Looool, wat? "Gravely"
Xbox One is clearly being outsold by PS4, but its doing better than any Xbox console has before (and despite its initial price) and they have plenty of games coming. Reads like wishful thinking more than reality.
The rumours say Xbox marketing team, not Xbox developers which is hiring and expanding/
Wut lol
Just sell these Rare/ips to Nintendo Ms, do it...throw penello in there too.
Sales have slowed down, Xbone won't be ahead of the 360 for long. And MS are barely investing in exclusive development now.
Just take a look at the recent Ubisoft earnings release: Them selling double the games on PS4 compared to Xbone doesn't strike me as Xbone being a "roaring success".
Ah right... so who is funding Halo 5? Fable Legends? Sunset Overdrive? Quantum Break? Dare I mention Ori? Scalebound? Phantom Dust? Crackdown? Theres probably more, but I can't be bothered to list them
Theres plenty of juice in the tank and MS will keep investing, this won't be the last Xbox and Microsoft will keep making their exclusive games which looks like a pretty great line-up to me
Yup, I've *been* that internal marketing team so my heart goes out to them and I hope they all find better ways to live a fruitful life.Cut internal marketing team, engage external marketing studios. I've seen this shit before.
This is strictly Nokia acquisition restructuring nothing more
Looool, wat? "Gravely"
Xbox One is clearly being outsold by PS4, but its doing better than any Xbox console has before (and despite its initial price and other BS) and they have plenty of games coming. Reads like wishful thinking more than reality.
The rumours say Xbox marketing team, not Xbox developers which is hiring and expanding/
Yep, clearly. That's why they are firing Xbox marketing and talking about no longer being focused on hardware.
Hopefully Yusef is on the chopping block as well. The man just never says the right things when someone has a microphone in his face.
People seriously replying to netbuff's Xbox fud? Lol
This is strictly Nokia acquisition restructuring nothing more
You're trying so desperately to create the narrative you want to be true
The fact they have a few titles currently undergoing development doesn't equate to MS' willingness to invest in much future development.
Where does it say Xbox development is expanding?
The fact they have a few titles currently undergoing development doesn't equate to MS' willingness to invest in much future development.
It's mostly that, sure. But until we hear more the rumor specifically says Xbox marketing will be cut as well as other streamline improvements throughout Microsoft.
The announcement would come one week after Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella issued his first company mission statement, calling for greater emphasis on mobile devices, cloud-computing and productivity software. In the July 10 memo, which also called for Microsoft to become more focused and efficient, Nadella, who took over from Steve Ballmer in February, said he would provide more specifics on implementation later this month.
Steve just laid down solid proof that Microsoft are investing in exclusive titles for the future of Xbox. And yet you are denying it.
Should it not expand since they are launching in 26 new markets this September?
Yep, clearly. That's why they are firing Xbox marketing and talking about no longer being focused on hardware.
I also want to share some additional thoughts on Xbox and its importance to Microsoft. As a large company, I think it's critical to define the core, but it's important to make smart choices on other businesses in which we can have fundamental impact and success. The single biggest digital life category, measured in both time and money spent, in a mobile-first world is gaming. We are fortunate to have Xbox in our family to go after this opportunity with unique and bold innovation. Microsoft will continue to vigorously innovate and delight gamers with Xbox. Xbox is one of the most-revered consumer brands, with a growing online community and service, and a raving fan base. We also benefit from many technologies flowing from our gaming efforts into our productivity efforts core graphics and NUI in Windows, speech recognition in Skype, camera technology in Kinect for Windows, Azure cloud enhancements for GPU simulation and many more. Bottom line, we will continue to innovate and grow our fan base with Xbox while also creating additive business value for Microsoft.
Steve just laid down solid proof that Microsoft are investing in exclusive titles for the future of Xbox. And yet you are denying it.
Should it not expand since they are launching in 26 new markets this September?
You're trying so desperately to create the narrative you want to be true
Actually they are still focusing on first party hardware, but specifically to "stimulate more demand for the Windows ecosystem". http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/ceo/index.html
Actually they are still focusing on first party hardware, but specifically to "stimulate more demand for the Windows ecosystem". http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/ceo/index.html
Xbox, as a brand is still important to them and usable for this kind of goal.
Microsoft will continue to vigorously innovate and delight gamers with Xbox. Xbox is one of the most-revered consumer brands, with a growing online community and service, and a raving fan base.
Except he didn't. Some small-scale projects and a tiny amount of big exclusives still undergoing development doesn't equate to MS having much interest in investing for future AAA development.
MS apparently don't see much future potential in Xbone, and they're budgeting accordingly.
The fact they have a few titles currently undergoing development doesn't equate to MS' willingness to invest in much future development.
Xbox OG was a new entry into a well established market and 360 was severely supply constrained for a while so selling better than those two isn't necessarily a shining success. Especially when XB1 sales were clearly front loaded and they slowed down in successive months.
Where does it say Xbox development is expanding?
To me, this reads "we won't be focused on hardware at all, except in some special circumstances"
I'm not entirely sure how you come to that conclusion when the giant blue text highlighting key points throughout the letter include both "first party devices" and "xbox"
Except he didn't. Some small-scale projects and a tiny amount of big exclusives still undergoing development doesn't equate to MS having much interest in investing for future AAA development.
To me, this reads "we won't be focused on hardware at all, except in some special circumstances"
I'm not entirely sure how you come to that conclusion when the giant blue text highlighting key points throughout the letter include both "first party devices" and "xbox"
So Crackdown 3, Gears of War, Halo 5, etc. Is not future AAA developments?
They are scheduled for a release in the future, are they not? Are they AAA? Are they in development and still in need of finical investment from Microsoft?
Xbox doesn't equate to "console" (Xbox Reading does exist, after all), and Nadella clearly isn't willing to perpetuate Ballmer's "devices and services" strategy.
And even with the potential continued existence of some MS created devices, Xbone still seems relatively doomed in the longer term (judging by their lack of future investment and the hardware's very lackluster sales performance)
Their future line up is tiny, they are playing it very safe - clearly not expecting much of a success.
Yes they are playing it very safe with multiple new studios and investing heavily in the product. So can you let me know where Sony's equivalent of the Halo: Guardians investment is?
Sony is the one playing it safe because they have to. They are pushing hard on the indie side because they don't have to fund and they may hit another Minecraft.
Halo 5? Fable Legends? Sunset Overdrive? Quantum Break? Dare I mention Ori? Scalebound? Phantom Dust? Crackdown?
a new Lionhead IP, whatever Rare are doing (2 projects), Forza Horizon 2, Turn10 (Forza 6), Twisted Pixel (new IP), Gears of War, State of Decay, D4, Killer Instinct
Their future line up is tiny, they are playing it very safe - clearly not expecting much of an impact/change in sales trajectory. There's still money to be made, I'm not denying that fact - they aren't going to stop development already in progress.
Yes they are playing it very safe with multiple new studios and investing heavily in the product. So can you let me know where Sony's equivalent of the Halo: Guardians investment is?
Sony is the one playing it safe because they have to. They are pushing hard on the indie side because they don't have to fund and they may hit another Minecraft.
Yes they are playing it very safe with multiple new studios and investing heavily in the product. So can you let me know where Sony's equivalent of the Halo: Guardians investment is?
As I've stated before, Sony is playing it safe as well: They clearly didn't expect PS4 to manage the kind of sales impact we have been seeing so far. This isn't about console wars.
I think consoles in general aren't the most promising of fields; but the process is much further along with Xbone. They are clearly paring down rhetorical as well as financial investment in Xbone. Microsoft doesn't need home consoles, and it shows.
Not only does this make Xbox just a footnote, "Xbox" as a brand also doesn't equate to gaming and Xbox hardware at Microsoft.
They are very clearly pulling back from hardware. With how gravely Xbone has flopped, I don't expect huge future investments into the system/exclusive titles or even a successor. But they're not going to discontinue the system, either.
If you honestly believe that the titles i've listed don't represent a significant amount of investment in games - and i'll finish my list because it seems that wasn't enough: a new Lionhead IP, whatever Rare are doing (2 projects), Forza Horizon 2, whatever Turn10 (Forza 6), Twisted Pixel (new IP), Gears of War, State of Decay, D4, Killer Instinct etc... and any other partnerships we don't know about then I'm wasting my time.
The information is staring at you, bizarre levels of denial.
After a packed E3 and only 8 months into the new generation, Microsoft is just going to fold and pull away from the Xbox One, folks. Mainly making cuts at Nokia is all the evidence you need.