It's time for a roadmap - Xbox Series X|S Forum

GamingFan4Lyf · 2024-05-09T13:50:35+00:00

With all the studio closures, cross-platform releases, and just general tone-deafness that's been coming out of Xbox, I think it's time Microsoft put forth a roadmap of where it sees itself in the coming years. I think it owes consumers an unfiltered explanation of intent to all of this chaos. Creating the "biggest generational leap of any console" isn't going to mean a hill of beans if the Xbox community has totally lost faith in the brand due to the sheer amount of perceived absurdity that has struck Xbox these past few days. We need to know the good, bad, and ugly of the situation so that consumers can make informed decisions going forward. I am not saying that Microsoft needs to divulge all the hardware details of its next console - assuming that is even still on the cards with the way Xbox is seemingly imploding in front of our eyes - or show us every game it has in the pipeline, but I think people need to know Microsoft's direction for Xbox. Is it planning to go full-on third-party publisher who just happens to make hardware, but with scaled-back hardware sales expectations and manufacturing? Is it really planning on ditching the traditional console strategy completely and migrating to PC ecosystem? Is Game Pass really the future or is Microsoft going to scale things back due to lack of growth? Is Phil Spencer on the outs? For all the love I have for the hardware and feature set of the Xbox Series X|S, as well as the services Xbox provides, it's clear that it's not doing as well as Microsoft would have hoped, nor are these decisions doing Microsoft any favors in swaying people to purchase the console. While it's certainly not the disaster that befell the Wii U, it's probably not a bad idea for Microsoft to set its sights on the next-generation (perhaps even shorten this generation like Nintendo did with the Wii U). At this point, it doesn't matter what that roadmap looks like: whether Microsoft really is "bowing out" of the console market, or simply scaling back hardware focus, I think the Xbox community just wants to understand the endgame. From my perspective, all the community sees is Microsoft Corporate takeover of Xbox to simply make money rather than a gaming division doing what it should be doing: making great games and providing a solid means of playing these games. And if that really is the case, be up front about it (well, maybe in not quite so "corporate" terms) I don't think even the June Showcase will provide much excitement or move the needle in Xbox favor with everything that's going on with Xbox right now. Sure, we'll see upcoming games, but it all feels like the ship is taking on water with no boards in sight to patch up the holes, so the games are just more cargo to fall to the bottom of the ocean when everything sinks! The only thing that Microsoft should do is give us the facts. The 100% pure, non-corporate PR spin of the direction of Xbox Game Studios. We need answers. We don't need "we have exciting things planned", we need to see the high-level version of those plans so that we decide if those plans are exciting - after all, Xbox doesn't exist without our excitement!

Topic: It's time for a roadmap

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Banjo-
Mon 13th May 2024

@Pastellioli They said, as you mentioned, that they want to do it right if they do it, but maybe finally organise a project and choose the studios? They said not long ago that they acknowledge the demand for those games, including Banjo-Kazooie, but they of course shouldn't disappoint because they are beloved IPs. After Killer Instinct, Battletoads and Perfect Dark, it makes sense. There are a lot of rumours about a new Banjo-Kazooie game.

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