Bloomberg: Microsoft’s gaming unit is operating under a challenging set of revenue and profit goals, according to people familiar with Xbox’s busines
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Hmm let's break it down for Bloomberg:
Xbox has exclusive games.
People buy Xbox.
Multiplatform publishers support Xbox.
Xbox starts releasing exclusive games on PlayStation.
People buy PlayStation instead. They can now play Xbox and Sony exclusives on one platform.
Multiplatform publishers drop support for Xbox.
Xbox sales fall even further.
Repeat.
Xbox has exclusive games.
People buy Xbox.
Multiplatform publishers support Xbox.
Xbox starts releasing exclusive games on PlayStation.
People buy PlayStation instead. They can now play Xbox and Sony exclusives on one platform.
Multiplatform publishers drop support for Xbox.
Xbox sales fall even further.
Repeat.
Bobby Kottick was actually good at his job.They basically had to go in couple therapy because Sarah doesn't know what the fuck he wants. He wants to be like Sony but he's Bobby Kottick
We caught his BS on Day 1, people were too busy sucking his dick.
September 19: Microsoft ends the Ambassador Program
September 20: Tom Warren throws Xbox leadership under the bus.
Remember guys, correlation doesn't mean causality.
September 20: Tom Warren throws Xbox leadership under the bus.
Remember guys, correlation doesn't mean causality.
At the very least its interesting that Sarah Bond is PUBLICLY throwing Phil under the bus.
Could be that she's gunning for his position.
That massive article at bloomberg speaking of her like she's some god is probably not something those journalists just happened to decide to write.
The writing has been on the wall for Phil Spencer for sometime and I doubt he even wants to stay at this point with the direction they're going in.
This article is seemingly put out there to bolster support for her when Spencer leaves and she replaces him.
It'll be interesting how quickly we see that happen and we'll know even more how much these "journalists" are in the bag for Microsoft.
Context here being Microsoft was getting their shit kicked in and the idea was that buying ABK at the time could have staved off strategic changes. The delay of the FTC and CMA combined with the need to sign off on CoD being multiplatform for 10 years actually accelerated those strategic changes even further...
Only a small sliver on the internet and casual gamers who don't follow the industry thinks that Xbox is still a primary competitor in the market.
- Not only are their games headed to PS5, they're announcing them before they even release; see Indy
- They've essentially pulled out of regional markets
- They've already discussed future hardware having other storefronts
- Microsoft will publish games on PS5 that play better on PS5 Pro than they do on XSX
- Microsoft will publish a Halo game on PS5 and there is no spinning this. Xbox IS Halo.
The latest we get a PS5 Pro enhanced Xbox title is Indy but we'll probably get something before that potentially with Minecraft. So we're talking about that happening within the next 6 months.
Halo will hit PS5 within the next 2 years.
This puff piece reads to me like Phil’s already got the boot, just a matter of formality before it’s announced. Imagine Reggie bad mouthing miyamoto like that or hulst saying jim Ryan doesn’t know what he wants.
Yup. This is the pre transition messaging. Prepare for the next 10 years of failure to be a constant "it was all Phil spencers fault" just like they did to don mattrick. It will continue long after they sunset the hardware and become purely 3rd party, until they inevitably ravage the corpse of ABK so much that cod is no longer a premier property, just like they ruined halo.
I hope Sarah can girlboss her way through the incompetence of her white male colleagues and finally lead Xbox to market dominance
Step 1 get rid of Phil
Step 2 get rid of all the white male directors (bye Todd)
Step 3 bring back Kate Diaz, and make a new Halo reboot with Miss Chief
Step 4 diversity discounts on Gamepass to females and LGBTQ
Step 5 hire the whole Concord team
Step 1 get rid of Phil
Step 2 get rid of all the white male directors (bye Todd)
Step 3 bring back Kate Diaz, and make a new Halo reboot with Miss Chief
Step 4 diversity discounts on Gamepass to females and LGBTQ
Step 5 hire the whole Concord team
Here's hoping she's more competent than Phil, and is at least able to push through Microsoft's gigantic inertia to make decisions and change goals when needed.
Bond aint gonna do what you guys are expecting. She is the one who headed the gamepass initiative, the woman was helicoptered into gaming from a telecommunications background. Say whatever you want about Sony leadership they at least promote internal people who have been in the business for multiple decades.
I dont think Phil gets the boot until he decides to retire, The brand is majorly centered around "good guy" Phil's image for the past half a decade. Frankly I think decisions are being made for xbox from the level above Phil and Bond and all they can do is implement them.
So Xbox should be given credit for promoting within, but all staff in Xbox don't make the big decisions. It doesn't matter who get promoted so, so why promote failures and why give Xbox credit for promoting to jobs with no decision making? Your post has a few holes in it.
her background is from mobile, not from gaming. you can expect xbox to get much worse.