Xbox Business Update, Feb 15th via Xbox Video Podcast announcement archive
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Phil will say that your PS5 had now turned into an Xbox. Would be pretty awesome if they made a deal with Sony for gamepass. Will never happen, but a man can dream.
For me the megaton is Sea of Thieves. Everything else will probably just be their overall business strategy.
Any changes to Game Pass tho.....hold on to your butts.
hard to believe it's already been 44 years since nintendo released their first xbox. time sure does fly
The fiercely independent libertarian would surely sell the company he's spent his life building to the company he quit because he hated their corporate attitude
And regulators surely wouldn't be concerned about the 2nd largest software distributor on PC buying the largest software distributor on PC while also owning the operating system on which 90% of its business is conducted
Steam Machines existed long before the Steam Deck and they were largely a failure because nobody bothered to port their games to Linux and the tech to make Windows games work on Linux wasn't anywhere near where it is now.
I'm still holding out hope that the new Xbox controller comes with adaptive triggers. It would be great to standardize the feature throughout the industry.
This would be the worst fucking thing. Microsoft would run PC gaming into the ground overnight.
I am sure there will be a formal Xbox press release to the media just before or at the same time the podcast drops.
I would guess blog post and/or press release immediately afterwards
Yeah, I'm not counting on that.
Best case scenario is that we, the ERA crowd, understands but the general, less informed about video games will not.
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Ok, this is one of the few posts on this site that actually made me laugh out loud.
I'm not saying I would want them to by the way. Mainly that I think people at MS would think it would make sense.
I think they were pretty premature with Steam machines.
It's why I bought in (the controller, series x and gamepass)
But Gamepass is not enough anymore.
If Starfield was as good as we thought it would be (Skyrim like) chances are I would only be putting the game down around now.
Steam Machines and to some extent the Steam Controller had to be made and fail to get Steam Deck because it takes lessons learned from both.
Good job honey you rolled a 5 star female. It took so long to conceive this baby I was worried that we were nearing our pity limit
"Doctor, what is wrong? Why is there a PS5 controller in there???"
Except that's already the case, and Game Pass growth has stagnated. How is making the first-party games on Game Pass non-exclusive supposed to help?
Almost no one is buying a console solely for Game Pass, if the actual first-party content on Game Pass is available everywhere else. Game Pass is a nice service to have as a delivery mechanism on top of a healthy ecosystem of quality first-party exclusive games. Microsoft have struggled mightily with getting that consistent pipeline of quality first-person games in place this generation, arguably only finally getting a consistent schedule last year... and then at least two of those games failed to meet the quality bar.
This has never been rocket science. Put out a steady cadence of quality games you can only get inside the Xbox ecosystem (on PC, console, cloud, smartwatch, wherever), and you'll attract people to your subscription plan if there's enough of them to be a good value.
Ahh.
I don't see it being possible without Microsoft putting themselves in the crosshairs of another antitrust suit. Especially considering there's much more money to be made in games vs Internet browsers.
Guys does this message look ok? I am blind typing because my monitor turned into an Xbox.
Also I am clicking "post reply" via muscle memory.
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Maybe Xbox is releasing an attachment that allows you to connect your Xbox Series X to a portable backpack and an Apple Vision Pro so you can Xbox Play Everywhere!
That fits with the classic Microsoft org chart of the Ballmer era:
Anecdotal and all...
I got some texts from friends, family, co workers asking did I see the new GTA VI trailer that morning.
I said yeah...I saw it last night, the leaked version too. They all were like....what?
A few folks in my family play Roblox and Minecraft faithfully.
Roblox:
No one really asked or cared that it was exclusive to Xbox and it wasnt on PlayStation. They didnt even care it was on Xbox and played on their phones and PC. Granted when it finally came to PlayStation they started playing it more on console.
Minecraft:
i wonder how many even know MS now owns Minecraft. Because no one in several of my relatives homes know.
Many might dont even know who makes what game...only that its playable on [insert console here]
Sometimes, the more/most locked in crowd for gaming news can be the worst crowd. A segment of them at least.
Man, if this is what's happening to Playstation as the industry leader, I further wonder how Xbox plans to shake things up. I imagine it has to be pretty dramatic
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edit: I'm wrong!
Whatever happens, this thread and this whole experience has been a fucking wild rollercoaster.
Pretty sure Eurogamer's article said 8pm GMT, which is 5hours from now.
Could help them away from the baggage of past consoles. Xbox could remain the overall division name, with a new naming convention for hardware.
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