what a weird thing to say. pro-consumer choices didn't lead them here, a lot of their fumbles did. stuff like game pass or releasing on PC or play anywhere didn't hurt them, bad localization, constant messaging fumbles, bad marketing and (much) more did.
2027. TES and Blade (or at least Blade if TES isn't ready).
It will. They're not cancelling a first party Marvel game.
I don't think next gen means leaving behind the series x/s. I just think they are so far behind they need to treat their "mid gen" console equivalent like a new model and not an enthusiasts only device. Almost every console ever has had a mid gen refresh this just needs to be marketed differently. If they go the power model they just need to make it easy for developers and if they go the portable avenue they would just need to make it similar enough to the S in power.
but they kind of did. gamepass got people to stop buying xbox games because they can just sub to gamepass. pc told people that you dont need an xbox to play ms games. sure theres alot of other issues that helped bring them to where are now
no. the sources were two former execs that left xbox quite a while ago, they didn't work there during ATVI or Game Pass. And Activision was not something for the "consumer", it was for money - but that one certainly helped. Ryan just asked for their opinion on current matters, nothing there was "inside info".
Xbox still sells a ton of software. Just look at NPD and more. but yeah, sure, if you want to believe that.
The movie has had far more problems than the game will lol
I think they will. Lots of hype for the movie even despite the problems, and the game is Arkane Lyon so little reason to worry (if someone feels the need to respond with a cheeky comment about Redfall and "Arkane can do no wrong" just don't bother).
This is an incredibly selfish attitude. "If it doesn't directly benefit me and only me then they shouldn't do it."
Play anywhere means you can play on Xbox, then play on a browser on your laptop or phone when you're out, then continue your save across devices. Yeah it matters to console players too.
Exactly. Y'all aren't losing your precious boxes now or any time soon (said as someone who plays almost exclusively on Xbox consoles).Even if they go fully day one multiplatform publishing I don't expect them to get rid of hardware completely. It's what been speculated and talked about for months now. They may just end up shipping a less subsidized, or non-subsidized, enthusiast machine that is more PC-centric but runs some kind of emulation layer or shell or whatever to bring your digital library from Xbox forward.
They might be a software/services company, but they still have an entire consumer and developer ecosystem they want to keep you/devs invested in.
"Make the GDK the one-stop-shop for building games on Microsoft platform, including other PC ecosystems"
They want you using Visual Studio, and GitHub (and CoPilot), but also use middleware like PlayFab, Havok, Simplygon, etc, and cloud services like Azure. Then to tie it off they want you to sell your software on their Store. And that software will be "universal" and run on an Xbox or PC, so even if they are shipping to Steam it can still be easily packaged or sold on the Microsoft Store.
Why would they cut out the "Target Platform" part of this pipeline if it's still profitable and a key part of their vision?
jobs.careers.microsoft.com
no, really, it's arkane lyon. am i missing a joke lol
I think the game offerings are different enough and appeal to different audiences and tastes that this wouldn't be as big of a concern. People would still want Fallout or Forza or Halo or Fable on the go, even though they can get Zelda and Mario.
I didn't say that pro-consumer choices led them here, I said all their choices did. Assigning blame to one or the other is, I think, a bit myopic.
Why assume 5:1 is the floor? What's stopping hardware continue tumbling toward never seen split levels, and impossibly low lows? Like besides it being a gloomy story.
They do not have the kind of consistent first party output to warrant a Steam game pass option. They can't offer day one access on Steam and they don't have a non-day one plan. And to have a compelling non-day one plan it would need to be consistent and still be fairly expensive (given the Steam cut and further cannibalisation of sales).
They didn't really have a choice. No other storefront would allow a subscription that takes away sales. There's nothing in it for Valve or whoever unless MS gave them a cut of the subscription money, and that wasn't going to happen.
It's not that a storefront wouldn't allow for a subscription. EA Play is available on Steam and PlayStation for example. But EA Play Pro isn't. And EA Play only offers games that are 9-12 months old and doesn't include any third party stuff.
