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JRPGfan said:

Now its got people debateing weither this means MS is not sure about new hardware, or if its just the "this holidays" part.

The messageing is bad as always.


You got people going into panic mode again saying things like:

"You’re in denial if you can’t see all the signs:
-Hardware has stopped being made;
-MS removed reference of future hardware coming;
-Xbox has already started being rebranded to Microsoft Gaming;
-Games are officially going third party."  - bitbydeath


That assume MS isnt all on the same page, about new hardware for xbox.
The "hardware has stopped being made" is apparently from factories in china, where parts for the xbox series consoles have shut down for now.
Likely because they made more than they have sold, and dont want them to continue to pile up in warehouses.  Even PS5 was rumored to have turned down production, after these holidays so.... yeah grain of salt, but its there.


Bitbydeath got quouted with this:

"They literally removed the XBX/S logos off all their games branding (and off the Game Pass branding), and ordered stores to remove physical games and trash them (that have that Xbox Series branding) at MS's own expense.

And the only way to get physical for "4 of the most beloved fan favorites" coming to the largest console platforms, is left up to LRG to provide.

How are people not seeing this?"

"Not to mention Blade was announced without platforms, which is even more interesting now that we know they were in active development of PS5 ports at the time of that announcement (SOT, HiFi Rush, Etc)

And there is a job listing posted by 343 to develop the next Halo for "all players on all platforms."

Pentiment pretends it doesn't know what an Xbox is pic.twitter.com/2lMiynsopd

— Jon Cartwright (@JonComms) February 22, 2024

Pentiment labled as from Micosoft Games studios (not xbox)
Remember the Microsoft Game-pass thingy? (ei. ditching xbox branding)

Right now, it doesn't take much for people to read into things.
Xbox should just be super clear in its messageing.
Instead it looks so messy from the outsides.

It appears people didn't learn their lesson about making dumb assumptions and creating false rumors.  Idiots again setting themselves up for ridicule.  All this is good for is getting the masses all riled up again and then cry about Xbox not addressing all this bullshit.  Xbox shouldn't address any of these narratives anymore and people should just learn to be more patient.