The major corporate restructure announced by Microsoft earlier today will open up ways to "provide more value" to Xbox customers and partners, and streamline resources to help it "win in this devices and services era", the company has told VideoGamer.com.
Paul Thurrott in a recent episode commented on the on-going Microsoft fiasco hinting at more job losses and that "there's more to come".
There won't be no more acquiring game publishers from Microsoft in the future . Xbox has to pay Microsoft back. It might take two decades to do that.
There really needs to be a class action lawsuit here. You buy these companies just to put people out of jobs. And it’s not like something happened to derail their plans this WAS the plan. Microsoft has no business in this space at all.
Ninja Theory, Perfect Dark, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Wolfenstein 3, Dishonored, Prey, Doom, Quake... something tells me that bad things are going to happen to these entities under Microsoft.
The Xbox brand is expanding, as an Xbox mobile game store is opening this coming July where Microsoft will brings its "first-party portfolio."
“Bond adds that they will start on the web”
This will go nowhere.
Nice knowing you Xbox. This is what happens when the house never gets cleaned.
The only this MS is expanding is the amount of feculence it sprays on everyone who just want to enjoy gaming and make games.
The best thing MS can do for the gaming industry is leave and never return.
It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.
Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...
They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.
They're scum.
"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."
Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.
Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.
But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?
Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.
ROFL!!!! Aliens from mars couldn't win next gen for micro$oft after Don got done with them. Yeah. PS4/Killzone combo already ordered.
Notice how they specifically say "win in this devices and services era". They say " we remain focused on shipping Xbox One and the amazing experiences we have planned for this holiday."
The word "game" was not once used, was it?
Yeah...um, no. The restructuring is doing to mean that every macro-decision for Xbox One is going to be made in the context of "how does this help the Microsoft ecosystem? How does this help Windows, WP8, Surface, Skype, etc?"
The Xbox division was started as a very separate entity, able to make its own choices and decisions apart from the overall Microsoft direction. Starting in 2007 when Mattrick joined and Ballmer started to get more involved, we've seen what happens when the Xbox brand starts to get more integrated with the rest of Microsoft: more services, fewer games.
LOL
No it won't.
LOL, THAT ITS WAY TOO LATE FOR THAT THE HARDCORE HAVE SPOKEN.
what Ms forgot is that the hardcore lead the way not, the casual market. what ever the hardcore buy the casual follow. you can look at alomost any industry and see that. look a the ipad, th ehardcore apple fans bought it first and then bam. the iphone the apple lovers got it then bam . samsung galaxy the hardcore(people who line up) got it first the bam.
MS lets target the people who wont line up for our product and then... oh shit that didint work. .lol
"Microsoft's plan to "win in this devices and services era" suggests that the firm may not be only going after Sony's PlayStation 4 with its upcoming Xbox One, but other rival platforms and services, too."
Aiming to shoot down all comers but ends up shooting itself in the foot time and again.
Their rhetoric is as poorly conceived as it is bafflingly banal. They really don't see the xbox one as a games console, that's just their trojan horse disguise... but it's one fewer than they expected look willing to welcome due to their arrogance and taking their fanbase for granted.
They're making all the wrong noises when GAMERS should be their priority (at least in the early stages, to get the dedicated supporters onboard and word of mouth under way).