRacing]

This is too fun

 

[j0hnnix]

 

[AJUMP23]

We do have the Xbox bowl being played tonight. All players got one of those branded Xbox handhelds.

 

[FeastYoEyes]

All that money went to AI and they couldn't even leverage it to make Xbox Wrapped. Ironic.

 

[Shubh_C63]

It can't possibly be budget. It must have been a thought out decision to remain silent and fire on all cylinders once an year only.

Shallow showing opens them up for even more ridicule. While meaty directs (which has been good since last 2 Xbox directs) turns the narrative around around their failing Box.

 

[AJUMP23]

True achievements

 

[Astray]

It can't possibly be budget. It must have been a thought out decision to remain silent and fire on all cylinders once an year only.

Shallow showing opens them up for even more ridicule. While meaty directs (which has been good since last 2 Xbox directs) turns the narrative around around their failing Box.

Wrap-ups are antiquated and Microsoft is ahead of the curve for realizing it.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

PlayStation should throw together a wrap up of Xbox games played on PlayStation just to troll.

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[Black_Stride]

This is why DX12 is in a state....chick ain't even looking at what she is coding.

 

[lh032]

few years ago during the acquisition craze, i remember when i said Microsoft is not going to allocate budget for mutliple mega acquisitions, the fanboys told me "microsoft is a multi trillion company and they will provide the budget to xbox for multi acquisitons and they hope microsoft to outspend Sony with the acquisition and kick sony out of console business.

I wonder what these fools thinking now.
Dont even have the budget for a wrap up lolz.

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

Ex Box

2001-2025

 

[lh032]

Ex Box

2001-2025

they may have a chance if they rename it to exbox for next gen

 

[geary]

As such, a lot of the "marketing budget" that would've typically been allocated to something like an "Xbox Wrapped" is being poured into efforts to celebrate these major milestones for Xbox, its brands, and some of its games.

That explanation doesn't really hold up. Anyone with even basic finance experience knows that annual marketing budgets don't roll over—they lapse at year-end. What's far more likely is that this year's marketing budget was already spent on other campaigns and events, which is why there's no recap. It's not a case of reallocating funds to next year; the money is simply gone or the buget was cut at FC4.

 

[Cakeboxer]

Ex Box

2001-2013

Ftfy.

 

[Fess]

So the almost $4 trillion company doesn't have the budget for this?

Yeah this is hilarious. They can't do anything right.

 

[Ar¢tos]

Xbox division right now:

 

[MrCunningham]

I like to call this style; MangAI. It is the end result of 'averaging out' various different anime and cartoon art styles and removing any recognizable trait that can be linked to any one artist. This is where the restrictions are being put in place to prevent lawsuits.

 

[Life Diff]

Jez Corden citing sources? Aka he made it the fuck up

 

[Radical_3d]

This is crazy. Had you told me this last year I would have call you a bunch of nuts.

 

[VAVA Mk2]

But there was a budget for the Xbox Bowl

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Couldn't they have gotten AI to do this? =p

Why AI? It's probably 99% of the code with what they had last year, you just need to refresh the API calls or maybe point it out to a different place. It's a 5 minute job.

 

[KungFucius]

I don't really give a fuck about these yearly summaries. They just highlight how much data these companies capture at the user level. My Nintendo one is funny because I gave my kid my account thinking I could get buy on a single user NSO account, but then needed to get the family membership anyway. So they think a 9 year old is me and I am a 9 year old.

BUT, fuck MS for charging more for gamepass and cutting this feature. Fuck them about 10% as much as they should be fucked for not including the fallout 4 anniversary addition.