Xbox Boss: We Can't Be Afraid Of Trying Things That Might Not Work

Ah I can’t wait for it to go

If something is extremely popular, Twitch, it's difficult to compete even when you're offering the same. This is why Google tried Google videos before purchasing YouTube.

Xbox One X was a huge R&D investment with customised architecture and expensive vapour chamber cooling and, fortunately, was successful and lay the foundations for Series X. They released it one year after PS4 Pro but taking risks is rewarding sometimes.

That's the correct mindset to have in any creative endeavor. I am a graphic designer, and sometimes you try something with the best intentions, and you think you're making the right choices based on the info you have, yet you still can fall flat on your face. You will still learn something from it every time. Mixer was never my thing, but I like that Microsoft is willing to fail and try new things.

I never even used Mixer once. I still don’t get the point of watching people play games when I could be playing them myself.

Not that I used Mixer all that much: I basically only used it when Inside Xbox streams or other first party efforts were broadcasted on it, but that doesn't mean that I'll be welcoming Facebook Gaming.

I hate Facebook with a passion, Zuckerberg can go die in a hole (or rather: I hope he gets run over by a truck, friggin' psychopath), so I will DEFINITELY not be using that service, no matter what will be featured on it.

@ThanosReXXX Thank god Facebook Gaming won’t be integrated with Xbox like Mixer was...confirmed by Microsoft.

Mixer was really fun to use precisely because it was small. Discovery was easy and chats were largely sane with great moderation. Sad to see it go but the market forces here speak for themselves.

(Also, big "no thanks" to Facebook.)

@Z3u5000 Well, that makes it slightly less worse, at least. No mandatory stuff so far, then.

@KelticDevil I only used it for watching the E3 shows. I don't watch streamers.

@KelticDevil thank you! Someone finally said it! I understand maybe watching a few minutes to see if you want to buy a game. But I never got this craze of spending hours watching people
Play a game instead of you.

@Grot

You are right. It does seem to be way more popular with the younger crowd. I am an old man, so maybe I just don’t get it. 😂

I also agree on the personalities. Look at that Ninja guy. Microsoft paid him like 30 million just to stream Fortnite on Mixer. That’s crazy to me!! But he obviously appeals to a crowd to the point Microsoft invested in him that kind of dough.

@xMightyMatt14x

Maybe it’s bc we’re older? Not sure. I just don’t have a lot of free time, so I would like to spend it playing games. I do watch YouTube a lot though for my video game news and movie stuff.

I haven’t even been on any social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) for ages.

@zane547

I check out YouTube a lot myself for walkthroughs if I get stuck in a game.

For example......in Doom Eternal.....when I ran into that big prick with the axe & shield (Marauder), I was like “why do I suck at Doom all of a sudden?!!” 😂

I have to agree. In any medium, to have great success, sometimes you have to take a risk, have it not pay off, and try something else.

@KelticDevil yeah I agree. It’s probably our age. The little free time we have is devoted to playing.

@Grot That is some very open minded logic and I completely agree.

Taking risks is a must; throwing money at a problem is just silly. Signing such a costly deal with Shroud and Ninja wasn't going to change people's opinions on the service. It might have if Microsoft did it right when Mixer started but after 3 years the community already formed an opinion. Now there is a $40 million payout for no good reason.

@Grot I don't get it at all. And it's not just an age thing. When I was a kid that would have bored me to tears. I'd have wanted to play myself... Watching wouldn't have happened long. There's something really messed up about current kids brains... It's not youth alone that makes this stupid stuff enjoyable... There's something about that group in particular.... Maybe its in the water...

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. – T. S. Eliot

“ I think it's fundamental to us that we're not afraid of trying things that might not work.”

You know what’s a risk worth taking even if it might not work? Buying WB Games!

Can’t ever turn out worse than the Nokia acquisition... now THAT was 7.6 billion flushed down the toilet.