Wtf is Microsoft doing with xbox?

[BurtReynolds]

When I worked for Blizzard, we were all so hopeful about Microsoft buying us and freeing us from the tyrannous yoke of Activision. How little we knew...

[Simple Torture]

The whole Microsoft Azure system going offline on the afternoon of the release of one of their biggest titles of the year is, uh, unfortunate.

[BurtReynolds]

Phil Spencer is out. Not surprising, but the exit is Sarah Bond is surprising.

Being replaced by a woman with an AI background who has probably never played a video game in her life.

Pretty sure they are just gonna kill off x-box and make it some ai slop monstrosity.

[Simple Torture]

The next machine (probably shouldn’t even call it a console) will probably prioritize streaming games over everything else. Bleak stuff.

[scrub12]

It will prioritize an open platform. I’ve got the handheld and having Steam, Epic, and Xbox all available on one device is great for someone who doesn’t want build a PC. Epic and Steam will be on the next xbox.

That being said, putting an AI chief in charge doesn’t inspire confidence, even if she’s saying the right stuff.