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[Draugoth]

Xbox has no plans to quit hardware. Satya said at the quarterly earnings call that Xbox console users "record high."

Yes, heard some games are going multiplatform.

Response imo in part to Steam Deck having both PlayStation/Xbox "exclusives" and Steam Deck 2 being more powerful.
Brave new gaming world is coming

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

 

[Beer Baelly]

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

I think the rumors about them trying to license Xbox OS to third parties will end up being true.

 

[Mortisfacio]

Phil, stop playing Diablo and tweet something. The dozens of Xbox fans need you right now.

 

[touchfuzzy]

I'm sure most guys who come home from a work trip to find their wife packed up and left didn't get a heads up prior, either.

 

[XXL]

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

MS has not plans at all dear

 

[mejin]

 

[ulantan]

Neither did Sega.

 

[Interfectum]

They may not have plans to quit hardware but the market will no doubt decide otherwise.

 

[FoxMcChief]

What is a console?

 

[Bernoulli]

I'm not leaving

 

[Mister Wolf]

If they release Starfield or any of those other big titles on PlayStation then it's over. Why would someone feel the need to buy their box? For the rental service? And miss out on having your games and Sony's games? Not happening. There are a lot of smart-dumb dudes in this industry making crucial decisions.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

I think the rumors about them trying to license Xbox OS to third parties will end up being true.

What's the point though?

 

[FoxMcChief]

I'm not leaving

 

[kazuyamishima]

Sarah Bond, just 2 hours ago.

 

[SJRB]

Lol, this fucking guy

 

[Kilau]

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

What's the point though?

What's the point of ROG Ally?

 

[IDKFA]

HA!

I told you Microsoft wouldn't be leaving the console space and going full third-party!

I knew these rumors were BS..I should have put a huge bet on it.

 

[Bartski]

 

[Interfectum]

What are the Xbox community manager's even doing right now?

 

[Killjoy-NL]

What's the point of ROG Ally?

Unless they're content with relatively low sales, it just seems like a dumb alternative.

Edit:

Btw, had to google what an ROG ally is. Never heard of it. Lol

But I suppose that's the future Xbox might be choosing.

 

[solidus12]

Jez right now

 

[Nydius]

If they gradually release all of their major exclusives to PlayStation, the end result will be either the end of consoles or future Xbox “consoles” will end up being a stream of underpowered boxes like the Series S that are there for digital libraries, BC, Game Pass and xCloud streaming.

 

[semiconscious]

'Xbox has no plans to quit hardware...'

'Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making plans...'
- john lennon

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

What are the Xbox community manager's even doing right now?

Looking for jobs

 

[Syphon Filter]

Neither did Sega.

heh, did sega say something similar?

 

[Ecotic]

My guess is that Nadella and the board of directors have told its gaming division that the status quo isn't delivering what Microsoft expects, and so the gaming division is holding intense strategy sessions where every conceivable idea is being thrown at the wall and considered. Leaks are happening and ideas under consideration are being reported as about to happen.

 

[Syphon Filter]

HA!

I told you Microsoft wouldn't be leaving the console space and going full third-party!

I knew these rumors were BS..I should have put a huge bet on it.

putting their games on a competitor is the same thing really. zero point owning an xbox now.

 

[reinking]

Of course they a re not leaving the console market. They are expanding in it by making their games available on all consoles.

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

Obviously. If people think they're quitting the console market, you are just overreacting to all the rumors about Msoft opening up their software to competitor platforms.

 

[FoxMcChief]

putting their games on a competitor is the same thing really. zero point owning an xbox now.

I don’t know if I’d say that. There’s zero reason to buy a new one or buy games for it. Owning one already and still playing game pass on it is a good option.

 

[Forsythia]

That's nice, but given the choice, €500 can get me an Xbox, but €500 can also get me a PS5/6, with the same Xbox games and all first--and thirdparty exclusives.

Wow, what a choice.

 

[Oberstein]

 

[Heisenberg007]

This Jez Corden?

 

[Maddoxswe]

This Jez Corden?

It's literally less than 2 months since he wrote it, how can anyone trust what he writes anyway?

 

[FoxMcChief]

I had no plans to do laundry this morning, but there I was, looking at my underwear drawer and nothing was in it.

 

[The Pleasure]

Paging Dr. Softwood. Dr. Softwood.

 

[DenchDeckard]

And, so the confusion begins.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

We don’t trust Jez Corden.

Timdog, now there is a reliable insider.

 

[Quasicat]

He is correct about one thing…A “Brave New Gaming World is Coming”.

I bought a Steam Deck and not only play PlayStation and Xbox exclusive titles on it, but I can play so many of my older games as well. On Top of all of this, with my family situation being what it is, I can pull it off of the dock and go into another room without a TV and still play whatever I want to play. Gaming today has gotten so convenient.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

He is correct about one thing…A “Brave New Gaming World is Coming”.

I bought a Steam Deck and not only play PlayStation and Xbox exclusive titles on it, but I can play so many of my older games as well. On Top of all of this, with my family situation being what it is, I can pull it off of the dock and go into another room without a TV and still play whatever I want to play. Gaming today has gotten so convenient.

I’m getting a Steam deck next week (unrelated to all of this news, been thinking about it for awhile)

 

[DenchDeckard]

hopefully this is true, tbh. But, who knows what to believe anymore lol

 

[Heisenberg007]

It's literally less than 2 months since he wrote it, how can anyone trust what he writes anyway?

What's worse is that he later started pretending as if he always knew this. The following is from his article on Windows Central, published on Jan 17, 2024.

So he knew in mid-November that this is happening. But tweeted on December 16 that it is not happening?

Jez is a bullshiter.

 

[Insane Metal]

Well that sure aged well

 

[VitoNotVito]

My sweet lord this dude is so obese…

 

[Withnail]

Considering their strategy seems to change from one day to the next I’m sure how useful this is.