You can't tell me the 360 days weren't profitable!! All the controllers, Kinects, Xbox Live, all that stuff sold, for 11+years as the leader... The Kinect, at one point, was the fastest selling electronic ever...
Yup, the decline came when MS decided to dilute the Xbox with crap like an focus on watching TV and streaming. That's something noone wanted, and so the costumers went for the platform that actually focused on gaming - the Playstation. After this decision, which i am very sure came from execs which didn't understand their product, they have been forced to play catch up.
They're very different customer bases. Although with the Steam Machine out, closer than ever. But the likely price difference will make things hard for Valve.
They are in the console space.. you’d be surprised but there people that can’t be bothered with building a computer and doing all this tech stuff. They just want to buy a machine where you put game disc and game plays.
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pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip · 67 pts · 83d
Yes. Sure. It's the games are the waste of money.
Hey co-pilot, use a few peta-cycles and the RAM of a small city to try to detect what kind of document I'm working on writing!
SitD@lemy.lol · 2 pts · 77d
🤖 as last time sir it's still the earnings report.
unitedwithme@lemmy.today · 48 pts · 83d
You can't tell me the 360 days weren't profitable!! All the controllers, Kinects, Xbox Live, all that stuff sold, for 11+years as the leader... The Kinect, at one point, was the fastest selling electronic ever...
Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus · 31 pts · 83d
Yup, the decline came when MS decided to dilute the Xbox with crap like an focus on watching TV and streaming. That's something noone wanted, and so the costumers went for the platform that actually focused on gaming - the Playstation. After this decision, which i am very sure came from execs which didn't understand their product, they have been forced to play catch up.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 82d
The Kinect was the tits and I'm still cross about how they killed it.
Meatwagon@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 82d
Old ones are still being used as a full body tracking mod for VRChat
Jhex@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 83d
genius… quick give him a couple of billions
CriticalMiss@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 82d
He’s getting ready to kill Xbox
warmaster@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 82d
Which is great, MS should be the farthest away from PC gaming as possible.
CriticalMiss@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 82d
I disagree. A successful Xbox kept Sony on leash. That’s no longer the case.
nehal3m@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 82d
I think Valve will step in for that, and Sony will have a hard time competing.
artyom@piefed.social · 5 pts · 82d
They're very different customer bases. Although with the Steam Machine out, closer than ever. But the likely price difference will make things hard for Valve.
p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 82d
As if Sony is the only player here. We're literally in /c/pcmasterrace.
Consoles became irrelevant when they were no longer the graphical leader a few generations ago.
CriticalMiss@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 82d
They are in the console space.. you’d be surprised but there people that can’t be bothered with building a computer and doing all this tech stuff. They just want to buy a machine where you put game disc and game plays.
pipe01@programming.dev · 2 pts · 81d
p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 80d
Then buy a pre-built PC.
That's Steam's secret: The Steam Machine is just a damn pre-built PC.
warmaster@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 82d
Xbox did nothing for PC gaming. Valve did.
lath@piefed.social · 27 pts · 82d
25 years? Bitch, you've been neglecting it for the last 10.
CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 82d
They are about to shift the losses from AI onto the XBOX division - that’s what this statement means
Binturong@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 82d
Yeah and I, a guy, say Satya Nadella, the deluded imbecile, must resign. Just saying.
Glitch@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 82d
They are gonna try to push developers to use more and more cloud resources, in a goldmine sell shovels
dan69@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 81d
Sounds a lot like a parent* telling their offspring to get out and get a job. Lol - that’s what popped in my head
paraphrand@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 82d
Oof, the worst timing.