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Offering a $600 range of prices is a pretty bad prediction. Shows he has no idea.

I was dead on the money when I predicted the switch 2 would be between $400 and $1000. Nailed it, exactly.

The 'xbox is dead' crowd won't like this.

Im currently in pc only gamepass. I switch between pc and premium based on how many big pc/ultimate only games have built up.

It will be interesting to see how they realign the whole model after the personal xbox computer releases.

Gridlocked rush hour traffic confirmed.

Moneyhatting 3rd party games just got way more expensive for playstation. Paying to keep games off xbox will now require developers to skip xbox and all pc storefronts. That's a tall order for any publisher. Even in a timed capacity, that will sting.

@GamingGod the same can be said about the 15000 on switch and playstation.

Steam alone has roughly 146,000 games on its store. Compare that to the roughly 14,000 on ps4/ps5 or 15,000 on switch 1/2 and there is a clear advantage to this xbox console in playable games.

Holiday '27 seems like the most likely. Can't wait!

An xbox is already a great pairing with a gaming pc. I love playing an xbox game at my desk on the high end pc then picking up where i left off with the console on the couch in the living room or at the cabin.

This sounds like a dream device for me if it will flawlessy allow me to do that with steam, epic, gog as well.

Im guessing its under $1000 but would pay more for it.

Playstation and nintendo will still sell way more units but xbox isn't worried about that and shouldn't be.

I dont know what the threshold is to declare something a niche product or smashing success but I think this product will sell okay and be somewhere between those two extremes. Probably less than the Series x/s numbers while also expanding their pc footprint with all 1st and 3rd party xbox games available in the pc app and numerous OEM devices carrying the xbox logo.

I am excited for this next console. This will have access to a ridiculous amount of games. I imagine it will be emulation friendly as well.

I look forward to the ludicrous name they come up with for this machine but the all-in-one vision for the Xbox One seems to have finally been realized.

xbox will have the largest game library available of any console.

The sequel is strange to me. I liked all the quality of life changes they made but somewhere the magic was lost. I still prefer the first one even though the changes brought to the sequel all seem like positives to me.

I don't see there being any major changes to the strategy. Play anywhere, multiplat, gamepass will still be a major focus. Hardware is not going anywhere and is still a major focus, no matter how many times the false rumors crop up.

I predict over 90% of xbox users will have no idea that there was even a change in leadership.

It would be interesting to see how much they paid for this one (if it is actually cyberpunk being teased). It is a massive game but a fairly old one. I doubt cdpr would be demanding top dollar for a gamepass deal at this point. If both parties felt the price was right then really no one losses.

They should put master chief collection and infinite on ps5/switch and scrap the campaign remaster all together.

Without multiplayer this remaster is a bad decision. Especially when the main purpose of the title is introducing a new audience to Halo. They will be forming their first impression without a key element to the franchise.

Microsoft doesn't have a history of bringing someone in to slowly sunset a product. They would just cut it and move on. They would not be talking about next generations, or the future as much as they have if the plan is to phase it out.

People have been predicting the end of xbox since the red ring days. It will still be nothing but a baseless prediction 10 years from now.

Nothing has changed for me. I am still optimistic for the future. I like that xbox is innovating instead of the old gatekeeping garbage of the past.

Amazon Luna is actually a decent little service. With just your base prime membership, you can play Alan Wake 1&2, Hogwarts Legacy, Kingdom Come Deliverence 2, a bunch of tomb raider games. Also a few xbox owned games (a bunch of bethesda games).

Its sad that they have to keep stating the obvious. Xbox will continue to make hardware.

The games would tank as exclusives to xbox consoles. They tried that strategy and people did not flock to the console. Do people want even more layoffs/studio closures? Because that would be the result of exclusives. Less devs, less studios, less games for us.

Multiplatform is a good thing for xbox and its fans.

I would stay away from social media and leave that to the official xbox social media team. I would give less podcast and media interviews than Phil. All that did was open up the door for the "read between the lines" conspiracy guys. It also led to a lot of "Phil lied" BS when they quote him from an interview 5+ years ago when the business model and industry was different.

Phil was the best boss xbox has had yet. Hopefully the new boss is able to fill his shoes.

@InterceptorAlpha what does the size of the install base of those companies have to do with the way their executives engage with online discourse? That is quite the misdirect. Nintendo and Sony executives would flat out ignore comments accusing them of using AI for posts, not being a real "gamer," etc. Xbox chooses to be this engaged with fan discourse and it leads to these crazy storylines. It can be a good thing to listen this much but it also comes with this kind of stupidity.

Personally, I would rather she just ignored a lot of this stuff that seems to be engagement farming from bots and "influencers."

@InterceptorAlpha there is a huge contrast in the transparency of xbox versus nintendo/playstation. I think those companies realized there is no reasoning with online hate campaigns so dont bother responding.

This is what makes the story so ridiculous, how many trophies have any of the current or past Playstation bosses unlocked? No one knows or cares, probably zero. How often do they respond to twitter questions from fans? Never. But xbox goes for full transparency and they get caught up in these fake "AI is writing her posts" or "she is only there to sunset xbox" type of stories.

@ozkrmz sounds like it is still going to be a pc to me.

"As xbox expands across pc, mobile, and cloud xbox should feel seamless....we will break down barriers so developers can build once and reach players everywhere"

There won't be an xbox version and a pc version of games. Just the one pc version.

Sometimes I wish xbox was better at ignoring the fake outrage on x/bluesky. This was a non story until she acknowledged it.

It looks like she will be just as public facing as Phil Spencer was which is a good and bad thing.

Nothing would sink a game faster than being exclusive to the xbox series X/S. We saw them try this route and it failed to move consoles. Not moving consoles and not selling copies of games is much more likely to sink xbox than a multiplatform approach. Mulitplat/play anywhere/this is an xbox are all here to stay.

Phil has earned his place among the legends of the industry.

I really hope AI can get us back to shorter dev cycles.

I really liked this game. Ubisoft deserves more credit for this one. They made a great game.

No reason not to believe her statement. If she wanted to move on from xbox, now is the perfect time.

Instead of focusing on the dirty word (AI), I would focus on how she successfully led a company in one of the most rapidly evolving, volatile new technologies in decades.

It sounds like she is very qualified to run a strongly established company like xbox.

Im looking forward to seeing what xbox has cooking for the near and distant future.

Avatar was an overlooked gem. That game is fun. It reminds me of a newer, bigger, better Far Cry Primal. The map seems impossibly huge until you get an ikran (dragon thingy) so dont feel overwhelmed early on.

Im looking forward to diving into high on life 2 but might knock out keeper before that.

As long they continue with the vision set out in the last few years, I think xbox will have an exciting future.

@DennisReynolds

I am well aware they offered it to MS and they still went on to make a deal with xbox for Blade. What does that have to do with future exclusivity of marvel games?

And why didnt sony have that protection baked into their deal with MLB? Its very unlikely there is anything in their current deal that states Sony and not Disney has the right to decide where the game goes. I think Disney could easily say make it multiplat or never make another marvel game again and it would be in a green case in stores in no time.

But it won't matter for much longer as they will also be playable on the next xbox regardless.

@themightyant I dont see the correlation between a products anniversary and an employee's retirement date.

There are plenty of possibilities for Sarah Bond to leave at the same time. I mean its likely that internally, they knew Phil was retiring months ago. That is plenty of time to decide to move on instead of be number 2 for a new boss.

@DennisReynolds because like mlb, square enix and a long list of others realized, money is left on the table by being exclusive. Limiting a huge IP like marvel to one player base will never be the best outcome for Disney. You have to wonder how long they let playstation have the license as an exclusive.

I would love to see Phil's retirement gig to be head or chairman of a smaller studio or publisher. He has more passion for gaming than most leaders in the industry and he genuinely understands what it takes to succeed. It would be nice to see him work in a less corporate/shareholder structure.

I was surprised she wasnt the one taking over. Best of luck to her as well. I liked her.

@swedetrap I'm certainly in no position to question her qualifications. Maybe the trillion dollar company she works for is better suited for that.

@themightyant you are free to make that assumption but there isn't much for factual evidence to back it up.

Phil did have one of the longest reigns as CEO for any of the console brands histories. I dont find it surprising that he is leaving after so long at the healm. A public job like that must be pretty taxing. Judging by the comments of the other article, it sounds like folks are blaming him for everything but their family dog running away.

@swedetrap I imagine she accepted this position weeks ago. Its not like they were just like surprise, you run xbox now. Surely they were interviewing internal candidates since whenever Phil let them know he was retiring.

@DennisReynolds yes I do think god of war will be playable on xbox. It has been all but confirmed that the next xbox will be pc based.

Wolverine (and spiderman) actually have a decent chance of getting official xbox ports since Disney owns the rights and could do what MLB did and force an xbox version.

Given the poor state of hardware manufacturing for every company right now (some analysts suggest it could last a decade or longer). The 'everything is an xbox' and the multiplatform releases look like a stroke of genius. Well done Phil!!!

@DennisReynolds no I understand. It was sony that said the profit margins on their huge AAA games was so thin that they needed to look at other markets. They then sabotaged their reputation as one of the best single player game makers to produce a bunch of live service crap that were lucky if it saw release. Now pc is expected for every release and switch and xbox are in play for a growing number of other games from them.

@DennisReynolds I remember the main complaint with xbox has always been they didnt have any games. Now that they produce a ton of games (thanks to the very successful Phil Spencer), the complaint is that non xbox users get to purchase and play them.

Why is god of war on pc? Its almost like Sony wants more sales or something....weird.

@SBandy1 as of early 2025 xbox has over 500 million active users, marking a significant increase over previous years.

Yeah "worst position xbox has ever been in". Okay bud

@DennisReynolds oh no halo will sell more copies. Even more people get to experience the franchise. What a "failure"

You realize xbox had almost zero studios and relied almost entirely on 2nd and 3rd party games until Phil took over? Xbox is one of the best videogame publishers (if not the best) right now. Very few are competing with the AAA output of xbox studios right now. That could not be said at any point before Phil had his very successful reign as boss.