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    Discussion Another Xbox flop? Starfield has 14 Million players, includes those who have it for free in Game Pass.

    Makes sense to me - I won't deny that Bethesda has a decently following of people who consider its games their entire life and personality, and put hundreds of hours into them.
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    Discussion Another Xbox flop? Starfield has 14 Million players, includes those who have it for free in Game Pass.

    Bloated, time-suck games seem like the worst value proposition for a service like GamePass. As a user, you're basically giving up on the primary attractive aspect of the service, which is taking advantage of a big catalog in a short period of time. Maybe it's worth it if you're using gamepass to...
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    Xbox Todd Howard wants Yearly Expansions for Starfield

    Good I hope they stay on that garbage ass engines for the sandwiches
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    Xbox Report: Xbox Signs Agreement With Panache, Assassin's Creed's Creator's Studio, For New Project

    You have a lot of confidence in Xbox leadership - I'm not sure where that comes from.
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    Discussion Microsoft-affiliated studio laid off 160 QA workers due to unionization efforts

    I remember all of the "benevolent" megacorp narratives during the ABK deal, as if Microsoft would be a more altruistic owner
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    Rumor Fable is targeting a Q4 2025 release and Gears of War: E-Day is targeting 2025.

    This means the next Xbox showcase is going to be centered around the same 5-7 games as the last one and everyone will cheer it as the "best ever" again.
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    Discussion New ‘Dragon Age: The Veilguard’ Characters Rejected By Players, Reveal Trailer Mass Downvoted

    At this point, they should just copy Gears and do a prequel game
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    News Elden Ring sold 25 million copies

    Great, also we're never seeing Bloodborne 2
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    Discussion IGN caught telling crowd to cheer during Phil Spencer interview

    They already exist - they're the ohnoitsalex fans
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    News Destiny 2 The Final Shape received overwhelmingly positively by critics and fans (94 top critic rating)

    It's clear that they had an important role with Helldivers I'm rooting for Housemarque too, but the fact that Returnal only sold 500k, despite good reviews copies isn't a great sign.
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    Xbox Starfield Fans Denounce 'Excessive' Pricing of Paid Mods - Bethesda's third attempt to monetise fan made mods, review bombing on Steam has commenced

    Couldn't have happened to a better fanbase
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    Discussion IGN caught telling crowd to cheer during Phil Spencer interview

    It was weird that people in the crowd actually applauded after his comments about closing Tango. Cult-like behavior.
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    News Xbox fanatics social media meltdowns in regards to 3rd party move and other losses |OT| "When fiction meets reality.

    It's funny to see Gaz still fighting the good fight - he's like the Japanese soldiers who still thought WW2 was still going years later. This whole thread he's still trying with all his might to defend Phil
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    News Phil Spencer: "You are going to see more of our games on more platforms...benefit to the franchises that we're building"

    That plan might have worked given that Microsoft has endless money, but this strategy would take a long time -- a few console generations at the least. Shareholders have no patience for that.
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    News Phil Spencer: "You are going to see more of our games on more platforms...benefit to the franchises that we're building"

    Putting CoD on Gamepass is their equivalent of pulling out the nuclear launch codes. If this pivot doesn't work, I'm pretty sure heads will roll and the Xbox branding will not be long for this world.
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