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Re: "The Catalogue Was Just Nowhere Near Good Enough" - Ori Creator Likens Xbox Game Pass To A "Slop Factory"

Smackosynthesis

I don't disagree with that personally. I will never play 80% of what's on gamepass, and will just try 15%, and maybe get into that last 5% for more than a couple of hours

Microsoft's 1st party stuff has mostly sucked imo this generation. Starfield, Doom the Dark Ages, Halo Infinite, Avowed, and The Outer Worlds 2 were all games I was very interested in but just turned out to be middling and didn't keep my interest for very long. Idk what's been going on with their 1st party studios but something just hasn't gone well this generation. I really WANT Fable and Gears E Day to be great but I feel like they'll be like the rest have been

Re: 'Return To Our Roots' - Xbox CEO Reiterates Her Goals For The Future

Smackosynthesis

I don't believe her, or any of them. I think they're trying to quietly sunset hardware and maybe do niche hardware in the future that would be too expensive for the current customer base, and that they will focus on publishing, gamepass, and streaming

Of course they're gonna throw most of their resources at AI like everyone else

Xbox as we've known it is dying. Right now, slowly. Has been for a while. Is what it is