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If Xbox was throwing in the towel on ever again reviving the brand as it was, ever again being one of the big 3, then yeah, it would be stupid to not release on every platform and to not market on every platform. Asha right from day one has not indicated any sort of plans to throw in the towel and go the Sega route, she has been laying out her vision all along, Xbox hardware at the center, a return to affordability for consumers with a range of price points, re-evaluating what is exclusive and what is multiplatform, a return of focus to the core fanbase that had been cast to the wayside to focus on new markets, but not totally abandoning the attempt to grow through those new market opportunities. If she was brought in to lead Xbox through it's swan song years of decline, she sure has done a good job of misleading everyone, even the hardware division employees have reportedly felt revitalized after talking to her, after feeling like their days at Xbox were numbered before.

As long as Xbox is still focused on hardware, which Asha has indicated they still are since she said Xbox hardware was at the center of her vision, it just doesn't make sense to market to consumers that their games will also release on other consoles, because that is a surefire way to finish off Xbox hardware for good. Makes even less sense to release all of their games on other consoles as well, which I'm sure is why she said exclusivity would be re-evaluated, after all 3 of Xbox's big 3 franchises released games for PS5 or were announced for PS5 (Halo, Gears, Forza).

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Asha said the next 100 days is going to be about resetting the business. That smells like layoffs, at least in some capacity.



You called down the thunder, now reap the whirlwind

G2ThaUNiT said:

Asha said the next 100 days is going to be about resetting the business. That smells like layoffs, at least in some capacity.

I feel like that means layoffs as well. But probably more at Xbox corporate, marketing, etc than game developers. 



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NateTheHate talkative today

Spoiler!

Persona 6 reveal at XBOX Showcase

He's heard that Wolfenstein: New Order and New Colossus are getting remasters to coincide with the release of Wolfenstein 3

E-Day may be an early October release with a multiplayer beta this summer and nothing indicating that it won't be coming to PS5. May not be at launch, but it still will.



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G2ThaUNiT said:

NateTheHate talkative today

Spoiler!

Persona 6 reveal at XBOX Showcase

He's heard that Wolfenstein: New Order and New Colossus are getting remasters to coincide with the release of Wolfenstein 3

E-Day may be an early October release with a multiplayer beta this summer and nothing indicating that it won't be coming to PS5. May not be at launch, but it still will.

That last one felt like a given to try to be as far away as possible from a certain game releasing in November. At this rate September and early October are going to be stacked with November a baren wasteland with just one major release.



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Persona 6 reveal at Xbox’ show is the FF13 on Xbox 360 of this generation. It’s crazy how we started with JRPGs snubbing Xbox to Xbox being the go to system and best place to play for every major JRPG.



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Please no spoiler...but I try to stay away until the show happened.



That was a rather good show overall, best one I have seen on SGF Live. Little wasted time talking, game after game, lots of good announces I'm interested in.

I have interest in playing:

Newly announced games
-RE Code Veronica Remake
-FF7 Revelation
-TMNT The Last Ronin
-Stellar Blade 2
-Gundam Rogue Orbit
-Alien Isolation 2
-Blood Message


Older games re-shown
-Virtua Fighter 6
-Stranger than Heaven
-Star Wars Zero Company
-Star Wars Galactic Racer
-Wolf Among Us 2



Yeah .. I give Geoff shit (rightfully so) for how boring SGF usually is but even I gotta give him his dues, it was an actually decent showcase.

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