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[Fess]

Maybe he dieted, or started working out and doesn't want a heart attack. He will be 60 in a few years.

Dropping weight fast is stressful. Maybe it’s a bad photo but he looks drained here. Used to be be a hunk.

 

[Loomy]

“To reach new players, we need to be creative and adaptive of new business models, new devices, new ways of access. We’re not going to grow the market with $1,000 consoles.”

lmao

Never miss a chance to take a swipe lol

 

[FIREKNIGHT2029]

Game Over. Phil is finally ripping the bandaid off.

 

[GHG]

You are supposed to follow the leader, not the loser.

Honestly, the worse things get, the more delusional these takes become.

In another thread there's somebody saying that the split S/X model is something other console manufacturers will follow in the future.

In their world everyone is tripping over themselves to copy the platform that is getting out sold by the niche™ Meta Quest.

 

[Daneel Elijah]

I agree that the XSX could've been designed differently. How was it - XSX is wide and slow, while the PS5 is narrow and fast. Seems like the latter was the best and cheapest approach. But I do think that claiming the XSX is a bad console is meaningless. It has a lot of great features, it's quiet, it's fast and it's small. It's lacking in games though, and that's pretty bad for a gaming console. And that falls on Spencer, in my mind.

To defend the Series S/X further, I will always say that the team got a lot of limitations from Xbox executives. They had to find a way to fight Sony on price and power, while being more limited on the power draw because of the 360 problems. And I am sure that they has less time to create the Series S/X because they had to work on the One X first. For me they failed to entice me to buy one. But many did and good for them. As for people saying it is a bad console, I saw this the same way some people complain about the Switch. True in certain ways, false in others. No need to get angry about it.

 

[Fess]

Not this, the article not more than 24 hours before this came out from Jez Corden.

The tidbit about a handheld is to tell fans that they're not giving up on hardware even if they really are.

There is no new hardware coming this holiday season and likely not next either.

Haven’t seen that Jez article. What was that about?

Anyhow this is super depressing imo. I’ve already moved to PC and Pro so I’m part of the problem I guess. But this is a slow moving train wreck. I don’t understand how he can say that their business is healthier than ever. If there is no surprise platform unveil of any kind at TGA the brand will be gone within two years, likely faster.

 

[Kvally]

Dropping weight fast is stressful. Maybe it’s a bad photo but he looks drained here. Used to be be a hunk.

It is. I lost 60 pounds in a few months when my wife and I decided to call it quits after 20 years together.

 

[Skifi28]

I disagree ... high end consoles with current hardware is something that is missing from the market and someone should finally fill that void

What happened to everyone dunking on the pro? A 700 console is too much, unless there is a 1.000 console. Then it's great.

 

[solidus12]

What does that even mean?

 

[aliadiere25]

What has happened here? Must’ve dropped like 30kg since TGS

Stress.

 

[LordOfChaos]

Doesn't he mean red rings?

Jk but Halo Infinite-er on PS5 would be awesome, but they need to tell us what the future of single player is

 

[Little Chicken]

Since you only partially quoted, tell me which part is wrong?
The conversation around CoD starts and ends there. They didn't buy it so that you could argue where it sold better. They bought it so that people would be forced to buy their consoles. They failed. The fact that we're here even discussing CoD still being allowed on other consoles is all a waste of time.

It doesn't really matter how much it sold and where to be honest, all that matters is CoD owner/developer, Microsoft, continues to fleece make money from people outside the Xbox ecosystem.

It's going to be very good for them once they start putting CoD on Switch 2.

 

[Geometric-Crusher]

xbox is no more

 

[twilo99]

What happened to everyone dunking on the pro? A 700 console is too much, unless there is a 1.000 console. Then it's great.

The PS5 "pro" doesn't qualify since it has essential bits of hardware that were designed 5 years ago, which makes it somewhat overpriced.

It's great for Sony's profit margin, not great value proposition for gamers.

 

[DeepEnigma]

It doesn't really matter how much it sold and where to be honest, all that matters is CoD owner/developer, Microsoft, continues to fleece make money from people outside the Xbox ecosystem.

It's going to be very good for them once they start putting CoD on Switch 2.

That is more of a testament to other platform's success rather than their own.

 

[nowhat]

It wouldn't be Forza Motorsport though, as it's a duplicate of GT. Nobody would buy FM on PS. But I could see Forza Horizon being ported.

Yeah, I don't want to be discussing the merits of FM vs GT because everyone knows GT is better but Forza Horizon could certainly see an audience on PS. There simply isn't a similar arcade racer available.

 

[rm082e]

The more successful Xbox is with this strategy the more likely Playstation will follow suit. They are a more traditional company and drag their heels when it comes to change but it will happen at some point. Just a matter of time.

What strategy are you talking about? I just read the whole article and I can't find a single thing he said that indicates they have a vision for the future. It was all positive vibes and fluff - nothing specific.

 

[Skifi28]

There simply isn't a similar arcade racer available.

The crew motorfest is probably as similar as you can get.

 

[Wolves hunt in packs]

PS6 for all games

Next Xbox for Game Pass

Sounds fine by me, i mean who would have thought that what will become after all the huge studios purchase, but really i don't care, as long as they will keep bringing out games then i don't care if it's exclusives or not.

 

[nowhat]

What does that even mean?

The copium has almost ran out, and now he's mostly huffing carbon dioxide. It doesn't get you high, but makes you mentally less capable.

 

[Geometric-Crusher]

Phil knows his hardware sales has flatlined and its ironic that PS zealots celebrate games going multiplatform yet those PS guys buying those games and literally helping fund more Xbox hardware

I disagree, the Xbox still exists and PS5 consumers by purchasing these games help the Xbox to make its discontinuation official.

 

[Nonehxc]

Maybe he dieted, or started working out and doesn't want a heart attack. He will be 60 in a few years.

I'm always joking about Phil this and Phil that, but looking closely at that pic gave me pause, because I've seen that kind of face before...

He looks like someone who's undeegoing chemotherapy.

 

[RickMasters]

Handheld Xbox

As an Xbox owner who already bought an ROG ally and am fine with it……. I don’t see the point in this. There are already handheld Xboxes. Waste of resources that they will probably kill of quicker than a windows phone.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

“To reach new players, we need to be creative and adaptive of new business models, new devices, new ways of access. We’re not going to grow the market with $1,000 consoles.”

lmao

I mean...they didn't grow the market with 300$ consoles so i agree with him. Xbox can't grow the market for sure.

 

[Elginer]

As long as they keep making great hardware, have the better controller, awesome online service and ecosystem with features like game resume and guaranteed backwards compatibility I’ll gladly keep choosing an Xbox console as
My
Main console of choice. Doesn’t hurt to get first party games cheap as balls

 

[Topher]

What has happened to Phil? He looks so aged in the picture they've included in the Bloomberg article.

The last few years must have been quite stressful for him with all the ABK stuff, plus the MS Gaming reorganization... I hope he takes good care of his health.

He does not look healthy there.

 

[Little Chicken]

Phil looks so ill now. @adamsapple wtf did you do to him? Take his balls off from your mouth already goddammit. He's so fucking drained.

Very youthful, like a very masculine toddler.

 

[Topher]

“To reach new players, we need to be creative and adaptive of new business models, new devices, new ways of access. We’re not going to grow the market with $1,000 consoles.”

lmao

The line before that says he is talking about mobile games.

"Spencer also said he’s optimistic about the growth of mobile games."

I would really rather interviews just be transcribed word for word with what was actually said. Feel like we take the writers word on what the context is with these quotes and frankly, I just don't trust them.

 

[Kvally]

Yeah, I don't want to be discussing the merits of FM vs GT because everyone knows GT is better but Forza Horizon could certainly see an audience on PS. There simply isn't a similar arcade racer available.

I used to be a bigger fan of Forza Motorsport up to FM4. But GT5 and GT7 are my preference now.

 

[mayham2199]

It doesn't really matter how much it sold and where to be honest, all that matters is CoD owner/developer, Microsoft, continues to fleece make money from people outside the Xbox ecosystem.

It's going to be very good for them once they start putting CoD on Switch 2.

More then that's it's going to be great for the industry as they continue to release their games everywhere this a great time to be a console owner.

 

[PaintTinJr]

This is not in the same genre as Uncharted.

Really? Nathan is a derivative of the much richer Indiana IP, and I've watched the game preview and it looks like it is a wide-narrow cinematic game the same as UC4. Other than being mostly FPS with occasional 3rd person, rather than mostly 3rd person with occasional FPS, what's so different to put them in different genres?

 

[ElFenomeno]

 

[FIREKNIGHT2029]

What has happened here? Must’ve dropped like 30kg since TGS

He looks rough. I hope he’s okay

 

[Mister Wolf]

These are his new marching orders from his bosses. The heads of Playstation got the same marching orders in regards to PC.

 

[Det]

FTC will continue to do nothing

Meanwhile, the new UK government is much more left-wing than the previous one, which almost blocked the purchase.

Apart from the entire EU, which must block future purchases after having already approved purchases worth 70 billion, which reduced competition even further with the Xbox launching everything on the PlayStation

 

[Nonehxc]

Really? Nathan is a derivative of the much richer Indiana IP, and I've watched the game preview and it looks like it is a wide-narrow cinematic game the same as UC4. Other than being mostly FPS with occasional 3rd person, rather than mostly 3rd person with occasional FPS, what's so different to put them in different genres?

FPS+immersive sim vs Third Person Action Adventure. You may as well bunk them together in the same genre, Adventure, and both have action, but the foundations of both and design are very different.

Civ, Heroes of Might&Magic and StarCraft are Strategy games, but couldn't be more different one from the other.

 

[noob smokes]

Phil sold his soul for that abk deal he looks like arthur after he caught tuby

 

[Geometric-Crusher]

How are they going to promote the next Xbox after these confessions?

they won't do

 

[XXL]

 

[evolve]

I'm curious to see how much has COD pushed console sales and gp subscriptions.

 

[mayham2199]

These are his new marching orders from his bosses. The heads of Playstation got the same marching orders in regards to PC.

Sometimes I'm not sure about PS when it comes to their PC strategy. It is very strange. Like why is MLB the show not on there? Why is GT not on there? Some stuff just doesn't make sense to me with the way they are releasing these games. I don't even think PC has a big baseball game and it's already on Xbox.

 

[hinch7]

Not sure how this is a shocker to anyone. They said they were going third party months ago.

If anything the Xbox shills basically unofficially announced that with their move to PC campaigns.

 

[Freelance Yakuza]

Phil looks so old and tired

Actually, I think he looks sick, like he got something bad
I just checked some of his photos and looks like he lost a lot of weight

 

[Killjoy-NL]

I transcribed the video and went through it. Not finding what you are referring to. Spencer emphasizes "four games, no promises beyond that". Again, most of us knew that was bullshit.

Here it is if you want to point it out....

YouTube Transcript - read YouTube videos

I found a post of me with the literal quote from Spencer, back from februari, but I have to find the source of the quote again. It was in relation to Xbox supporting their devs to reach as big of an audience as possible, iirc.

Words of Spencer:

"bring an Xbox game to other platforms, if it makes sense"

Would you say it makes sense to bring underperforming Xbox games to other platforms, like Starfield which has $235M revenue against a production budget of $400M?

I'll get back to you.

 

[Det]

To defend the Series S/X further, I will always say that the team got a lot of limitations from Xbox executives. They had to find a way to fight Sony on price and power, while being more limited on the power draw because of the 360 problems. And I am sure that they has less time to create the Series S/X because they had to work on the One X first. For me they failed to entice me to buy one. But many did and good for them. As for people saying it is a bad console, I saw this the same way some people complain about the Switch. True in certain ways, false in others. No need to get angry about it.

It was because of Azure

Xbox SX has to function as a generic server also when not being used for games.

High Clock (2.23Ghz) = Desktop GPU
Low clock (1.8Ghz) , cost-benefit consumption = server

 

[coachmcguirk91]

I'm curious to see how much has COD pushed console sales and gp subscriptions.

UK numbers show COD did not move the needle at all for console

The dilemma for Microsoft is that this generation will be viable for another 7-8 years. Nobody in the industry wants to release a console of 1000$+. There is very little growth within the console space to begin with, especially at this point in the console cycle for Xbox. There is just too much money to be made by being multiplatform

Phil Spencer saying no red line tells me to expect news of PS5 ports of their biggest IP's soon. I don't think Spencer would say that otherwise

 

[Morrie’s wig shop]

Nah, thnx. MS can keep Halo.

Xbox' games library isn't impressive at all.

So why spend a year and a half of your life console warring, I don’t get get it?

You’ve been here since May of last year and your at 6,000 post six thousand posts???!!
Then you proclaim that you don’t want Halo on PlayStation?? What the fuck and to top it off, NOTHING in Xbox’s library is not impressive?

I guess the only question left is who were you before May of 2023….

I want Halo and Gears on PlayStation.

 

[LordCBH]

“Still looking for acquisitions.”

He hasn’t ruined the industry enough yet?

 

[Sanepar]

Tbh I think MS is right to put their games everywhere. Xbox as a console will never lead this industry and besides that consoles will die soon or later and their business will be gamepass and cloud. My only concern is if gamers get stupid and subscription get dominant so rent will be enforce.

 

[sainraja]

I disagree. Indiana along with nanite renderer backgrounds and being single player in the Uncharted genre from a quantifiable publisher/developer is 2-3m everyday on PlayStation....so long as it doesn't get the Starfield middling review issues.

I wouldn't be so sure. I use to be one of those, the people that he is describing and eventually I warmed up to FPS games with Resistance and now the Destiny series. But until that happened, I would simply avoid games that adopted FP view, like I avoided the Resident Evil games back then that were FP (e.g. Gun Survivor). If that game was TP, you can bet I would have bought/played it.