Sold no. 3rd party yes. After >20 years of failure and with better ROI elsewhere, when this acquisition is blocked, you have to imagine MS throws in the towel on Xbox hardware.
Microsoft may sell Xbox division if deal fails - Tweaktown
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Tales from someone's ass. The merger happening or not will have nothing to do with Xbox exiting consoles if they decide to do so.
i see them just abandoning hardware but keeping on a 3rd party publisher.
there is no way they have another xbox console in the works right now, that's for sure. they're at a point where they can't sell consoles, and they've flooded the market with several different models of undesirable xbox units.
no one is going to be fooled again. the pandemic might've saved them for a few years, but a full-fledged new xbox console right now seems almost impossible.
there is no way they have another xbox console in the works right now, that's for sure. they're at a point where they can't sell consoles, and they've flooded the market with several different models of undesirable xbox units.
no one is going to be fooled again. the pandemic might've saved them for a few years, but a full-fledged new xbox console right now seems almost impossible.
again.
The biggest issue is, who would want to buy Xbox? If they couldn’t sell it on the Xbox 360 era, I doubt they could do it now!
MS going 3rd party could happen but this circus show is putting so much spotlight on Xbox that I think shareholders might start to take a closer look at the Xbox division.
MS going 3rd party could happen but this circus show is putting so much spotlight on Xbox that I think shareholders might start to take a closer look at the Xbox division.
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If they went 3rd party who would buy the games? We've seen how terribly mis-managed their studios are and how broken and feature-lite their games ship.
Halo and Starfield both had back to back delays of a year. Toss on the pile of the delay for redfall and complete lack of software coming down the pipeline and who would want MS games anywhere near their system?
If they promised Sony or Nintendo a game for Nov 2023, and it was delayed a year, there are heavy penalties for that.
Halo and Starfield both had back to back delays of a year. Toss on the pile of the delay for redfall and complete lack of software coming down the pipeline and who would want MS games anywhere near their system?
If they promised Sony or Nintendo a game for Nov 2023, and it was delayed a year, there are heavy penalties for that.
That’s probably what Phil thinks it is, but this is pretty likely to be the end of XBox as we know it.
Can't see them selling Xbox, but can definitely see them going third-party - whether the Activision deal happens or not.
I have no idea, I think it makes some sense to go 3rd party and focus on software and services - that is what MS as a whole does.
I think they really thought they could take over ( buy) the gaming industry very easily but that was a mistake and now it’s backfiring.
If you take out the PR noise on social media, Xbox is a running joke.
I think the big problem they have is that their smaller games are destined for death if they keep trying to keep them solely on xbox in the console space. Games like hi-Fi Rush for instance just don't resonate with the Xbox or PC audience.
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I often wonder who the target demographic is for Xbox. With it been such an American-centric console, it seems to not cater to American interests. The dude-bro mega-muscleman army hero resonated well during the xbox 360 days while Sony kept the Japanese focused games and it worked out well for everyone.
Now Xbox seems to be throwing shit at a wall and seeing what sticks.
They certainly aren't the dudebro console anymore, that's playstation by a mile right now.
seems to just be mainly cartoon/ baby games (grounded, ROBLOX, Sea of Thieves, etc).
They also play up the social justice angle (Games for Impact, face masks and prosthetic legs in forza horizon, the Adaptive controller, "When we all play we all win" tag line) and so on.
right now Xbox is the social justice console. Gamepass also being "the welfare pass" of videogames offering a subsidy gaming program for lower-income gamers.
that's where I think the Xbox's identity lays right now.
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In my opinion, any chance of Microsoft selling off Xbox or going third party ala Sega started the end of that debate at E3 2018 and 100% when Microsoft acquired Bethesda. It's like how much does Microsoft have to acquire before people realize that they're not going anywhere? LOL. They'll release a few games on PlayStation, Nintendo, etc. but 90% of their games will be exclusive to Xbox/PC/Cloud.
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Your math doesn't add up. They only have a few games, so if those few games go multiplatform, 90% of them won't be exclusive. As snarky as this sounds, it's the truth. Microsoft no longer has the slate of software where it is able to pick and choose what goes where. If it all stays exclusive, Microsoft will be looking at even greater losses.
The wisest decision now would be to use the only unique aspect of xbox; gamepass, as the reason to own an xbox - cheap games, vs owning a rival console. Microsoft cannot establish that unique aspect while keeping games purely on Xbox/Gamepass.
I believe the premise, but i also wouldnt be surprised if Microsoft themselves were floating this to help their case before the CMA. "If we cant buy COD, then we cant compete and we have to leave the industry, you dont want THAT to happen do you CMA?" Theyve been pathetic enough to attempt that and there is no low theyre unwilling to go to.
Edit: Or that presentation last week was the first time shareholders saw how bad xbox is actually doing WW without the fluff and spin from Phil and thats why whispers of this have started?
Edit: Or that presentation last week was the first time shareholders saw how bad xbox is actually doing WW without the fluff and spin from Phil and thats why whispers of this have started?
This is some "feel sorry for Xbox" or some kind of reverse psychology to try to sway the regulators? 