IndustryGamers: Xbox 360 has had tons of momentum of late, bolstered by the success of Kinect. The company doesn't appear to be interested in the portables market and in our recent interview with Xbox COO Dennis Durkin, the executive cast some doubts on both PlayStation Vita and Nintendo 3DS.
Microsoft recently revealed its plans to incorporate Copilot directly into video games, with Minecraft being the first showcased example.
F*** AI
"Hey Copilot, what's a good meme to prove I dislike AI".... https://giphy.com/clips/sou...
Two trillion dollar company that just can't wait to put as many people possible out of work as fast as possible.
It feels like every single thing they do is making gaming worse and destroying the industry.
Why all the hate? Im actually excited about this! Always wanted this kind of immersion, and an AI companion with me all the time helping me out knowing the status of my skills/inventory/progress and giving me tips on the best approach or how to craft something specific is game changing for the industry.
Hate all you want about AI, but this is just the start and I can see the potential already. You wont be complaining in the next 5-10 years about this, but rather complain if a game hasn’t implemented it.
Microsoft's Activision subsidiary announced today that it is opening a new game development studio to take advantage of the huge talent pool growing in Poland. It'll be the second Activision studio based in the region, joining Infinity Ward Krakow, although this studio is, in fact, not working on Call of Duty.
Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation, and it all revolves around Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood's plans to increase every department's margins.
"The plan to move Xbox games to other platforms is codenamed "Latitude" internally, and I know there's debate and unease at Microsoft about whether or not this is a good idea. More upcoming Microsoft-owned games slated for PlayStation are already being developed. At least for now, they're potentially obvious games you'd most likely expect. And yes, while it's true Microsoft is a prolific publisher on PlayStation already, it has typically revolved around specific franchises like Minecraft. From what I've heard, Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation, and it all revolves around Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood's mandate to increase every department's margins. "
Yeah, they are going to kill Xbox hardware.
i think it will kill off the xbox brand. windows will be fine.
but there is and would be a chance that xbox might be killed off in the future. if they fail to make the money they put in. imo.
"Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation"
Forza and Starfield next?
In the words of Phil Spencer when he was talking about Nintendo last year
“It's just taking a long time for Microsoft to see that their future exists off of their own hardware"
"I’m not sure I would want to be launching a dedicated portable device right now into that market. I think the DS - if you look at the 3DS, certainly versus people’s expectation's it’s not been as successful as people would have thought.
That's because the 3ds didn't have great launch titles where as the PSV will have uncharted etc.Plus you can get the PSV (wifi version)at the same price as the 3ds yet it has so much stuff packed in it.
Why is MS talking so much about what everyone else is doing of late? Seems strange.
"I’m not sure I would want to be launching a dedicated portable device right now into that market. I think the DS - if you look at the 3DS, certainly versus people’s expectation's it’s not been as successful as people would have thought. So that’s a very crowded market and a very, very red ocean right now with a lot of change happening."
Focus on that "very, very red ocean" statement.
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I think it sums up everyone's real concern about PS Vita, or any dedicated gaming handheld trying to survive in the current market. There is insane competition operating just on the outskirts of Nintendo's & Sony's acknowledged territory, and they are posing a critical threat to the very idea of 3DS/Vita's viability. I'm of course talking about smartphones. Sony thinks they're making the right moves to just skim past that danger, but the result of this remains to be seen; especially considering how smartphones continue to rapidly evolve.
So he's acknowledging a very fair and reasonable doubt here, even as someone with little involvement in the portable market. Everything is pointing toward mobile convergence, and most people seem to be growing less inclined toward carrying more than one device.
Spent a second talking about portable devices, and an hour gloating about 360 and Kinect. Headline has done it's job. I knew I shouldn't have clicked.
I'm sure he would rather people get a Windows 7 phone instead of a portable that's dedicated to gaming anyway.