Darrin Wright of The Game Fanatics has been through a lot with Microsoft. How can they win him back?
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.
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.
1)Variety of core exclusives
2)Xbl gold turning into a PS+ like service
To sell me MS would have to:
ditch the Kinect focus
get back to core gaming
create new IPs
put the left analog stick in the right place on controller
let me play online for free like everyone else
make reliable hardware
let me access my Netflix account for free like everyone else
have a PS+ like service
don't charge extortionate prices for HDDs
let me watch Youtube for free like everyone else
stop buying exclusive DLC instead of new IPs
include wifi in the console at launch
let me use Facebook for free like everyone else
no batteries in the controller
no wired controllers at launch
let me use Twitter for free like everyone else
don't lie about 4 player kinect games
don't make the console run loud at launch
don't lie about scanning objects to use in game with kinect
I have to see lots of core new IP announcements to trust them
don't lie about your faulty hardware if it happens again
let me use a web browser for free like everyone else
no flimsy cheap mic in the box
let me listen to internet radio for free like everyone else
no laggy interface designed for kinect
a better Netflix app
let me access my Hulu+ account for free like everyone else
ditch the MS points and use real dollar amounts
day one digital release on new games
let me do video chat for free like everyone else
assure me that my discs won't scratch in the console anymore
let me play used games like everyone else
not require the console to be online at all times
no watermarked discs
put Blu-Ray in the next console
no more disc swapping like everyone else
7.1 digital surround sound
full 1080p capable
allow me to use any bluetooth earpiece of my choice
let me put any laptop HDD in that I want
let me use any size usb thumbstick that I want
Not block used games, not always online, make kinect an option not requeired for use. Have a hell of a launch lineup
For now just say the xbox is coming just like Sony did for ps4. But we all won't know anything until after e3.