Microsoft has responded to the claims that NSA and GCHQ spied on Xbox Live communications, saying it hasn't seen any evidence to support that it happened and it wasn't sanctioned if it did.
A spokesperson told Eurogamer, "We're not aware of any surveillance activity. If it has occurred as reported, it certainly wasn't done with our consent."
Microsoft just posted the third quarter of its 2024 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $61.9 billion in revenue and a net income of $21.9 billion during Q3. Revenue is up 17 percent, and net income has increased by 20 percent.
Xbox content + services up 62% while hardware down 31%... seems about right with the way they tout you don't need the hardware to play. People can play on their phones or smart tv or other means. I don't hardly play on my consoles directly since getting devices like the logitech g-cloud and ps portal. Which is to also say I have been playing more digital than physical because of these devices.
Too expensive hardware when others offer the same or more for less? Good work, Green Team.
"Despite some early successes for Xbox games on rival platforms, Xbox hardware is down by a massive 31 percent this quarter."
"Without Activision Blizzard, Microsoft’s overall gaming revenue would have actually declined this quarter."
"Xbox content and services would have only been up a single percent without Activision Blizzard..."
"It looks like next quarter is going to be a similar story for gaming at Microsoft, too."
That is crazy... so A/B/K is carrying the whole Xbox gaming.
Oh and Microsoft will be fine. Windows, Office and Cloud are growing with each pc purchase.
As part of its plans to cut 1,900 jobs, Microsoft has reportedly shut down operations at Bethesda France, letting go roughly 15 people
Bethesda France was made up of roughly 15 people... they couldn't of being doing much
Bethesda France mainly did publishing and marketing within the region
Bethesda France focused on publishing and marketing in the region. And 15 people lost their jobs as part of the closure.
I wonder if this is part of Microsoft's strategy to abandoned physical media or possibly gamepass advertising makes their roles redundant you don't need to market a game as hard when the majority of players get the game as part of a sub which already promoted upcoming games
Tbh Microsoft I think Bethesda being 3rd party same with Activision would probably more competitive than thus scenario imo
The recently purchased Activision French offices might take over all the licensing and marketing for Microsoft in France from now on.
Hanzla from eXputer inquires: "If Xbox can care about preserving its games and legacy, what exactly is wrong with Nintendo, trying to kill game preservation single-handedly?"
Ahh yes the good old game preservation of saving all your games to a removable hhd on the Xbox 360, taking it round your mates house, setting up multiple tvs to
Be met with “save data corrupted, please re download”
Or how about removing 360 games
From the store
, download them now or else, and, better hope to god that save data doesn’t corrupt, or it’s lost for ever
Nice one ☝️
This is just a scammy PR move to distract from the fact they are going digital only and trying to push streaming and subscriptions only.
No gaming company has pushed harder to remove ownership than Microsoft.
Without discs there is no preservation, preservation can't be done by the rights holders it can only be done by the consumers, anything else is a lie.
Nobody wants this. Sales or the lack of it in the case of XBOX is very telling. I wonder how the adorably all digital series X will fare. Adorably dismal perhaps?
Only time will tell, but for from someone like me suspecting that Xbox is trying to gracefully exit the console market, that "forward compatibility" team is trying to get Xbox games playing on Windows PCs. I mean, it's nice that they're not planning on exiting with a "enjoy your games while the hardware still works" message, so that's nice. They still have a brand to protect via Microsoft so probably feel obligated to have a better exit strategy.
"We're not aware of any surveillance activity. If it has occurred as reported, it certainly wasn't done with our consent."
Well there you go. I don't understand why people are naive when it comes to NSA's under-handed tactics, especially in light of the Snowden fiasco. People need to read up on the NSA and CIA and how notorious they are in their dealings.
The NSA operates outside the legal sphere and they'll continue to justify it under the vague umbrella of security and protection. There is very little corporations can really do to combat this. In fact, I imagine there will be a lot of pressure by these security organisations on corporations to comply with their requests in the interest of security.
I am still amazed that people find this shocking. Governments have been spying on people forever. It is just a whole lot easier with the internet.
Personally I am more worried about douche bags stealing my ID and corporate giants like Google tracking my every step on the internet so they can target frigging ads at me. I do have google ads turned off but they can still pretty much follow my every step and sell that information to anyone that will pay.
I guess what I am saying is that it is a given that every company out there that provides online services is targeted by the NSA and other agencies. I really don't care if the government knows what brand of underwear I buy because they are not going to use that information to try to sell me their underwear. Google on the other hand will sell that info to anyone who wants to pay for it and then I get assaulted with Haines ads.
Get used to it people. This is out of the hands of Sony, MS, Apple, etc. If your government wants to spy on your online activity they will and there is nothing that these companies can do to stop them. If you want it to stop you need to pressure your government. It very likely will just lead to them trying to hide it even more but the only other option is to join the tinfoil hat people in their cave cooking supper over an open fire.
lo every rumor that fanboys says aren't true about Microsoft are coming to light wow where have i hear this before
I'M tell u Microsoft already knew and let them spy on u damn M$ shut your mouths already
The stench of bullshit is overwhelming.