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Just more Microsoft lies IMO. Attempting the old deflection tactic to bury there incompetence.

@Questionable_Duck Well if the next Xbox does indeed get the Steam Store as rumours state, then that may just happen… and ironically Nintendo with its funny yet cool little hybrid console, will be the only one with true exclusives and will still outsell both PlayStation and Xbox combined lol.

Read 'very expensive'. They have gone quite mad over at Xbox.

@GameOverScreen Sadly not, the have now pushed through the mass extension of facial recognition across all of the UK, that will be linked to your Digital ID so you could literally be tracked everywhere you go…. And an Ai watching you run by the government…..

Government big brother watching you.... this should be stopped along with the digital ID draconian state control BS.

What a mess! They really want to destroy the Xbox brand don’t they? I would think that will mean £28 a month in the UK or more for the top one. Stood £336 a year. I can only see many people leaving Xbox now, build a PC or buy one or a PC handheld and go to Steam, or move to PlayStation. Valve are going to be launching a joint console at some point too.. Xbox is done for IMO.

Why is Phill Spencer still employed by Microsoft? Spending around 90 billion US on acquisitions has killed the brand.

I remember folk in here praising the buyout, I was pretty hesitant and IMO I and anyone else who criticised the buyout were right. They could have do it red who's gen, but instead they screwed it up, again.
Personally I am beginning to move away from consoles and towards PC handhelds. It suite my current lifestyle a lot better too. And it means Steam and PC Game Pass games whilst I have my sub.

So Microsoft could have potentially cause job losses at studios it doesn’t even own as they have no money to make their gamers anymore.. wow they after pathetic considering the record profits they keep making as a group.
Share holders and board member bonuses first eh Microsoft?

I've seen others say. With 50% of the staff fired, what sort of studio is now left? You can forget another Forza Motorsport IMO. It'll practically be a support studio now.

@K1LLEGAL Yeap, show gameplay then gets closed down and everyone fired. How much money did MS literally throw down the toilet today? It's just throwing good money after bad these days.

THE worst thing they could ever have done was spend what nearly 80 billion US on studio buyouts, and try to turn gaming into Netflix. Sony stuck to its classic MO and even with the absolutely joke of Live Service games fiasco has STILL handily smashed Xbox, again. And I even moved back over to them, and now we have PC Handhelds growing in popularity and Valve owns that market easily. MS just lost its way completely.

MS share holders want that 80 billion back, and I haven’t seen much in the way of Microsoft delivering that.

He should be fired. And I don’t have much faith Sarah will be any better either.. Xbox is a dying brand IMO now.

@Coletrain A cheap nasty vindictive evil way to please share holders and the markets.. screw customers and employees. Pretty disgusting way to run a company and a clear indication they have zero morales or dedication or loyalty towards the staff, so why should the staff be dedicated and loyal to the company?

@K1LLEGAL Wow! You see THAT is a perfect example of a complete failure of Microsoft’s EXECUTIVE team, NOT the studio, because it was the executive team who came up with the idea for the studio, pumped money into it, hired people. Now due to their failure they fire everyone and close it, wasting multiple millions at least whilst the executive team are untouched. Disgusting corporate management IMO. And that is after they showcase the demo reel for the game and inform the customer base they were making it getting everyone hyped.. Booty should be getting the booty…

Xbox will be dead in 4 or 5 years. And Microsoft own incompetence will have killed it.

@Coletrain That doesn’t exist, it is a myth people keep saying when large corporations make large profits. Their is no law stating they MUST maximise profits for shareholders holders above all else.

Load of corporate bullcrap. MS always hires thousands in a year, then lays of thousands the following year, rinse and repeat. Not a company I would choose to work for unless it was part of a path to reach another goal and I knew it was part time only to work for them.

@Jenkinss Yeap, they basically have a monopoly on the biggest mobile games now and NO ONE has questioned it, not even the regulators did.. they all got blind sided on purpose by COD on Console and PC.

And this is why I left Xbox, and thank God Ryan was sacked from Sony as I don't believe for a second he 'retired' willingly.. and their is now a Japanese in charge of all of Playstation again.

Xbox has totally lost its way. It has decided to move in on mobile games first and foremost for that revenue. But seems to be dumping all the PC and console players along the way pretty much.

I wonder if Playground are safe even. We shall see.

This is the usual MO for Microsoft, it employs thousands throughout the year then lays off thousands at the end of it. They’ve done it multiple times now across various departments.

Microsoft does this, they hire thousands, then fire thousands, rinse and repeat over and over. Why the hell they have to operate like that is anyone’s guess. It is most certainly not a company you go to for work in for life.

@Millionski Yes, they will play to their strengths, which is online and PC. They practically created both the modern versions of these. So I expect the next Xbox to be a PC in disguise more than at any other time. With a new user interface.
It is like Nintendo, they played to their strengths when down and came up with the Switch, an innovative handheld home console hybrid and they joined all their teams so they only had one device to support, not separate home console and handhelds.

If the nest Xbox allows other stores and launchers like Steam on it, then that will be pretty epic.

@RegnumSolipsi No that was just the shouty few that ‘think’ they represent the many and give Gamers a very bad name and reputation, salivating our a piece of plastic whilst setting fire to another, and how dare you EVER criticise the games Sony produces!

Truth is Sony has no games, it concentrated so hard on Live Service crap that the games Microsoft is bringing from it’s well established studios, or ones it’s purchased in the last 5 years, are a breath of fresh air for PS gamers and exactly what they want. A single player campaigns, the things Sony ‘used’ to be known for.

Oh and this story IS console warring, it is just like the one on Push Square, stating facts but written in a ‘very’ fanboy console warring way. Grow up.

@Kaloudz Fingers crossed, although it seemed to have slipped into development hell as news coverage in it dried up ages ago.

I just need State Of Decay on PlayStation and for me the collection on there is complete lol.

I can now see Sony and Microsoft trying to charge £700 plus for their next gen base consoles. Good luck.. Nintendo will just dominate the market, again, Switch 2 is actually half decent value for its hardware, and Nintendo stated only ‘some’ of its big AAA first party games will cost 80 dollars. That is better the Microsoft stating all it’s first party games are increasing in price. Sony and Microsoft will probably try to make 80 dollar games the standard for next gen.

@TommyNL No it isn’t, what does the US tariff have to do with Xbox games globally huh? And why are they not increasing the prices till end of the year and only on Xbox Studio games..? Greed, nothing else but pure greed. Tariffs are being used as a useful excuse for mega corps to jack up prices massively to increase profits and share holder dividends.

Just remember: You will own nothing and be happy….

If the next Xbox and the PlayStation 6 don't cost from around £550 to £600 I'll be truly shocked. And I wonder if they'll try to make 90 dollar games standard.

It just won’t feel right playing Gears Of War on anything other than an Xbox. But we all knew this was coming.

@TeiGekiLord I am not deluded at all. I remember the fact that the Series S runs Stalker 2, a UE5 game. Yet it can't run Wukong? Sorry I don't believe that. I think it's more lack of skill and coding ability with the team behind the game plus Sonys money helping the game being prioritised for PS5 and PC first. Sony offered its help and money to bring the game to PS5, and it barely runs, so I don't believe they have the skills to bring the game to Xbox in a quick timescale. And the media and fans have let rip with the accusations and agendas since.

(Is this post alright mods or will you delete it too?)

Sorry I still stand by my first comment that was deleted.

Anyway I don't think it's entirely down to the Series S, I think Sony has also pushed to keep the game off Xbox in subtle ways.
Game runs like crap anyway, really needs a beefy PC to run well. Could certainly do with a LOT more optimisation.

@TeiGekiLord The Series X is a solid piece of hardware, really is a nice machine. But as usual, like with the PS Vita that was also solid hardware in its day, the company behind the hardware has gone and messed up.
Not currently having an Xbox means I’ll be trying game streaming as I still have my GPU up till 2026 I think? So I’ll try Stalker 2, I have a Mac and a big monitor but I do have fast gigabit internet to give it a go on, won’t cost me anything. I will be looking at their next console, but think it may be there last.

@Llamageddon Woke as in an unattractive women, with shaved head. However we don't know her sexuality etc, but I was basing my assumption on TLOU2 where Druckmann had total control, but I hate that game not cause of Abby but the pointless killing of Joel and it feeling forced to play Abby whilst the game screams at you to forgive etc.. just so over done IMO. Perhaps woke is the wrong word as for me it didn't describe TLOU2, I think maybe it felt a bit like that with this new game trailer though?

So with Druckmann still in charge I don't think the game will be much better, granted it's a trailer and we have to find out a LOT more, however as a game, TLOU part 1 was best, as a game series Uncharted 2 and 3 were best FOR ME. We will have to wait and see, but they did make her look rather obnoxious in that trailer.

I think for now, I either get a Series X and keep my PS5, or sell my PS5 for the Series X. Think I have room, just for both.

And of the day I see a new Gears game trailer and I eek like a girl, I see a trailer for a new ND game and I think WTF?? And the product placement oh dear... Need an Xbox for Gears.

But as a writer I don't think Neil is as talented as the people he let go, whether he can replace that lost talent remains to be seen.

Still laser sword and robot seemed boring and just recycled from a billion other games lol.

They could be gearing up for big releases for the next gen console if they launch it in 2026.

@Boogaloo_Jenkins Yes that’s true, but I guess as they spent so much in acquisitions and games cost so much to make, it was inevitable they would go multiplat as has Sony. But it would have been nice to be upfront about it all I agree.

@Weebleman WTF? Sorry I don’t get your insult I’m afraid, is it a cryptic clue? You do know people are actually allowed to have different opinions right? I know it’s hard for some to handle that idea.

@Llamageddon Druckmann being fully in charge is enough to know it’ll be bad, I hated TLOU2, so yeah, I saw this game and couldn’t care less. Plus yet another third person story driven action game but ND. Yawn. All the best talent left that studio long ago. Also a Porsche spaceship, Sony CD player.. Sony has been patenting tech for in game ad placements, looks like it’ll pay off. And I’m not missing out on anything, sounds like you dislike people with differing opinions to your own.

@Boogaloo_Jenkins Most if not all of Sonys exclusives end up on PC now, so what's the difference?

THIS is the future of Xbox, and their new service has already failed dramatically. Flight Sim launched yesterday and is an online streaming games and practically every player has slated it, because they cannot play the game even the ones who paid 200 dollars for the top end version!!
It's truly pathetic MS with its network cannot make game streaming work, and yet they are talking about using it for processing power of its next console... so now you won't even download the game.

@NEStalgia Guess we will have to see, I think they are around 5 to 10 years too late with a handheld. And will it run games natively or just stream them? They could make just a Game Pass streaming device aka PS Portal and slash its price. Would seem odd though?

@NEStalgia Rog Ally X 3, Steam Deck 3 and Legion Go 3 will all be out by the time Xbox handheld 1 is released. Too little far too late from
Them. No point releasing next year with Switch 2 either.

@OldGamer999 Absolutely, they should have dropped Series S to £250 and priced this all digital Series X at £370 or so. And they wonder why their consoles aren’t selling…..

It's a whole £20 cheaper in the UK for the new digital edition Series X... wow what a saving... The greed of MS and desperation of making back the 80 / 90 billion they've spent in acquisitions is on full display again.

If they dropped the price by £70 or £50 it would be an interesting price, but alas no. It's more expensive then the PS5 slim which let's not forget has the option of fitting a disk drive...

@Medic_alert No they were ads, a bit like when you load up a physical game and in it's screen on the home page their is always an ad to buy the game digitally on PS5...

@PsBoxSwitchOwner Yeah laying off thousands of staff is never a good thing. But closing studios that have just made an absolutely brilliant hit game perfect for Game Pass with a view to making a sequel that could help drive up subscriber count, just makes little business sense all round and shows some incompetence at the top.

I sold my Series X because of all the forced ads on the dashboard, that was the last straw for me. And from what I've heard it's got worst with full screen ads now? Sony tried to put some kind of ads on the Home Screen last week or the week before, the community outraged and they reversed it a couple days later advising it was an 'error'.
Another example of the disaster the buyouts have caused as they need those ads to drive revenue, Sony doesn't.
I can't see a single thing to entice me back, even the new Gears won't as a lot of rumours claim it'll come to PlayStation anyway.