- We are operating at margins that are 3-10x lower than comparable platform and publishing businesses
What comparable platform is there? Are they thinking netflix? God i hate corporate execs like this.
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#582I don’t know if it’s due to the subject matter but it seems there is a lot of confusion and low quality comments. Here are some reminders:
- businesses like Xbox try to make as much money as possible
- investments are judged on risk adjusted return. Net returns with high risk is failure.
- the risk free asset pays about 3%. So taking any risk better get you 6-10%
- you can lose your job at anytime for any reason. Any other expectation will lead to disappointment.
Re: Resetting Xbox
#583I don’t know if it’s due to the subject matter but it seems there is a lot of confusion and low quality comments. Here are some reminders: - businesses like Xbox try to make as much money as possible - investments are judged on risk adjusted return. Net returns with high risk is failure. - the risk free asset pays about 3%. So taking any risk better get you 6-10% - you can lose your job at anytime for any reason. Any…
> you can lose your job at any time for any reason.
Depends on where you are.
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#584Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Reading this made me remember why I stopped playing my Xbox One: never-ending updates. My experience with Steam is very similar (I don't have it run on startup because I like my PC to do other things from playing games). Online updates really have ruined gaming for a lot of people. Just like vinyl, humans seem to prefer a physical "thing" they pick up - put in the machine - and instantly have access to the "thing".…
I check for game and system updates on my Deck before and after a session and it just takes a few minutes at most. I get excited to read changelogs if a game has a big update. These updates are not automatic/forced if you don't want them to be, and for singleplayer stuff at least you can just go play the old version if you're in a hurry or have little to no Internet.
> I check for game and system updates on my Deck before and after a session and it just takes a few minutes at most.
Right, that makes sense if you have sessions often. But, the thread started with automatic updates being bad for occasional users because they either have to waste energy keeping the machine on all the time to get updates in the background or have their mood cooled when they want to play but are forced to wait 30 minutes for updates.
Personally, I use Steam often but even then I get annoyed at updates. If I quit Steam, I sometimes have to wait for it to download Steam updates. Sure, it's not 30 minutes, but they happen when I want to play. I keep Steam open on my always-on machine and it annoys me. There's a reason I run manual updates on my computer on Fridays... then I don't get interrupted. Apps that auto update suuuck if you value your time.
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#585Earlier quoted context omitted.
Same boat as you. It's wild that I can turn on the xbox, wait 20-30min for mandatory updates, then need to re-sign in or occasionally reset my wireless mac address due to some bug, then re-sign into my Xbox account even if I am fine playing offline but of course I forgot my password so now I'm on my phone doing 2FA to remember which email I used to reset the password. Then I will need to update the game I want to pla…
I wonder how many of these updates are security fixes. I wouldn't be surprised if a majority were.
My gaming machine is isolated and well protected through firewalls in and out. I don't store any sensitive information like payment information on them. Why can't I choose when to update them? Let me use my thread model to keep myself secure. Respect my time. Let me manually update when I want.
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#586I expected an article about resetting an Xbox device.
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#587Earlier quoted context omitted.
Name 1 case that we can evaluate 10 years after the layoffs.
Adobe
Can you share more information? I just looked at their Wikipedia entry and they spent 2018- basically doing acquisitions. What were they layoffs you were thinking of? It's hard to find historical data from 2016. And what's their new focus? It looks like they still have the same huge roster of apps.
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#588Earlier quoted context omitted.
A part of me wants to be generous in interpreting that and say, OK, maybe it's the first time she's playing games semi-seriously in order to understand the capital G Gamer. Surely she's played games before, like say, the Sims, Bejeweled, Mario Kart, or picked up a Nintendo DS or Switch in her lifetime. Heck, even Wii Sports should count here in some capacity. Most people have played games casually in their lifetime b…
It's a publicly listed company. They needed someone without the emotional attachment to 'Gaming', but with business nous, to make the decisions needed to meet her mandate, which is to ultimately increase shareholder value. A 'Gamer' would have found that more difficult to do.
Would we say that about any other industry? Can you run a film studio if you have never watched a film in your life? Can you run a publishing house if you’ve never read a novel?
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#589How many of those 14 layers are getting cut?
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#590Of course we have to see how it plays out in reality, but giving back all IP and a runway to complete planned games to game studios as they are "released" from Microsoft is a really nice gesture, not just for the studios but also for the fans.
Most companies would just shut it down and keep the IP.