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The movement of games from Xbox to PS5 may have been positive for PS5 gamers, but not for Xbox gamers. Exclusives are now lost to Xbox and even the next box will li, ey be very niche and generate very little revenue.
For Microsoft, its possible to argue that becoming a 3rd party publisher is good for them financially, but for Xbox fans, its almost impossible to see the last year or even the past 5 as massively positive.

The sad fact is, that Xbox is changing the way people play games and that means fewer and fewer will be playing on Xbox anymore.

But how much of that coverage growth was negative coverage? A large amount where Xbox is concerned I suspect

@FraserG wishing you and all the team at PX a fabulous Xmas and some well earned rest.

2026 looks like it will be a massive year for Xbox….. I just wonder which way it will all go!!!

Have a good one and thanks for the site and the information you bring. It is appreciated!

I still play Crazy Taxi a lot on my iPad. Love it. Brilliant. Taxi Chaos is abysmal. Even 5/10 was really quite generous

He’s certainly an interesting figure.

Whilst people are still gaming Xbox games, the harsh reality is that, like me, the majority are o ky doing so through cloud or PC. Xbox could make the most powerful console/PC hybrid, whatever never and still isn’t going to be a mass market piece of hardware.

They have irretrievably lost so much trust. Xbox will still make money , but its hardware days of making the money ate dead.

Whilst ever GPU remains part of my mobile phone contract , I’ll play Xbox through cloud on my iPad Pro, but once that ends, I see no reason to be part of its ecosystem.

Which saddens me but it’s what Xbox is doing to loyal fans.

What an utterly ridiculous statement and excuse from Xbox. Again.

@FraserG no worries just thought would mention it. Just need £800 and i can get one! 😂

@FraserG also curry’s have the X Rog Ally back in stock in the UK!

@FraserG No worries at all! Cheers

@FraserG This is now live on the UK app. Literally for added in the last hour!!! Really user friendly as well.

@FraserG Hi. Just to advise that in the UK, Curry’s now has the X model back in stock as of 10:33 today, 12th December 25

@MaccaMUFC even had was in the US wouldn’t watch it live.

I wonder when we will see COD on Nintendo again…… oh, we won’t! That ten year agreement was a load of 💩

@FraserG Clair Obscur is going to need one hell of a trophy cabinet room in the coming months!

@BrownOwl They have in terms of hardware, no matter what Sarah Bond or Phil Spencer says. Subscriptions and 3rd party publishing is what matters most and playing on any device.

They will make more hardware but what’s the point when you can play the games anywhere. It’s makes sense and then again it doesn’t.

I’m not even sure they care about the future that much anymore. They are hardly pushing the Rog Ally and X very hard - it’s sold out which suggests it’s doing well but most retailers I’ve spoken to as I hold an interest in the X model have all said the same - don’t know when it’s coming back if at all

If that’s the sign of what the next Xbox will be and how it will be marketed, I fear that they really have just given all in to the 3rd party side of things now and the next box will be incredibly expensive and very niche.

All written on my Xbox!

I’ll just catch up on the news next day. Cannot abide Keighley. Last year the fellow presenters couldn’t even read an auto cue and when they crack jokes and no one laughs or applauds it’s so painful!

@BrownOwl maybe the my just know it’s niche and want to keep it that way? Who knows but seems like in the UK Xbox really aren’t that bothered.

@Gabrie yeah it’s so annoying

@FraserG It’s so sad that the X version is so hard to find in the UK. I’ve spoken to numerous retailers in the UK and it’s worrying to be hit with the same answer all the time - we don’t know when or even IF we will get any more stock of the Xbox Ally X.
It seems the communication on this matter is also really poor.

@FraserG it’s definitely not on iOS in the UK.

Xbox and Nintendo seemed close but considering the lack of Xbox content for switch 2, I fear that relationship is dead

Plays really well. That’s what matters to me

@FraserG do any games run okay on the basic model? Forza, Clair Obscur for example

@FraserG sorry to ask another question - I’m not daft but my autism makes certain things turn into brain f*rts - are these updates just for the Ally Xbox models or are they also effective on other PC handhelds like the Legion Go for example?

It's clear now, without doubt, that .play anywhere’ is the business full stop. And to some extent, I benefit in so much that I have an I pad and play Xbox on that now.

But whilst play anywhere and on anything is all well and good, ultimately it means that nobody needs an Xbox anymore.

I’ve been playing more recently since getting a new IPad Pro 13 Inch, and the screen is perfect for Cloud gaming. I play Forza all the time and have zero issues at all with latency. I can’t see me playing Xbox any other way now to be honest. The issue will be with the next box, if they can make sure they have enough servers to keep the leap in technology working well via cloud. But that’s for 2026/27.
I mainly play Switch 2, but having GPU through my phone contract bundle means I can play the game pass games I choose as an alternative. And that’s what Xbox is to me now. I sadly can’t see me buying another piece of hardware from them. I was tempted by the Xbox rog ally X as I love handheld, but I can’t justify the cost - especially with a 7 inch screen.

What an era that was. With it being just 4 years on, I didn't expect too much to be honest. But maybe a bit more would have been nice.
Xbox are totally focused on now and what's next though. Cloud is ramping up and that's a massive aim for them without doubt along with play anywhere.

What Xbox want is to have a system where they say - ‘buy this and we will let you play pretty much all of your games on it.” The cost of that aim though is likely to be far too much for the masses.

Oh, for the good old days eh?

Cloud has definitely improved 100%. I feel really bad saying it, but since I sold my Xbox , 2 or so years ago, I’ve dipped in and out of Xbox through my GPU sub that is part of my phone contract.

Recently though, my new iPad Pro 13 inch has become my new Xbox. I only play it at home but I’ve been loving The Crew Motorfest and Doom The Dark Ages. They look and play amazing .

I can see why Xbox would focus massively on the cloud and its clear that it’s a huge of Xbox future.

@FraserG cheers

@FraserG I thought Amazon Fire TV sticks already could do Xbox cloud streaming? I was going to get one for that as if I try through my Android TV’s browser , it’s pretty awful.

@FraserG stupid question Probably Fraser , but I assume this is for the X model as well?

These are the kind of updates that are needed. Still way too expensive though

@Markatron84 It should but common sense is not in high supply these days!

Some interesting stuff coming to Game Pass for sure. As for Xbox, another massive confirmation that Xbox is full on PC

Be a good launch title. Xbox could play a blinder here. Although knowing how bad they have become at marketing, they will probably miss out on what could be a huge opportunity to steal a march on their rivals although Xbox don’t see anyone as rivals anymore….

The issue is that whatever Sarah says, she, Phil Spencer , Booty etc have totally lost consumer trust through mixed messaging, flip flopping and not may people trust what any of them say anymore.

What Xbox says today, could easily change tomorrow.

Whilst I don’t doubt that there will be and is an Xbox coming , I can’t see how it will be profitable in any way. PS6 will already sell well due to consumer trust and fans, Switch is here to stay for a long time whilst Xbox is basically a 3rd party publisher with no exclusives.

They will push cloud more and more and the next box will be for the diehard Xbox fans only- if it sells 10 million in lifetime sales, I’d be surprised.

@Balaam_ Nail hammered on the head!

She seems to have become the lynchpin for Xbox now. She certainly sticks to a very specific script each time she comes out.
The most valuable players are the ones that spend the most money and sadly that’s not Xbox gamers anymore. Recent sales of games on PlayStation show that.
She talks the talk but I’m not sure she says anything that is meaningful.

I’ll be honest. It’s one of the worst on a while. It feels really lazy. So lazy.

Really not a game to be played on a 7inch screen and certainly not multiplayer.

Remember as well that partners are PlayStation and Nintendo. So could we see more multi platform announcements?

Hoping for some exciting news!

@GameOverScreen really? Switch Lite is tiny. Any games with text are totally unplayable. 8 inches is perfect.

I’ve been back into GPU today and the upgrades are really noticeable. Playing on my Xbox IPad Pro , Doom Dark Ages and Black Ops 7 is so smooth and really performs well.

@FraserG cheers. Really noticeable improvements.

@FraserG Slighty off topic, but has Xcloud been improved? I play on my 13 inch Xbox IPad Pro (lol) and playing COD BO7 seems to run incredibly well and looks unbelievable.

There is without doubt a shift from many gamers to hand-held systems overall. But £800 is always going to push this into a really niche market.

@GameOverScreen Or Switch 2