bizarrely self-destructive behavior from XBox. they've been shooting themselves in the foot for years; apparently they've decided to exchange the gun for a flamethrower in hopes of cauterizing the stump.
Microsoft raises Xbox prices by up to 43%
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#12The deal was they took everything from you… but at least you could buy electronics for cheap! Now they don’t even let you have that.
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#13With all the other Xbox layoffs, studio shutdowns, price increases, rumors of pulling titles from Steam, what do they still expect from this brand?
Nothing. That’s why they gave it to a young woman with no achievements whatsoever in gaming and no reputation to build off of. Her job is to kill it in a way Satya can save face on so they can finish their push to everything in the cloud.
Curious that you focus so much on her gender.
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#14The deal was they took everything from you… but at least you could buy electronics for cheap! Now they don’t even let you have that.
It’s because of the idiocy of p&l tracking. The hardware, store, and games all need to be independently profitable.
Once they are, they all need to be more and more profitable.
Finally when it’s no longer profitable fire half the people and strip it for parts.
They’re already dead, they just don’t know it yet.
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
Nothing. That’s why they gave it to a young woman with no achievements whatsoever in gaming and no reputation to build off of. Her job is to kill it in a way Satya can save face on so they can finish their push to everything in the cloud.
Curious that you focus so much on her gender.
I didn't get the impression OP focused on the gender. Is it forbidden to mention a gender if it's female?
Seems to me the one focusing on the gender is you.
Re: Microsoft raises Xbox prices by up to 43%
#16The deal was they took everything from you… but at least you could buy electronics for cheap! Now they don’t even let you have that.
It’s because of the idiocy of p&l tracking. The hardware, store, and games all need to be independently profitable. Once they are, they all need to be more and more profitable. Finally when it’s no longer profitable fire half the people and strip it for parts. They’re already dead, they just don’t know it yet.
Sounds like an opportunity then for you to create a competing company that functions the way you feel it should function. If that's what people value, you'll take all the business since you're the only one offering it.
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
Nothing. That’s why they gave it to a young woman with no achievements whatsoever in gaming and no reputation to build off of. Her job is to kill it in a way Satya can save face on so they can finish their push to everything in the cloud.
Curious that you focus so much on her gender.
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#18Xbox is in complete disarray and is imploding. I haven’t owned a PlayStation in decades. If my son’s Xbox Series X (the worst naming ever) suddenly dies, we’ll either switch to PlayStation or build a PC.
Isn't playstation going download only way in a year or so, with no physical disks at all?
The majority of gamers don't care. PC has been digital only for decades.
Re: Microsoft raises Xbox prices by up to 43%
#19Xbox is in complete disarray and is imploding. I haven’t owned a PlayStation in decades. If my son’s Xbox Series X (the worst naming ever) suddenly dies, we’ll either switch to PlayStation or build a PC.
PS5 prices went up 35% in the past 2 years, and PC RAM went 5x. This is a global problem
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
Curious that you focus so much on her gender.
I didn't get the impression OP focused on the gender. Is it forbidden to mention a gender if it's female? Seems to me the one focusing on the gender is you.
I think the point is that if it's irrelevant, why mention it?