The writing was on the wall since Microsoft installed the new leadership at Xbox. They made a bunch of cheap moves to garner favour with gamers and get the numbers up for a couple of quarters. Now they can swing an axe at all of the studios they gobbled up, you know, for the shareholders and leave a LOT of talented people looking for jobs.
Anybody acting like the Gamepass price drop was a treat for gamers, is out of their mind. They raised the price to get the quarterly earnings up for Phil's exit and now get to 'drop' it to try to bring gamers back. Customers are always going to be the lowest regarded part of the business, period.
Seems to me that Microsoft just rounds up prototype names so they have a nice powerpoint slide filled with logos to show off at games related shows, and avoid looking like fools.
Only to turn around... and look like fools anyway.
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Re: Double Fine Reacts To Xbox Closure Rumours With Single Emoji
The writing was on the wall since Microsoft installed the new leadership at Xbox. They made a bunch of cheap moves to garner favour with gamers and get the numbers up for a couple of quarters. Now they can swing an axe at all of the studios they gobbled up, you know, for the shareholders and leave a LOT of talented people looking for jobs.
Re: Microsoft Issues Xbox Email Addresses As Part Of 'Strengthening The Xbox Identity'
Anybody acting like the Gamepass price drop was a treat for gamers, is out of their mind. They raised the price to get the quarterly earnings up for Phil's exit and now get to 'drop' it to try to bring gamers back. Customers are always going to be the lowest regarded part of the business, period.
Re: Poll: How Optimistic Are You Feeling About The Future Of Xbox?
I'm guessing a lot of studio closures and project cancellations are coming. Bring in a fresh nobody to swing the axe and shield Phil's legacy.
Re: 12 Exciting Xbox Indie Games To Look Out For In December 2025
Waited a decade for Routine. Hope it isn't a flop!
Re: Microsoft Passes The Buck To Asus For ROG Xbox Ally's Price Tag
Of course it's ASUS; had Microsoft been solely responsible for this, it would have been cancelled.
Re: Xbox Ditches Majority Of Its Game Pass DLC Discounts As Part Of Service Revamp
Cancel GP and initiate a chargeback with your credit issuer. Hit them directly in their own wallet.
Re: Here's A Look At The Updated Xbox Game Studios Roadmap From September 2025
You know it's a sad turn out when a roadmap has to show the past games, just to fill it out.
I have a feeling that Rare is sweating profusely. The minute that SoT stops making money...
Re: Unnamed Xbox Game Studios Title Shows Up On Tokyo Game Show's 2025 Schedule
Whatever it is will likely get cancelled before release.
Re: Xbox Is Officially 'Stopping' Development On First-Party Game Contraband
Seems to me that Microsoft just rounds up prototype names so they have a nice powerpoint slide filled with logos to show off at games related shows, and avoid looking like fools.
Only to turn around... and look like fools anyway.