>Minecraft is winning>World of Warcraft is winning>Call of Duty is winning...>no mention of E-Day
>>750590149They aren't kidding with the "consoles sales remained constrained by supply" comment, I won an Xbox Series X from them and instead of the console they sent me a fucking virtual card with 670 dollars in itNo Xbox Series X goes for that amount anymore
>Console sales remain constrained by supply, with more demand than consoles available.
>>750590912It is true, they literally have no consoles to sell
>>750590990>>750590704I don't get itWhy? Just make more?
>>750591149They few people that want to buy an Xbox from them aren't worth the hassle that goes with restocking supply, it's why they are sending emails to people with unused consoles offering money so they (Microsoft) can resell them That and the memory crisis we are going through right now
>>750590990>>750591402What the fuck are you even talking about? The Series S/X is currently in stock and available for purchase at every major retailer. Best buy, Walmart, Target, Amazon all have it in stock. Where is this shortage? Fuck where is there even demand for an Xbox?
>>750590149>WoW Forever (paid beta) set recordsThis board said it was dead on arrival though
>>750591767>He doesn't believe in Asha
>>750591767What you're saying depends on the location. I've seen complaints from people not in the US. I've also seen pictures from a lot of different of people talking about the places you named, not selling Xbox anymore. That was like at the Phil era.
>Call of duty is winninglmao
>>750593198Correct, an Xbox Series X 1TB goes for over a thousand dollars in my country, nobody is buying them at that price
>>750590149>Minecraft is winningWho the fuck is still playing Minecraft after 1.0?
>>750591149Component prices are out of control so they have to sell every console at a loss. It's cheaper for them to just not sell consoles at all.
>>750591821This board isn't cynical enough to think Blizzcattle won't eat the slop.
>>750595667I do. It's great
>>750591149they couldn't even sell consoles back when they cost $499, the ""supply constraint"" is literally just them not wanting to spend money manufacturing more
>>750595667Minecraft as it's understood is actually a mobile tablet game these days, so Minecraft is competing with clash of clans or candy crush with are multibillion dollar franchises.
Was phil spencer just TRYING to let the brand die intentionally cause he was checked out by that point?
>>750597290Nah, his mistake was simply letting studios do what the wanted, with Microsoft money
>>750597426So why didnt he finally by like, say 2024 actually try to manage them? After it was clear giving them absolute freedom was a mistake?
>It's true
How is Minecraft still making money doesn't everyone already own it?
>>7505976562024 was when the layoffs started.
>>750598043The unified console-tablet version called Bedrock edition is much more limited in its modding capabilities, so they sell shit like skins, texture packs, and approved mods to all the children trapped in the walled garden.
>>750598053A shame phil wasn't a part of them
>>750590149>another year of Minecraft paying for all of Xbox's failures
Yeah I wonder why
>>750600283>estimated $500,000,000 budget>less than $50,000,000 revenue
>>750600630Thats not confirmed but the game 100% flopped regardless
>>750600283This might genuinely be the biggest gaming flop after Concord
>>750590149E-Gay
>>750600772Allegedly they built the tools and pipeline to make the next Gears game a lot easier to develop, so part of the budget could be split between the intended trilogy or whatever their current plan is. That's of course assuming Microsoft won't cancel those plans and shut them down, but they did let 343 continue for way the fuck too long, so maybe they have a fetish for the sunk-cost fallacy
Just shut every fucking studio down, I honestly don't care. At least then I could laugh at these woke dipshits, even if its a temporary respite. All you had to fucking do was keep your budget in check and focus on releasing games faster than tranny allegorical or ass cheek acne textures.
>>750597168>candy crushAlso owned by Xbox.
>>750600772At least they made back 10% of the budget. Concord didn’t even make back 1%
>>750597813lol holy shit
>>750590149Because game sales are irrelevant. Not being facetious either. Xbox put all their eggs into the Gamepass basket. That's why they don't really market any of their releases beyond the "BY THE WAY IT'S ON GAMEPASS!111" messaging. To the general vidya audience that looks like a "ded game." No marketing, no hype, no sales milestones - nobody cares, right? But that's their goal. Focusing the marketing on one specific game only boosts that one games popularity when all they want is Gamepass subscribers which boosts the whole business.
>>750590149>>Call of Duty is winningNot even going to read the whole OP let alone the rest of the thread but is it sucks this year??>>750600283He looks like Newman from seinfeld. I don't trust him
>>750606205Yeah isn't MW4 doing pretty badly? The steam numbers are awful.
>>750597426Because Phil didn't want to be the bad guy. He wanted to be friends and well-liked with all these devs and studios, reigning them in or telling them their ideas are fucking stupid would hurt his feelings since they'd see him as just another suit. He's what happens when you give a studio fanboy the ultimate authority.He was basically absent for the last 2 years of his tenure since it was all going downhill and mass layoffs started occurring as Satya noticed how much money Xbox was wasting when he needed more money for AI.
>>750606773I honestly can't stand suits who dont wear suits.
