MS gaming division has long used their money to do both "throw it against the wall" and "do everything at the same time" as their strategy and it has a fault, conflict. Everyone knows sales plummeted for years as Sony pushed out exclusives and MS gave us a sprinkling of subpar stuff. They bought success with all these studio purchases and while that took time to bear fruit it's finally here... exceptcat the same time another strategy was to move away from exclusive hardware and make Xbox a platform; but it turns out those things are more counter than complimentary. Is Xbox a console, a competitor to PS and Switch? Is Xbox an inexpensive, plug and play PC? Is Xbox a game subscription service, the soon to be dissolved entry vehicle to establish GamePass in the greater gaming market? Any of these are viable and maybe even any 2, but all 3 together without clarity and commitment diminishes consumer confidence. I have a S1, PS5 and Series X, but while I have a PC, I gave up on the expense and headache of PC gaming years and years ago. Make my SX a go to with great exclusives, make it where I can play new PC stuff on my TV, make GamePass my go to for everything gaming... but if I wasn't already bought in I wouldn't based on the state of things right now.
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Re: Xbox's Matt Booty Issues Statement On Layoffs And Game Cancellations
MS gaming division has long used their money to do both "throw it against the wall" and "do everything at the same time" as their strategy and it has a fault, conflict. Everyone knows sales plummeted for years as Sony pushed out exclusives and MS gave us a sprinkling of subpar stuff. They bought success with all these studio purchases and while that took time to bear fruit it's finally here... exceptcat the same time another strategy was to move away from exclusive hardware and make Xbox a platform; but it turns out those things are more counter than complimentary. Is Xbox a console, a competitor to PS and Switch? Is Xbox an inexpensive, plug and play PC? Is Xbox a game subscription service, the soon to be dissolved entry vehicle to establish GamePass in the greater gaming market? Any of these are viable and maybe even any 2, but all 3 together without clarity and commitment diminishes consumer confidence. I have a S1, PS5 and Series X, but while I have a PC, I gave up on the expense and headache of PC gaming years and years ago. Make my SX a go to with great exclusives, make it where I can play new PC stuff on my TV, make GamePass my go to for everything gaming... but if I wasn't already bought in I wouldn't based on the state of things right now.