Gamesthirst writes:
The Xbox 360 launched over five years ago, and although many didn’t expect it to garner as much popularity as any of Sony’s brands, it did. Microsoft apparently knew what they were doing when they decided to launch first, and while Sony was yet beaming with overconfidence over the PS2′s success, they thought nothing MS could do would quench the PS3′s momentum when it launched a year later.
Gamesthirst is not going to beat a dead horse here, but Sony lapsed in the early years of this generation. Microsoft on the other hand has had success in many departments: some of the best selling games are on the Xbox 360, including the Halo franchise and Gears of war, the best online gaming service in Xbox Live, and an install base that now stands at over 3 million more than that of PS3.
"The sudden closure of several video-game studios at Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox division was the result of a widespread cost-cutting initiative that still isn’t finished.
This week, Xbox began offering voluntary severance agreements to producers, quality assurance testers and other staff at ZeniMax, which it purchased in 2020 for $7.5 billion, according to people familiar with the company’s plans. Others across the Xbox organization have been told that more cuts are on the way.
Speaking about the closures more broadly, Booty said that the company’s studios had been spread too thin — like “peanut butter on bread” — and that leaders across the division had felt understaffed. They decided to close these studios to free up resources elsewhere, he said.
Game Pass has not seen the massive growth that Xbox boss Phil Spencer may have been hoping for."
"Speaking about the closures more broadly, Booty said that the company’s studios had been spread too thin — like “peanut butter on bread” — and that leaders across the division had felt understaffed. They decided to close these studios to free up resources elsewhere, he said"
So what you're saying is...you bought all these studios and you guys can't run them.
Jesus.
Reports are suggesting that Game Pass will be getting a price hike soon and that Call of Duty may not be added to the day one offering. I honestly have a hard time believing this but it does beg the question why exactly did GP fail? I think the answer is that it just didn't get the growth that it anticipated. Jim was right but I wish he wasn't because at the end of the day, its gamers, devs and other front-line workers who have to absorb the blow for Spencer and team's miscalculations.
For all the armchair executives who were calling for Sony to release its big-budget AAA games on PS+, the same exact thing would have happened at PlayStation. Game Pass has killed Xbox. Congrats.
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"While the 20 year anniversary edition of Nordic Game, NG24 Spring's homepage on 21-24 May in Malmö, Sweden, is getting closer, the organizers announced that more than 150 speakers are now lined up for the show." - Nordic Game.
I would say its a lot more than that. Sony is the only one losing marketshare this gen while MS and Nintendo are gaining it. Theres probably a lot of PS2 defects on the Wii side too, at least from the casual PS2 owners.
Sony will have a hard time reaching 100ml with the PS3, let alone 140ml like the PS2.
And the other half are 12 yr olds that have never owned a console....
Its just a joke, relax.
pirated PS2 games.
40+ million - 20= 20million defects right?
so doesn't that mean there's potentially around 100 million potential buyers left?
And the pope sh!ts in the woods.
How is this news?