I enjoy every system for different reasons but some of the rumors about the nextbox would definitely keep me from buying one if they turn out to be true. I don't care about kinect. I will never consider it more than a gimmicky add on just to show off what they can do with technology nowadays. Always online doesn't bother me much as I have a solid connection but a lot of people dont. The blocking used games rumor would be the dealbreaker for me because I cant afford to pay 60 bux for every game I want to play. I play too many games to have to pay full price for every title and frankly there's too many games that are worth playing, but not worth 60 bux. I hope these rumors are just ms checking with the gaming community to see what their reaction is and what they'll be able to get away with.

A used game blockage could not and will not happen - places such as gamestop would be out of business - also think about all of the places that RENT video games - they would have to stop also - think you can go to a redbox and rent a game and wait for a 'new' code to be printed out each time the game is rented just so it can be played?! Those machines couldnt do it now. How about Gamefly??!! they will not produce sub-sets of the game with anti-code-required technology built in to cater those guys - it would be insane and not to mention I could imagine the repercussions of such a move. These companies would have their lawyers going crazy.

People get so hyped up on rumors its ridiculous.

There is no way in hell it will have a always on internet connection or block used games. If that happens ms can kiss good bye all the hard work the 360 has earned. Ibuy my games new but I often give my son my games or buy him used games sometimes. I'd still buy the 720 if these rumors were true but I'm not to sure it would be my primary console.

Anyone else tired of basically the same exact articles, with the same exact "theories" day after day? Can't people just wait till they officially announce something?

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau

Helix will be expensive but it's still a day one for me.

Oh, my days...
So Nadella meets with the US president multiple times to ensure AI regulations are minimal if any at all, donates to the inauguration and ballroom, and his boy not only won't regulate AI as farmers lose land and billionaires/corporations buy up farmland to build data centers...but because he's insane and compromised, he starts a war on behalf of a rogue colonial zionist state and [further] destabilizes the Middle East, restricting component access and helium supply.

Now the head of Xbox is saying the hardware pricing "could impact" next generation hardware pricing? Asha,...your boss at a minimum played a direct role in this. What are we even talking about?

Yea because a $3 trillion company can’t absorb the majority of the cost to keep the product lower for consumers.

Expensive… oh no, here comes another flop.

Could? Strange how prices rise for virtually everything we buy, yet when things settle down, prices don't come down. This has been happening in the UK probably before I was born. With that, how much is a next gen console going to cost? Look at the price of the PlayStation 5 Pro, which has been a flop for Sony. On that note, we don't need the next consoles for another 5 years.

I guarantee if people just stopped buying this kinda stuff all together. This would all be sorted within 2 weeks and everything would be back to normal.

We seen the exact same thing through the COVID period. Companies just jumped on the bandwagon realising that they can get away with charging far more under false pretences and fear mongering.

Consumers now have this fear of "you know what, I only live once. I'm going to spend all this money I earned through my hard work" Or "I only live once I'm going to take a loan out and enjoy my time here".

Silicone Valley spends literally billions of dollars researching how much they can push society to the limits to increase spending. You can research it yourself. There's published written documentation about it. Have a look for yourself into their group research into subscription programs to see how evil they are and why it's such a giant focus of current civilization. Its the very essence of corporate capitalism.

Just delay all new consoles. I could easily go another 5 years with my base PS5.

could? it's already affecting current gen pricing.

It is greed. Apple are selling at the same price, while Microsoft Surface increases 500$ per unit. Karma will tell.