Happenstance Posted February 10 Posted February 10 I was already planning on getting rid of my Xbox before Christmas but finally got around to it today. Not a lot of reasons left to keep it. 1
Hero-of-Time Posted February 10 Posted February 10 20 hours ago, Julius said: Bosman nailing it as always, this gave me a good chuckle: The last point about a very vocal subset of fans wanting Xbox to return the loyalty they've shown them is a bit too accurate Finally got around to giving this a watch. The Doritos segment is great. 1
Dcubed Posted February 12 Posted February 12 And there it is… February 15th at 20:00 marks the Time Of Death. 1
Julius Posted February 12 Posted February 12 (edited) 50 minutes ago, Dcubed said: And there it is… February 15th at 20:00 marks the Time Of Death. This seems just about the weakest way to do it – a podcast. Not fully going all the way with a video, not making sure you've got the wording right in a blog post – a podcast; it's serious, but join us on the couch! Which is honestly, at this point, pretty typical Xbox. As is having to wait nearly two weeks by the time this podcast goes up to address this topic? What, is Phil doing a live performance of Amazing Grace backed up by Bond and Booty or something? Not sure about "Time of Death", but the image for the podcast being all black except for the green in corners, with it more prominent in the top left and bottom right, certainly gives you the impression that they're viewing it in a very stark manner. Guess we'll wait to see how this all plays out Edited February 12 by Julius 2
Dcubed Posted February 12 Posted February 12 (edited) A podcast is a bit of a bizzare way of announcing whatever this is, but I suppose it’s indicative of how last-minute this whole thing is. They clearly had no intention of making a public statement any time before April originally; but the leaks have forced their hand now. So this is what they could cobble together in the shortest time possible… … plus it gives them time to react to this week’s Nintendo Direct Edited February 12 by Dcubed
Sheikah Posted February 12 Posted February 12 A podcast is a bit of a bizzare way of announcing whatever this is, but I suppose it’s indicative of how last-minute this whole thing is. They clearly had no intention of making a public statement any time before April originally; but the leaks have forced their hand now. So this is what they could cobble together in the shortest time possible… … plus it gives them time to react to this week’s Nintendo Direct [emoji6]Yes, it's a hastily unplanned announcement and also a carefully planned Switch tie in. 1
Julius Posted February 13 Posted February 13 New article from The Verge yesterday which talks about Xbox's plans to be everywhere: Only real news here, for me, is that Pentiment might be one of the games moving over - don't think it's been mentioned up to this point? Anyways, elsewhere, they've announced another limited edition Series S, this time for Dune: Part Two. Kind of nuts how many limited edition variants they've had compared to PlayStation, who seriously don't seem to care about branching out beyond their own IP. The LeBron collab is the only one that comes to mind?
WackerJr Posted February 15 Posted February 15 I can’t see them pulling out of the console race like this, so I expect that to be all hype. My prediction is like many others, to announce they’ll be publishing some games on other platforms. Possibly a revision to their current hardware, and an update to GamePass. Whatever the case, this is probably the most interest there’s been in an Xbox podcast!
drahkon Posted February 15 Posted February 15 Can't wait for all this to be over. The news cycle about the whole Xbox situation and "insiders" talking about an unannounced but delayed Nintendo Direct is annoying me to no end 2
drahkon Posted February 15 Posted February 15 Gimme a list with all the important info in 23 minutes please
Hero-of-Time Posted February 15 Posted February 15 (edited) 1 minute ago, drahkon said: Gimme a list with all the important info in 23 minutes please As rumoured, 4 games are going multiformat. Not Starfield or Indiana Jones. Rumoured games were Sea of Thieves, Hi-Fi Rush, Pentiment and one other. Edited February 15 by Hero-of-Time 1
Julius Posted February 15 Posted February 15 2 minutes ago, drahkon said: Gimme a list with all the important info in 23 minutes please They've...refused to name the 4 games lmao The Verge are reporting that it's Hi-Fi Rush, Pentiment, Sea of Thieves and Grounded 1
Hero-of-Time Posted February 15 Posted February 15 Yeah, Grounded appears to be the 4th game. Basically this is a whole lot of nothing.
Happenstance Posted February 15 Posted February 15 1 minute ago, Hero-of-Time said: Basically this is a whole lot of nothing. At this point that should be the Xbox slogan 1 4
Hero-of-Time Posted February 15 Posted February 15 It's quite embarrassing how this has been handled. They could have easily nipped this in the bud but instead chose to do this. They keep going on about growth (whole thing is very corporate) and yet I can't see how that happens in a substantial way with just 4 games, especially with some of the ones they've chosen to bring to other platforms. All they are doing is weakening their platform even further. 1
Hero-of-Time Posted February 15 Posted February 15 Sod off. Phil bragging about how they are one of the largest publishers across all platformers. Yeah, because you barged your way in and bought up a stupid amount of studios, all the while your own internal studios output was going down in flames. 2
Hero-of-Time Posted February 15 Posted February 15 Business. Growth. Business. Growth. Business. Growth. 1 1
Ike Posted February 15 Posted February 15 At least this will stop the “game pass coming to other consoles” rumours. Maybe
Ashley Posted February 15 Posted February 15 4 minutes ago, Hero-of-Time said: Business. Growth. Business. Growth. Business. Growth. 2 3
Josh64 Posted February 15 Posted February 15 So much business jargon, this takes me back to the halcyon days of E3 presentations, before they were so showbiz, like the glory days of Reggie whipping out graphs and sales numbers mid presentation.
Sheikah Posted February 15 Posted February 15 It's quite embarrassing how this has been handled. They could have easily nipped this in the bud but instead chose to do this.They keep going on about growth (whole thing is very corporate) and yet I can't see how that happens in a substantial way with just 4 games, especially with some of the ones they've chosen to bring to other platforms. All they are doing is weakening their platform even further.My thoughts exactly. This communication is hilariously mismanaged...why wouldn't they just nip it in the bud?The only thing that would make sense is if, following the backlash, they've chosen to hold off announcing any other games that might/will also come to other platforms. Start with just 4 and then trickle announce others further down the line to soften the disquiet. Real nonsense speak going on in this announcement though. They're talking about bringing games to lots more people like they're some sort of charity, when in reality they bought up the industry which has ultimately restricted access to existing players. 1
killthenet Posted February 15 Posted February 15 That was painful to watch, it was mostly just business gibberish - I don't know why they couldn't just come out and say 'only four games are being ported to other platforms' last Sunday when the rumours really started to gather pace, there was nothing in this chat that couldn't have been said in a single tweet. Waiting so long to say something made it seem like it was much more of a big deal that it was. 2
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