Microsoft cuts internal original content creators and producers at Inside Xbox and Mixer

The affected positions appear to be at Inside Xbox and Mixer with heavy implications that Microsoft is moving away from internal original content creation.

[Jin_Sakai]

That didn’t take long.

Inside Xbox was a bad format and lasted way to long with little content worth showing.

[DaDrunkenJester]

Yep, they need to remake it into something short, sweet and to the point like Nintendo and Sonys.

As far as the mixer thing they probably were only doing that to help Mixer take off better with more content. Mixer seems to be growing so no need to have their own creators doing it.

[indysurfn]

Hmmmm it is a good move for them. This way they will have less hands on. On the other hand Nintendo did the opposite bringing all their houses in house and did not Micro manager the teams.

Sony has been mostly Individual studios. BUT they also have inhouse, except they don't Micro manage teams into screwing up. Either way I think Microsoft should keep as many developers on hand as they can. until the system launch is over.

[DaDrunkenJester]

@Indy

What are you taking about? They aren't releasing any developers...

[nibblo]

They do that already by cutting the show into small clips about specific things and releasing them seperately. You can either watch the entire show or just watch things you are interested in - best of both worlds

[sprinterboy]

I have to say I only ever watched 1 and that was uninteresting tbh.

[Zeref]

i don't think Inside Xbox is dead lol, they're probably changing up the format. Shame though I loved Rukari(thought he was gonna replace Major Nelson eventually) and Kate Yeager

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Not surprised

[Sciurus_vulgaris]

Inside Xbox was cringe; it focused far too heavily on advertising gamepass.

[RizBiz]

Sounds like their E3 conference.

[Nu]

Sprinter boy basically asked for that disagree so I have it

[343_Guilty_Spark]

How is GamePass more relevant to PC gamers when 95% of the GamePass titles aren't on PC GamePass?

[neomahi]

Once again, Microsofts inexperience and disconnection in the gaming industry always working the Balmer Philosophy: If you can't beat em copy them to compete with them. Microsoft have never been and will never lead the market in innovation, the company has never been that way, Bill Gates himself encouraged imitation and dipping your hands into everything and just doing what the competition does, as a result Microsoft will forever be behind and never the industry leader. So it's the same story over and over. Microsoft hires the frat nerds that got drunk all the time in college versus the Japanese student that worked throughout the night and the end product shows.

[YodaCracker]

Microsoft has the highest market cap of any company in the world. They are currently the only trillion dollar company. So whatever they’re doing seems to be working.

[Jin_Sakai]

Because making money means you’re doing everything right. Great thinking.

[THC CELL]

Sony has less money then ms and sells more consoles and had better gaming independant gaming unit so money not everything

[Potnoodle999]

Haha yh because what we always care about is how much money a company makes, not the quality of their products! Jesus Christ....

[Dragonscale]

But microsoft makes lots of money is such a great argument lol.

[ApocalypseShadow]

Don't show me the money. Show me the games. All that money should be delivering them.

[Yi-Long]

I'm a gamer.

I can't play Microsoft's money on my XBO.
I need games to play on my XBO.

So Microsoft doing well is really nice for Microsoft, but I, as a gamer, just care about what games are releasing on their console, and if those are good/interesting enough to spend my time and money on ...

[TheRacingX]

You people are hilarious, ALL companies are in business to MAKE MONEY! If you people think Sony cares more about gamers than making money you better put the pipe down. If Sony was given the option to can its gaming division to have a trillion dollar market cap , they would sign the deal on Kaz Hirai's semi warm body....MS is a copy company, but they're business philosophy is different from how the gaming world was run. MS is slowly learning that it MUST listen to what their consumers want, not TELL them what they need and shove it down their throat. Sony tried that with the launch of the PS3 and it backfired badly. MS abandoned games immediately if they did not sell well out of the gate, they need to stick with them and give them updates and content, this is a part of their problem...but they are learning.... while Sea of Thieves may not be everyones cup of tea, it has come light years from where its started and is far more fun to play. Next gen will be won by who listens to its consumers more and gives them what they are asking for.....

[SublimeStylee2]

I dont care about Microsoft's money. It means nothing to me when they are not using it to provide stellar 1st party exclusives. If anything it is a clear sign of mismanagement if a trillion dollar company cant produce results.

[traumadisaster]

You might have a point somewhere hidden under the poor use of all those never and always statements. Then there is the (possibly racist) inappropriate stereotype description. Lastly, can you say MS Windows OS, MS Office Suite, and lastly their most successful innovation MS Business Enterprise section. Those three innovative pillars built the foundation that has supported the entire industry.

[Legacy212]

So are we just going to ignore all the things Sony copied from Microsoft and all the things Sony copied from Nintendo? Lool Sony but out of all 3 companies Sony is probably the least innovative

[DaDrunkenJester]

All companies have copied other companies ideas at some point. Sony has copied plenty of MS and Nintendo ideas and vice versa. Its the nature of the beast. MS had a good last gen, but they failed to capitalize on that market momentum by shooting themselves in the foot with the xbox one. No reason why they can't earn back market share if they keep moving forward like that are now.

And even if they don't have the top in sales, they are apparently still making a shit ton of money off of their services and such.

[Unspoken]

Neomahi, please pass that craziness around for everyone else to smoke. None of what you said is factual.

[WalkerFTW]

Sounds like someone didn't get hired at Microsoft when they applied

[xX1NORM1Xx]

again? i mean their new inside xbox sucked, they really missed out with the original team outside xbox on youtube is great.

[SkatterBrain]

for some reason i read this as that time when they were closing down most of there studios and it was looking like they were gonna leave the console race,

but now they look like they really believe in this game pass idea and need to buy studios to make it look more attractive,

but most of the games theyre releasing from these studios theyre buying are only getting 70s on metcritic they really coulda had something great with the Fable Team, especially if its true Playground Games wants to create an RPG ,

Halo
Gears
Forza
is Xboxes bread and butter thats all i Think when i think about Xbox
was looking forward to The Outer Worlds before i heard it was Linear, but looking forward to Psychonauts 2

if Lionhead Studios Members went on to male Little Big Planet and Dreams on playstation then i feel the other members could have made another great Fable Game

Bungie should have created a Halo Clone for Playstion and Epic should have created a Gears clone for Playstation since they're not part of Microsoft

[Specter229]

Just popped in to read the latest "Microsoft is bad, buy a PS4" comments and was not dissapointed

[BLow]

And why is MS in the position they're in? Is it Sony's fault? They're in the position for a reason and it has nothing to do with Sony or the fanboys. We need to stop making exuces for them. No disagree from me.....

[blacktiger]

lol so they cutting now, ?

[BadElf]

If I wanted to be Inside my X's box, I would just call her up. We all would...seems Microsoft knows this now.

[Giblet_Head]

I actually hope this doesn't affect Mixer's future too significantly, I like it's low latency when broadcasting.

[TheHan]

Good