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Most rumours won’t be addressed. It will be a non event.
They will say they will still make consoles but a lot of games will go multi platform.
And then the rumours will start again.

I have a feeling that all MS will do in the coming week is say very little and muddy the waters even more. Their lack of communication up to this point has been baffling and it feels very much as though there are too many people with too many different visions of what Xbox should be. Phil Spencer hasn’t been in control for a long time and he’s now just a sacrificial lamb for MS.
Hi Fi Rush and SoT will be confirmed but nothing else. The new All Digital Xbox will be announced.
I genuinely think that little else will be said.

@ZuneTattooGuy The idea that it’s fiscal suicide is bizarre. It’s not a good move if you are an Xbox console fan but financially it will make MS even more money every year.

@CaptainCluck I totally agree about the communication. It’s been really poor and now they are only coming out to speak because they have had their hand forced.
I fully expect the update to further muddy the waters and clarify pretty much nothing at all.

Won’t be the end of Xbox consoles now but will be a running down of that business.
More exclusives will be multi platform and Phil blame it all on Sony.
Will be about ten minutes long and we will know little more than we really know now.
Am
Hoping that a lot of these click baiting and you tube influencers - who have neve done a days work in their lives - get egg on their faces.
But I doubt it.

@JaxonH Problem is, console wise, Xbox hasn’t given PlayStation any competition for 2 gens and Nintendo isn’t seen as the competition.

I like exclusives. It differentiates consoles and if we get all the same games on every system, competition dries up. It’s one way to look at things that more games on every console is great for everyone but it stifles creativity.
The only winner would be MS who would make insane profits. And that’s why they will go down this route.
I suspect the next all digital Xbox will be the last.

It’s over for Xbox as a console.

So spending money makes profits. I would argue and hasn’t exactly earned the money , rather that Acti/Blizzard earned it.
But this is why they did it.

Palworld for me. Did Ollie genuinely say Palworld is not a good game?
It's better than anything that Game Freak have trotted out on Nintendo Switch and this is still a beta version.

@rustyduck You feel scammed? Are you for real? That's insane value for the amount of games you can access!

Crass timing.

It was a bad day for the Xbox PR team.

If it has better haptics then 100%. I love the feel of the current controller but it feels a little undercooked compared to the PS5 one.
So yeah, if it comes with the mentioned features, I would get one day one.

Oh goody. This will blow away all the bad news.

How crass of Microsoft to bang on about the 3 trillion dollar market cap after laying off 1900 staff!
The PR at Microsoft today is in need of sacking! In a week, Xbox has gone from a real surge of goodwill to plumbing the depths!
Whilst job losses are not a huge surprise, Phil Spencer, Matt Booty and Sarah Bond will slowly kill off Xbox as a console if they are not careful.
They lack communication with fans and are on a trajectory of kill the console.l, go all digital, go 3rd party.
The handling of the situation today has been embarrassing and a PR disaster.

Hid only knows what Phil is going to do next to try and make Xbox as unpopular as possible.

Love my Xbox but the top brass are testing my patience.

I still want the choice to buy physical games but Phil Spencer has decided that won’t happen much longer.
Yes, digital is huge now but to just alienate millions of gamers is stupid and frankly shows that Spencer holds Xbox gamers in contempt.
Xbox is misreading the room today in a huge way.

What is really bad is that MS have also closed the department responsible for physical games. Whilst we know Xbox is focused on digital gaming, this is an insult to gamers who still want physical games.
Phil Spencer is treating fans with a great deal of contempt and it’s a tightrope he’s starting to walk.

Xbox displays in retailers are already non existent and if they go all digital, they will disappear altogether which will hand PlayStation another boost- one they do not need.

Maybe this is a sign that Xbox is heading toward going 3rd party.

Whatever , going all digital is a bad move

@GuyinPA75 I know. They came to the UK and destroyed morale and the workplace. Snakes

Many will try and spin this and Xbox being in trouble but there is little going on here than normal practice after a takeover.

It’s not good and it’s bad for those affected but this is not a surprise. It’s nothing out of the ordinary and sadly it will happen again throughout gaming.

MS are embracing AI in a big way and that will lead to even more layoffs I’m afraid.

Sadly it’s normal though.

Takeovers rarely create jobs. They always lead to job losses.

It’s horrible and I know because I’ve been through it with Citi and Barclaycard years ago.

Places of this size deal in money and never people.

@EvenStephen7 out of 22k it’s not a huge number at all.
You can’t have 2 people doing the same job. I don’t agree with redundancies but sadly with sometime like this, it was inevitable.

Whilst the news is of course sad, it’s not at all a surprise. Mergers, takeovers will always result in redundancies and this isn’t even mass redundancies.
I feel for the workers but in reality it’s a minsicule proportion of the gaming division.
As for Xbox losing MS money, maybe look at the financials and you will see that isn’t the case at all. The consoles do but that’s nothing new.
Revenue wise, the gaming division of MS is highly profitable.

Sony won’t let GP on PlayStation unless hell freezes over. Nintendo maybe but I doubt it.

People will try and make a big deal out of this news and try and suggest it’s the end of Xbox.

Anyone who thinks that is living in cloud cuckoo land.

It’s a good result. And anything that comes via IGN I take with more than a pinch of salt!!!

Strangely really enjoying it despite never having been a Pokemon fan. It’s not exactly original - Pokemon meets Animal Crossing and has a baby with Breath of the Wild.
Pop in graphics are nearly as bad as the Switch Pokemon games.

But it’s good for a chill out game and got some more layers to it.

Player numbers are insane.

Xbox - release a bundle with this game.

Palworod for me. I’m
Hooked and I hate Pokemon but this seems to have a few more layers to it. Good fun and a chill out game.
Sales and numbers playing it are insane

This has me mega hyped! I love the films and this looks like it has the character of those brilliant early films as well.
Cannot wait.

@OldGamer999 You have hit the nail on the head. They need to do that or they will lose users. They need to state categorically the aims and plans.

@OldGamer999 This is a huge part of the issue. They are saying games will go multi format but that is alienating a lot of Xbox fans. Even some of the most ardent fans on social media are saying they will just move to PS if this is where Xbox heads.
What is needed is clarity but right now it looks like Phil Spencer isn’t in control of anything at Xbox and that’s for be of concern when he is undermined by his bosses.

I think what this does is just muddy the waters all over again. If Xbox was to go 3rd party, then Xbox as a console is dead. There would be no reason left to own one and that would be gutting.

It would also essentially leave a one format industry as Nintendo will continue to hog the handheld arena. A one format industry would be a disaster.

Also you would need a brand change. You can’t have Xbox with no Xbox. It would just have to take on the Microsoft Gaming name full stop.

Having games multi format is of course great but if you take away exclusives, you kill creativity, competition and any kind of real identity.

Xbox going fully third party would be a tragedy for fans and all of gaming in the long terms.

Playing Valhalla. I bought it before it went to Game Pass and that’s all fine with me. It’s truly stunning. Breathtaking visuals and I just love the freedom and scope of the entire game.
Gonna be hooked into this for a while yet!

@Mephisto2869 😂😂

@Kevw2006 I am not saying they don’t. But the PS brand is phenomenally powerful.

@OldGamer999 Oh sure, it’s not limited to consoles. It’s just that the PS brand is a juggernaut that can’t and probably won’t be stopped. My concern is that it just makes PS lazy and resting on their laurels. Why make effort for loads of games when people will bit your product no matter what.

@OldGamer999 PS fans would buy a paper bag with a PlayStation logo on it. It’s actually quite sad that they just buy it for the brand and little else.

@ValkyriaProfile This was hardly a game anyone would notice going elsewhere.

Pure Xbox are usually better than click bait.

Non story. Next.

lol. Non story. I suspect this is just games being played. Although maybe PS5 fans think this is the start of the end they so long for!!?

NEXT!

Would love the Indy game to be awesome! Am so ready for a quality way to be Indy and have the tune buzzing round my head!

Der. Der der, der der der der der….

@OldGamer999 Interesting point and something I hadn’t considered.
I can’t see Xbox exiting the console business and if they do I think the games industry is in trouble as you would be left with PlayStation out on their own and Nintendo doing their own thing.

Do you actually think this means Xbox are genuinely heading toward just being a 3rd party publisher then and dropping consoles altogether? I just can’t see how that would be good for gaming as an industry. It would just leave PlayStation on its own
@fraserG

The so called ‘war’ between PS and Xbox is frankly pathetic.
Personally I prefer Xbox but can see why some prefer PS.
What we don’t want to see is Xbox leaving the console market because I don’t see who that would benefit in the long term apart from Sony.

I keep saying that Xbox won’t go 3rd party only but maybe I’m trying to convince myself too much?
If we are left with just Sony PlayStation - Nintendo will plough their own furrow - then gaming is dead. There will be zero competition in making games.

Maybe it’s time that Spencer came out any put these rumours to bed because it’s actually destroying the faith in the Xbox brand.

I noticed today that another media outlet is again saying that 2024 is the year XBox goes 3rd party only and stops making anymore consoles! Nate the Hate talking nonsense. Again.
Plenty of consoles to come from Xbox. Plenty.

I have played this on iOS and it’s great fun. It’s not the best but think old Doom and Minecraft and it’s a whole heap of fun. Well worth it for free!

It’s a great game that will keep getting better and better. The Xbox tax is very real.

It has been an incredible year for gaming on all formats but Xbox has been superb.
Nothing else to say really.

@RBRTMNZ each to their own. Personally think it’s one of the best games in recent years with a crazy amount of hours to be played.

@RBRTMNZ empty planets in space. Who knew?

@StylesT if it had been multiplatform then I think it would have got better reviews.
There is an u doubted bias in media to push PlayStation as the only console.

@RBRTMNZ I just wonder what flaws. Personally it’s one of the best games ive played in the last few years.

It’s all about opinions. But I don’t really understand the level of dislike for Starfield.
It’s expansive , loads of exploration and the battles are some of the best I’ve played in over 33 years of gaming.
It looks amazing and the soundtrack is Star Wars esque. Very John Williams.

It’s not for everyone of course but I can’t quite get my head around how much it has been blitzed.