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[IDKFA]

Doesn't look like that at all. You're almost overdosing on hopium and copium.

Honestly. Wouldn't bother me at all if they went third-party. It'd just mean I can play all my games on the single PS5.

I just think this is too wild to be true.

 

[freefornow]

 

[Sanepar]

There it is. Not denying a thing.

But probably will change the narrative saying he will protect main exclusives to pose like a hero for the church.

 

[I'm nobody]

He will tell you Xbox is here to stay it will never die
Everyone will be eating a hat or something six inches long next possible Phil's again

 

[Mitsurux]

You would think from purely a PR perspective that you would want to squash these rumors, because unlike in the past they seem to be coming from multiple sources (and building traction) etc.

Unless he cannot talk about it (or squash them) as the rumors are to close to the actual truth to what they are planning to announce.

The fact that the announcement is taking place at a "Business Update" and not some more game related named event, is something to be of note.

It shall be interesting....

 

[Borowski_1]

 

[Negotiator101]

I thought according to Gaf Phil had been muzzled and this was above his pay grade you guys

 

[havoc00]

It all was downhill from here

 

[Sub_Level]

 

[Nonehxc]

Square Enix CEO breathing a sigh of relief right now that his company won't actually have to do anything.

There's probably a 'Xbox downfallness milestone' being missed somewhere at Square Enix and a bunch of developers and suits aren't gonna get their bonuses.

 

[Gudji]

Holy shit I figured it out guys Phil bought Playstation.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

MS has found themselves in a PR disaster, lol

...again

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Hahahahahahahahaha holy fuck hahahahahahahahaha

Just mercy kill them already. Why you gotta do your fans dirty like this. Just tell them

Hahahahahahahahahaha

 

[hybrid_birth]

I was gonna say, if they answered now, it would be "hahaha, fuck no,"

If they answer later its "pre order Hellblade 2 and receive exclusive Sackboy sword,"

Preorder Hellblade 2 and recieve a video recording of Phil Spencer bowing down to Playstation.

 

[ChoosableOne]

 

[dottme]

Yep, the week is going to be hard for XBox.
But they better be clear in their meeting or rumor will interpret any possible opening.

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

You are listening MY ASS

 

[PropellerEar]

Seriously where did this whole rat thing come from? Is it a abandon ship type of thing?

Drama - Cringe - It's funny when people are getting banned for console warring while some of the mods are console warriors

First of all to any mod reading this, if your mom was fucked by one man only don't delete this thread, even at era they don't delete anything unlike the green trash you have here that delete a lot of posts and threads, covering their tracks or what do you have to hide? Now to the malignant cunt...

www.neogaf.com

 

[bitbydeath]

Plot twist, they reveal their new hardware next week

Or

What would be the point of new hardware if they’re going third party? I doubt many would be interested.

 

[havoc00]

 

[Portugeezer]

Who does he hear though?

 

[Chuck Berry]

Oh nooooooo not RISKIT and KLOBRILLE!

Whatever will we fucking do?

 

[GHG]

PeterOvo's nightmare is Ass of Can Whooping 's wet dream.

 

[gothmog]

I thought according to Gaf Phil had been muzzled and this was above his pay grade you guys

That whole tweet screams legal and executive approved communication. Most executives don't even control their own twitter handles.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

nightmare....or a wet dream?

 

[digoutyoursoul]

“But Phil’s a gamer “

Cheers for that insight Ryan

 

[chromatic9]

Time for a rebrand

ExBox

Part ExBox

 

[FalsettoVibe]

"Babe, I've been hearing all these rumors about you cheating on me"
"Chill honey.......I'll update you about that next week"
lol

Adam are you ok - Are you ok -Are you ok Adam

@adamsapple has been suspiciously quiet.
Let us know if you're ok my guy.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

PeterOvo's nightmare is Ass of Can Whooping 's wet dream.

I'm so fucking jacked man hahahahahaha

 

[Arsic]

Such a brilliant move. To buy all these studios to then be able to exit hardware which is all loss, and then sell the subscriptions and IPs back to competitors to have.

Phil is a genius. The modern day snake oil salesman of the century.

 

[RoadHazard]

The Inbetweeners was great.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

What would be the point of new hardware if they’re going third party? I doubt many would be interested.

I have zero insight on this supposed new direction, if it is indeed a new direction

But his goal was to produce more hardware and have games everywhere

I wouldnt rule anything out just yet

 

[havoc00]

What would be the point of new hardware if they’re going third party? I doubt many would be interested.

This im not dropping 500 bucks just for a gamepass console sorry

 

[Sanepar]

I still think this is a trap and these fanboys know something...

 

[GHG]

"Babe, I've been hearing all these rumors about you cheating on me"

"I'm planning on giving you a relationship update next week, please stand by"

 

[Nydius]

What a trailer that was!

These were the glory days. They were on fire back then and a great machine, even though I went through 3 360s due to RROD. Fond memories of the 360 and playing COD in to the small hours on Xbox live.

I loved that original GOW trailer, but my favorite of the entire X360 era was the massive Halo 3 Believe campaign that Bungie did with this ad, plus the full diorama reveal, and then all the "future history" mockumentaries they released. Such good stuff back then.

Or maybe I'm just a sucker for Chopin.

 

[kruis]

 

[OmegaSupreme]

"Babe, I've been hearing all these rumors about you cheating on me"


@adamsapple has been suspiciously quiet.
Let us know if you're ok my guy.

I think he said he's traveling today. Not suspicious at all

 

[SNYMA]

 

[havoc00]

That tweet is definitely confirming it, business update says it all.

I still think this was a decision made last Holiday, I also believe still it comes from Microsoft, in the emails Phil was all in on exclusivity and out of nowhere decided to make all Zenimax titles exclusive to what looked like the annoyance of his CFO, Lmao.

Plus if it was long term, they simply would have told the FTC/CMA...Or the FTC/CMA would have found it out when they gathered thousands of emails from Microsoft. So it's very evident that this decision was made Holiday 2023. Something broke, I'm curious what it was. Probably after ABK the number crunchers came in since Xbox has big responsibilities on its shoulders now.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Phil:

Remember when i say Game Pass was sustainable?....well.....upsi.

 

[Revolutionary]

A week is the perfect amount of time for the Xbox fanbase to tear itself apart. Well done, Phil.

 

[TropicanaTwista]

"We're listening and hear you". JFC, how many times has that line been recited by Phil over the years and it seems like Xbox never learns or truly doesn't listen. Will say, no matter what the news is or how bad it is, it will be a glorious day for meltdowns

 

[NickFire]

I have zero insight on this supposed new direction, if it is indeed a new direction

But his goal was to produce more hardware and have games everywhere

I wouldnt rule anything out just yet

Yes, 100%.

Also - as long as they let these worse case scenario rumors continue without a response, I wouldn't rule anything in either.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

I thought according to Gaf Phil had been muzzled and this was above his pay grade you guys

You're a special kind of stupid, aren't you?

 

[FeralEcho]

Sure he would. Otherwise he's just stringing along his fans.

Not like that ever happened before

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Ecosystem is the new buzzword

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Honey we need to talk. Can I come see you next week?

 

[Moses85]

shut the fuck up phil, every time you say something the brand value of Xbox drops

 

[balls of snow]

A week to workshop the message. Some lowly grunt is typing a draft of the script now.