Maybe the backlash is having an effect and they are starting to reconsider it and having more internal meetings. Supposedly that is why an Xbox employee leaked this, they wanted the fans to be aware of what the Microsoft execs were planning, in the hopes that the fan backlash would cause them to reverse course, much like when they tried to double the XBL Gold price back in January 2021, and then reversed course after the intense fan backlash. 

Morale is low. Klobrille on ResetEra:


"Friends.

I'll keep this short. This here has been my home from day one. I made friends here. And we had many intense discussions, both with disagreements and agreements. Just how it should be. While I saw many people here come and go, I tried to never forget where it all began. I learned so much here and I tried do give things back to this community, be it with hot takes, bad jokes or some visuals.

The baseline for being Klobrille always was the trust & credibility of the brand I support and my excitement for the path ahead. All of these three are at an all-time low right now. I've made the decision, depending on what's next or its scale, to take significant steps back and reduce the Klobrille persona, or eventually even retire it. It's a process that started last year already for me, I lack the excitement and energy for what's next, plus I'm shifting my focus to other, non-public things. You'll see when the time has come, but until then, this will likely be my last message here.

Much love. Thanks for everything. 💚

- Klobrille"

Maybe the backlash is having an effect and they are starting to reconsider it and having more internal meetings. Supposedly that is why an Xbox employee leaked this, they wanted the fans to be aware of what the Microsoft execs were planning, in the hopes that the fan backlash would cause them to reverse course, much like when they tried to double the XBL Gold price back in January 2021, and then reversed course after the intense fan backlash. 

You get happy Playstation and Nintendo users, but what does a Xbox owner get in return? Longer development cycles due to porting....

Xbox: Halo, Gears of War, Forza
Playstation: Halo, Gears of War, Forza, Gran Turismo, Last of Us, Spiderman

I'd rather have the 500 dollar box that has it all.

MS is already putting games on PC, that's more challenging in a lot of ways than a PS5 port would be.

I doubt longer development cycles would be caused by supporting PS5. I could see some issues if there was some kind of mandate to support Switch. I could imagine a lot of issues from downporting.

I don't get what is supposed to be the "Damage" even if rumors turn out true.

I mean Xbox has already moved way past comparing hardware sales numbers to measure success, they did so the moment they decided to release all games on PC and then on Steam, and this move is only bad when you desperately hold off on the idea of comparing hardware unit sold as the measure of success.

MS Ips will be way stronger as a result and the Xbox hardware is doomed narrative is quite an extrapolation at this point.

It is weird to think I maybe have bought the last Xbox games last week, it is also annoying to think that games will now even take longer to release because they need ports for other consoles. I would be so pissed tho, if the gears collection is just the Gears games for PS, because it basically means we even have to wait longer for the next gears game...

If they release games on multiple platforms, they can projected much higher profits, which means they can go on a hiring spree to greatly expand studios to speed up production so what you just described doesn't happen.