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[Heisenberg007]

Microsoft really just rolled over and died this generation, surprised Phil hasn't been replaced, he must have some major dirt on the CEO

• Step 1 - Have sex with Satya Nadella
• Step 2 - Record it.
• Step 3 - Blackmail Satya into getting lifetime employment as the Head of Xbox.

 

[spons]

I think you could message them about problems and they'd respond to that, or help handicapped people with online play, etc.
It's quite stupid to end a program like it, especially considering it cost them jack shit with all the ambassadors being volunteers.

 

[Sorcerer]

Damn, Microsoft is addicted to laying people off, even volunteers. LOL!!!

 

[Natsuko]

• Step 1 - Have sex with Satya Nadella
• Step 2 - Record it.
• Step 3 - Blackmail Satya into getting lifetime employment as the Head of Xbox.

Why do you fill my head with such terrible ideas? Why?

 

[adamsapple]

adamsapple right now:

@GHG @BlackTron @XXL @SweetTooth @Unknown?

 

[Rocco Schiavone]

What's the context to this? Why does this helmet look so surprised

Just a picture of a MS Chill. Colt Eastwood. The context?? Don't know.

 

[Filben]

Positivity alone wasn't enough, as it seems.

 

[AutomaticPrince]

What's the context to this? Why does this helmet look so surprised

That's Colt, an insufferable Xbox shill. If I remember right, this was taken from a video he made during the MS is going 3rd party rumors back in February before they actually made the announcement of the initial 4 games. During the video he looks at his phone like he got some important text, made this dumb face, and said something like "it's not what you think" (it was).

 

[ManaByte]

• Your Xbox Ambassadors badge will be updated with a special legacy design.

This is it:

 

[Feel Like I'm On 42]

"Blah blah blah blah blah" that's what I see now when reading anything out of Microsofts mouth.

So Microsoft ...when are you bringing back the BC program? You know, the best initiative and program you ever did. The one that actually had major impact on the Xbox ecosystem. The program that made gamers happy to own an Xbox, by expanding its library of games while bringing improvements to resolution and framerate? So that the transition gamers made towards owning 4k tvs wasn't in vain, as good image quality can only be maintained at higher resolutions. When will you bring back this program that bolstered the value proposition of your primary focus which is GamePass, immeasurably?

 

[Blank Space Invader]

• Xbox Community Pledge
• Xbox Insider Program
• Xbox Accessibility Insiders League
• Xbox Research
• Xbox FanFest
• Rewards with Xbox

TV TV TV SPORTS CABLE TV TV TV SPORTS DRM TV TV SPORTS CABLE TV SPORTS

Everything Xbox does and says just screams of corpo boardroom blather. It is so tone deaf and clueless. People buy and use video game consoles to play video games, watch some movies, and use YouTube. All the rest of that meaningless nonsense is for the people who will inhale whatever Xbox farts out with glee.

Xbox PR in a nutshell:

 

[Feel Like I'm On 42]

Can't be an ambassador for a console thats practically dead. "Everyone plays together."

Yeah, kiss my ass for forcing me to play with PC players, ya pricks. I bought a console to avoid that shit.

Man, I do not look forward to eating another console manufacturers shit. What am I staring down the barrel with Sony? Still gotta decide which PS to buy seeing as how BO6 is still cross-gen.

150$ PS4 500$ PS5 700$ PS5.5

And isn't getting a Pro patch on Sony's new $780 console despite it being the biggest gaming franchise and releasing two weeks prior to the Pro ...

As a console gamer this entire generation we have been treated like absolute shit by the platform holders that it's almost unbelieveable whats been happening.

I'm glad to see someone point out the bullshit that is forced CrossPlay that was primarily something pushed by Microsoft. The gaming media should've been all over that but being such shills they let that slide too. If you go and read reviews on the Xbox store you'll see just what gamers really think about it. Hundreds of people furious in games like Halo Infinite, Gears, Cod, and Battlefield. Does MS do anything to put a stop to it? Of course not....when these company's think it's acceptable for online multiplayer to not have a fair and even playing field then you know how fucked console gaming has become ..oh yeah and they still force people to pay for online just for the chance to play multiplayer ..

I was all excited and hopeful that the PS5 Pro would save me from having to switch to PC and render my library if ps5 and series x games obsolete but Sony is of course half assing their support of that too..

We really should be switching to PC at all costs because i don't see things getting better on console.

 

[Feel Like I'm On 42]

I just booted warzone and a regular cod lobby with all my cross-play settings off.
Didnt have any issues. What region are you playing in? My warzone lobby took like 30s more in matchmaking but i loaded into a game just fine. Same with MW3 Mp?

i get your complaints about pc cheaters and what not, but the option menu's are identical for COD are they not?-

I dont get the your praise for playstation here? you have to turn of cross-play on a game by game basis vs just turning off crossplay for all titles on your xbox in general? how is the xbox one not exactly what you are looking for?

MS forces CrossPlay in most of their games. Sony has been a little better on front but not by much.

Halo Infinite only allows you to turn it off in the Ranked playlist which is consequently the mode the least amount of players use. People want the option in Casual playlists...

Sea of Thieves is forced crossplay no matter what.

Here's the real sneaky thing though ...even when CrossPlay is optional, these companies know that by having CrossPlay turned ON by DEFAULT, is effectively the same as if they had not given us the option at all! Why? Because now the numbers are skewed towards CrossPlay anyway, that turning it off results in a situation where it's harder to find quick matches ..especially in games that are not as popular or have been on the market for a while where populations are low to begin with...this happened to me in Battlefield 2042

If MS really wanted to be fair about this they'd have people have to OPT IN to CrossPlay, not the other way around!