| Leynos said: They kept Phil Spencer in charge and decided to switch from Xbox to Microsoft Gaming. To fix Xbox Series X, you have to fix Xbox One, and to fix Xbox One, you have to fix the last few years of 360 with Don Matrick in charge. There is no fixing just Series X. The whole brand and division need fixing starting around 2009. |
Also to note that MS has tried multiple times to try getting back into the PC gaming market, and now they've managed to keep themselves within that sector, so now they have had to merge both sides into one single brand and keep the momentum going for both.
Sony & Nintendo don't have that issue, nor do they care (Sony still sees PC as a slice of pie they can "convert" to PSN, MS has always had Windows, so that was always going to be a thing, just not the same way it is for Sony).
MS is now past that point where it used to focus on just a single console and no other platforms, and they cannot really afford to go back to a single platform, it'd kill them far faster as a brand to just abandon PC and go back to Xbox only (Also it'd leave their own slice of pie for Sony to gobble up with their PSN mantra, which also wouldn't make sense).
I think people are greatly forgetting just what kind of era we are in now, and that some of you seem to think we're still in this 90's era, where it's all about the shiny plastic boxes, and not that digital ecosystem world and brand connections/network platforms. The plastic box wars are over and have been for 2 gens now. The current era is the ecosystem war, where it's all about extending to different sectors and pushing your brand wherever possible (This includes movies/TV, mobiles, PC, social media, other platforms, etc).
One of MS biggest issues that cannot be denied is their lacking first party. The only one I was ever interested in from them in years were the AoE remasters and the sequel AoE 4 on the PC side. I've fallen out with Gears, Halo, never cared for Forza/MS flight sim, Crackdown isn't the same for me anymore and Fable is still nowhere to be seen after all these years.
With Sony in recent years I bought: HD2, HZD, and Days Gone. Though given Sony's recent push for PSN requirement, I am now just outright barred from ever buying their games on Steam again, so I guess they've chosen to not accept my existence/money, which makes that worse than what MS isn't doing right now.
Last edited by Chazore - on 15 January 2025Mankind, in its arrogance and self-delusion, must believe they are the mirrors to God in both their image and their power. If something shatters that mirror, then it must be totally destroyed.
