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[Shakka43]

Nah, I think it was always going to be a small batch.

The internet an "rumor mill" ran absolutely wild with it.

Then why not kill that turmoil right away last week instead of growing it up until now?

They look so freaking nervous it's like they are so afraid of their cult like fandom's reactions.

 

[Heisenberg007]

Did Sarah say "34 million Game Pass subscribers"?

So that's after merging with Core? Ouch!!!

 

[clarky]

game pass at 34 mill

 

[Dr_Ifto]

34million gamepass subs, confirmed

 

[bender]

Hi Fi Boredom
Sea of Dicks
Pentiment Ambien Edition
Redfail

 

[PhillMeCream]

Gears 6, Halo, Forza and I don't know what could be the fourth one

 

[sendit]

Phil looks like he needs to see a doctor. Man hes getting chunky.

That's the final form of a tech bro. Big head, big chest, gut sucked, black shoes with a white sole...

 

[SneakersSO]

Nah, I think it was always going to be a small batch.

The internet an "rumor mill" ran absolutely wild with it.

Its not a small batch. They are just gonna talk about these 4 for now.

Or wait and let the years go by and more get announced.

Its really not that big a deal regardless. If you're an Xbox consumer, this changes nothing for you.

 

[Topher]

Only real announcement here is Diablo 4 on Game Pass

 

[Saber]

Thats what expect from this guy, bunch of truths divested as lies that could be simply resolved in a single tweet or in a blog post, but nah the clown wants his spotlight.

 

[MisterXDTV]

Floodgates are officially open....

The writing is on the wall

 

[Audiophile]

Remember when companies would just do what's necessary to make more money?

Now they're more interested in saving face, it's bizarre..

 

[LordCBH]

They could have headed all this off a week ago instead of letting rumors fester. Fucking lol

 

[Sephimoth]

Why the fk did they need to wait a week and let things spiral out of control to say this shit?
Maybe they reversed course based on backlash?

 

[GHG]

This is all so typical of Xbox.

 

[LordOfChaos]

Microsoft’s gaming chief on Xbox games coming to PS5, next-gen hardware, and more

Microsoft wants to grow Xbox in new ways.

www.theverge.com

 

[Solidus_T]

4 games! ... for now

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Only real announcement here is Diablo 4 on Game Pass

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

I guess it's time to disassemble the avengers

 

[Jigsaah]

Sarah Bond looking scrumptuous

 

[MonkeyClaw36]

A platform for developers to reach the most players!?

Like.... What the actual fuck!?
Are they really THIS disconnected from reality or did they just substitute their own?

 

[Vlodril]

Would it kill these guys to just come out with the details? We are releasing x,y,z on platofrm a and platform b. In the future we will do x etc. Just stop the pr speak every single time.

 

[jm89]

Why in the fuck did you need a buisness update for this shit?

 

[cormack12]

This woman host is quite good, asks the questions we want

 

[Snake29]

Tipping their toes first, and then they will release the rest.

This feel like they are trying to tell people that the xbox is still relevant.

The fact that they need to tell people, is just a bad look.

 

[Mr Moose]

Phil taking credit for MineCraft and old Bethesda games.

 

[bender]

34 million game pass players Does that include the rebranded Gold tier?

 

[intbal]

Tom Warren says, "It is Hi-Fi Rush, Pentiment, Sea of Thieves, and Grounded."

I had that on my bingo card.

 

[reinking]

"Only four games"

"over the next five or ten years, exclusive games, games that are exclusive to one piece of hardware, are going to be a smaller and smaller part of the game industry."

Let's be real. Only four games. FOR NOW.

 

[skyfall]

They seriously have the best mindset and vision for the future more than probably any other people in the industry right now. I hope Sony is listening

 

[adamsapple]

So, a very rough summary:

- 4 games (they did not name names but Tom Warren says: HiFi, Pentiment, Sea of Thieves, Grounded), are coming to other platforms.
- Phil says this is not a promise or greenlight for more games in the future.
- Phil specifically name-dropped Starfield and Indiana Jones as game that are *not* going multi-platform.
- All Xbox first party games in the future will continue to come to game pass on launch (they did not mention if CoD games will get an exception for this or not)
- Diablo 4 is coming to game pass on March 28th
- They confirmed a June showcase with more new game announcements. Boooty mentioned that they have 15 games coming.
- No talk of any more BC games coming, they had a 'preservation' segment but that was more about games having cross-saves and progression between console and PC.
- No talk of any new hardware (revision, portable anything)

 

[mansoor1980]

 

[JetBlackPanda]

There is nothing in this that they couldn't have said the other week when the leak happened!

yeah its as easy as this.

We have decided to allow some of our developers to take their games to other platforms, just like Minecraft is better with everyone, we feel these games can benefits from being on multi platforms. When the developers of these titles are ready to make the announcement public we will be there to support them.

thank you.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Can’t be transparent about anything

This whole team needs to get fired with new management instilled by Nadella

 

[Vlodril]

Whoever has a drink on when everybody plays we all win is feeling it by now.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Tapping out after 10 mins. I can’t stand these corporate buzzword dispensers saying nothing in the most verbose way possible.

 

[Portugeezer]

So they're releasing some shovelware on PS5, that's cool.

Not naming those games is a mistake, just let's the rumours continue to flow. OK, no Starfield or Indiana, but doesn't confirm anything else? Weird.

What about future game announcements? will they make it clear what will remain long term exclusive?

 

[Ogbert]

Shut up about ‘growing the fucking industry’ you tool.

Grow Xbox and deliver fucking great games.

 

[djjinx2]

CoD on Gamepass when.

 

[clarky]

Why in the fuck did you need a buisness update for this shit?

Because the internet was eating itself.

 

[FinalBossWithTheMostPower]

 

[Null Persp]

1 week to prepare this vague of bullshit PR when they could have tweeted it out, that's why they are failing.

 

[aliadiere25]

Phil, you can't learn if your company is spending 100 billion on multiple companies.

 

[Elios83]

As expected damage control without ruling out anything else for the future:

Spencer confirms that Starfield and Indiana Jones are not part of the first four games, but he doesn't rule out the possibility for these titles to arrive on PS5 in the future. "I don't think we should as an industry ever rule out a game going to any other platform," says Spencer in an interview with The Verge.

 

[Diseased Yak]

Being humbled by their position has caused some of those statements said by Math Booty

It's PR and must be reitereted how badly this is being handled. Especially not announcing the games.

They're too ashamed to even say Sony Playstation 5 and Nintendo Switch.

I wish his name was Math Booty, that would be awesome!

 

[FeastYoEyes]

Phil sounds nervous.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Ok, they said Playstaion and Switch at about 11:24 lol

 

[cormack12]

Phil deffo had a head and body for minecraft

 

[MatrixReloaded101]

What a massive waste of time ... I don't get why they didn't at least name the 4 games.

 

[Topher]