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[ManaByte]

 

[Magic Carpet]

Xboxes are Xboxes.

 

[Kacho]

Xbros... we're back

 

[King Dazzar]

Now they're out of stock of the X in eastern, central Europe. Now would seem the sensible time to push it.

 

[TheUndeadGamer]

See this is what you should be advertising.

 

[March Climber]

What is going on?

This:

Every time.

 

[Darkkahn]

Bold strategy.

 

[SlimySnake]

Whats going on is that they sold 400k units in November. Whereas in November 2017, 4 years into the gen, Xbox One had its best November ever selling well over a million units.

Turns out, telling people not to buy your console is retarded.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

marketing and business strategyst at xbox HQ

 

[Mr Moose]

Greenberg remembering what his job is.

 

[NeonDelta]

Trying to get rid of all the stock before the new console in 2026

 

[Matsuchezz]

They are geniuses… and with that chubby guy at the helm of marketing they can’t make mistakes.

 

[Kacho]

They will sell a total of 401K consoles in December. Pure incline.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

As they should considering the time of year.

 

[Burger King]

The king is back

 

[Bartski]

Xbox is also an Xbox

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

About that thread contemplating whether their strategy is confusing...

It is.

 

[cormack12]

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

Psycho Microsoft is back

 

[dem]

I can't believe they thought they were going to be able to sell consoles without advertising them

Its actually fucking nuts

They don't seem to understand that consoles are the entertainment business.

 

[FoxMcChief]

The Xbox industry seems to be killing it.

 

[lachesis]

Maybe one last time to push to sell off their remaining stocks...

 

[Nonehxc]

Greenberg remembering what his job is.

He's Phil's taster.

As you can see, he's licking his fingers because he tastes Phil now and again to see if he is ripe enough or needs to be Phil Spicier.

 

[RCX]

How microsoft remains one of the Worlds most successful companies will always be confusing to me.

1) Windows is now a bag of shite

2) everyone I know who uses Teams absolutely hates it

3) they use endless numbers of contract workers, leading to a total lack of joined-up development in most of their products

4) they stuff Copilot into everything

5) They can't decide wtf their videogame business is and then make that explicitly clear to their customers.

And yet they make assloads of money. They're just a bit shit but their shareholders don't seem to give a fuck.

Must be nice to have so many government licences that you don't need to make any real effort.

 

[envyzeal]

I'm not an Xbox anymore?

 

[kiphalfton]

Phil driving drunk at the wheel again.

 

[DrFigs]

Oh yeah I’m thinking Xbox is back

 

[Fess]

Can they really not stick to one vision for more than a week? Do they have different PR teams competing with each other or what’s the deal?

 

[ManaByte]

Can they really not stick to one vision for more than a week? Do they have different PR teams competing with each other or what’s the deal?

 

[Moses85]

We already learned.

Every Screen is a Xbox

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

 

[Katatonic]

This is what flailing looks like.

 

[havoc00]

 

[AJUMP23]

Now that is an Xbox.

 

[GHG]

 

[Barakov]

Somebody at Xbox realized "Oh shit, Christmas is next week."

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

Xbros... we're back

 

[FunkMiller]

I honestly struggle to think of a worse marketing strategy I’ve seen.

They need to be teaching this to show people what not to do with a product.

 

[semiconscious]

Whats going on is that they sold 400k units in November. Whereas in November 2017, 4 years into the gen, Xbox One had its best November ever selling well over a million units.

Turns out, telling people not to buy your console is retarded.

as is telling people that everything else is your console...

 

[Fess]

Feels like an explanation post after a genuinely confusing and bad ad campaign. And they still haven’t explained how much of the Xbox experience you actually get on other devices. Can’t rely on cloud and there are no official legacy Xbox emulators. I want DF to go test that ”This is an Xbox” strategy.

 

[SJRB]

XBox marketing team at work

 

[DeepEnigma]

Trying to get rid of all the stock before the new console in 2026

What's mainstream affordable "new gen" power jump, tech wise, for 2026 in a home console?

 

[XXL]

This:

Every time.

 

[Kacho]

Pure cringe over at MS headquarters

 

[DeepEnigma]

How microsoft remains one of the Worlds most successful companies will always be confusing to me.

1) Windows is now a bag of shite

2) everyone I know who uses Teams absolutely hates it

3) they use endless numbers of contract workers, leading to a total lack of joined-up development in most of their products

4) they stuff Copilot into everything

5) They can't decide wtf their videogame business is and then make that explicitly clear to their customers.

And yet they make assloads of money. They're just a bit shit but their shareholders don't seem to give a fuck.

Must be nice to have so many government licences that you don't need to make any real effort.

Bureaucracy. That's how.

 

[Varteras]

 

[Astray]

I honestly struggle to think of a worse marketing strategy I’ve seen.

They need to be teaching this to show people what not to do with a product.

Like I said in another thread, there will be business books written about this installment of the console wars.

The stupidity that Microsoft has been serving up in this market since 2013 has to be studied by all business majors.

 

[spons]

How microsoft remains one of the Worlds most successful companies will always be confusing to me.

1) Windows is now a bag of shite

2) everyone I know who uses Teams absolutely hates it

3) they use endless numbers of contract workers, leading to a total lack of joined-up development in most of their products

4) they stuff Copilot into everything

5) They can't decide wtf their videogame business is and then make that explicitly clear to their customers.

And yet they make assloads of money. They're just a bit shit but their shareholders don't seem to give a fuck.

Must be nice to have so many government licences that you don't need to make any real effort.

People in business use Microsoft products because people in business use Microsoft products. We will never escape this cycle.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

The Biden administration is in charge of Xbox. You get such a disjointed and lost direction from things they do

 

[SneakersSO]

Yeah, this is never gonna work. At least some folks are collecting a check I guess.