GamesRadar - It might have fallen off the standard Xbox One bundle and into the realms of a separate purchase but Microsoft still isn’t giving up on Kinect just yet. In an interview in the new issue of Edge Magazine, Xbox’s Phil Spencer is enthusiastic about the peripheral and adamant about its place with Xbox One, even if it has had a rocky start.
Big changes are being made at the top of Microsoft's gaming division.
MS knack for one upping bad news from other companies so soon afterwards is pretty astounding lol. Can't say I'm surprised though, this gen has been dreadful for the xbox brand.
Being replaced by an AI boss exec though, yikes.
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I always had this theory that they both wait to see if the other announces something bad so they can announce their bad thing, thus the two talking points bleed together enough to cause overall confusion online.
It then becomes just a big bad thing for the industry rather than a specific company. Wouldn't be surprised if Ubisoft were up next again at this point.
Huh... well that is sure interesting.
@crash, is it bad news though? I mean many here have said he needed to leave... now he and Bond are leaving. That should be good news to some.
It's more the fact the person incharge of AI being taking over. That's a very deliberate decision.
Xbox fans have wanted Phil gone for a long time he's probably the least favourite exec of all time behind matrick purely because uber his leadership he decived fans and took the Xbox brand multiplatform
Considering MS's obsession with ai, this is probably a demotion for her. Still, I enjoy poking fun at Spencer but ultimately it's sad to see him go, he's made mistakes for sure but I think he genuinely cared about the Xbox brand. Sharma seems very corporate to me and certainly not the Spencer replacement Xbox fans would have hoped for.
Replies(7)I'm convinced "early retirement" is just them wanting to save both themselves the embarrassment and them getting forced out without the drama.
You bow out naturally while we make it all look like it's part of the plan, both of us look as competent as we can make out during the fallout
Jim Ryan was the exactly the same.
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Why spread fake news? The press release clearly says that Phil and Sarah are staying on throughout the summer to advise the new person.
Here, we spoke with Phil Spencer about his outlook for the future, including discussing the new information revealed at the "Xbox Tokyo Game Show 2025 Broadcast" held on the first day of the Tokyo Game Show.
They are integrating everything into one platform (PC-like experience), that says it all. There is no longer a regular Xbox console, games are installed from Steam etc. on the next console/PC hybrid [if desired].
If the rog costs over 1000k with the tax and shipping included to Canadian consumers , what will the hybrid Xbox / pc cost ? If I were to go fully pc next gen I wouldn’t want to be locked behind an ecosystem after putting over 1000k out for the console/pc/hybrid . It’s already off to a bad start
the screen itself was key factor for Xbox ally x final retail price..the console wont have it.
but even if it did cost 1000$, if it can play new PC games in high settings then price is kinda justified.
the screen itself was key factor for Xbox ally x final retail price..the console wont have it.
but even if it did cost 1000$, if it can play new PC games in high settings then price is kinda justified.
If it cost that much if better be upgradable otherwise it won't have the biggest advantages of either PC (upgradeability) or console (price/performance).
And this is the point I don't think Microsoft understands. Investing in their ecosystem after 2025 doesn't make sense to me. People playing on console are going to look at this price and scoff. It is probably also too late to make an ultra-powerful console: visual fidelity and frame rates are really in a good spot right now. With next generation platforms, no one should really be expecting anything astronomical. That will take serious power and the hardware to do that is simply not practical, especially in this economy with this US president.
Launching this thing has exclusively one benefit: You can play PlayStation and PC-exclusive games on Xbox (assuming it really does allow for Steam). But even then, why would any spend this much on static hardware?
I don't get this direction at all. Maybe they really do have pressure to get that 30% profit margin. If that's the case, I wouldn't count on them cutting down the price of hardware and selling it at a steep loss by allowing games on other platforms. But hey, they're the trillion-dollar company, so I might be just be talking about something I don't understand.
A console primarily is a choice by budget. And people have
• different budgets and
• only even want to spend different budgets
I think it's a bad business choice them leaving the console business.
And in turn a good business choice from Sony to keep building a classic home console with PS6. (Which I highly doubt won't even exceed nor even touch PS5 Pro's release price.)
When they bought Zenimax and ActivisionBlizzardKing, they should have upped their Xbox support program to 100bn and spend the rest of it for building studios & creating new games, giving their developers freedom & full creative control.
But they hit the roof at 75bn. This was it.
And then went to maximize profits by 30% starting Fall 2023, according to Bloomberg, and put their bets only on "Call of Duty in Gamepass will do".
I can already picture their next premium Xbox failing at a 90:10 chance.
Not budged, if i want i can buy pc for 10k , but i prefer consoles, because games are better optimized on consoles and more cozy to sit in couch and play on huge 2 meter tv and have dolby atmos setup + ps5 controller is cool + nostalgia = i will always play on consoles
"Not budged, if i want i can buy pc for 10k“
Yeah. That's my second point above, like "or only even want to spend a specific budget".
But console gaming, no matter the direction of people's reasons, is a budget choice.
There's been a market for "a gaming box cheaper than a top gaming PC" for almost 40 years now.
And it will continue to exist.
Optimized doesn't really mean better or the best version or experience you can have though . I'm ready to get into PC gaming again soon as I really don't want to play most new games on my base PS5, having to choose between gfx and performance is such a drag as choosing either/or is a hindered experience and I've felt it for some time now . I could waste money on a Pro or timegate myself till the ps6 comes out but I think I'm gonna step into the future now.
I'm like the complete opposite of you as my console setup is like a PC setup with a 27 monitor , gamer chair , big desk , headset and even have a KB hooked up to my ps5 .it's so hard to play competitive and mmo games on a big screen lol.
Console gaming is absolutely not just a budget choice. We want the exclusive games, better experience and to support the brands we like. Budgets do come into the picture but this is the same for every industry, including PC’s. This is why “budget gaming pc’s” with similar prices never sell like ps/nintendo.
Another Xbox console will be DOA. Just stick to making games and leave the hardware behind. Xbox is over.
The Microsoft Gaming CEO spoke about his priorities at a media industry event, but contradictions haunt the company's grand strategy.
Yeah, they definitely caught him at a bad moment in that photo for sure. Kinda messed up they used that lol
In Italy we have Matteo Salvini a politician who speaks through his anus .... These two could be brothers from different mothers !!
He is a board's members pleaser, neither a gamer .... he is indeed a disgrace for the industry we love.
Chowing down on the ozempic does this. It's not natural hard earned weight loss that zombie look always comes from it
where was the protection for the creative teams behind perfect dark and ever wild? They were taking risks... it was the heads of MS that pushed for a 30% profit margin which resulted in the closure and cancellation of various projects. He can't protect them from the people above his pay grade... that was their call and he had to go from good guy Phil to bad guy Phil. I really hate the higher up as MS, they need to back the F off the XB division and let them cook like Sony did for PS division.
Don't forget Scalebound, and the comments that followed how it "wasn't a good fit" which is in direct contrast to this statement here.
Man I was looking forward to Everwild and bought my Xbox One to play Scalebound. Lol
Not to mention the protection when he had The Coalition's new ip Shangheist/Project Ranger canceled in favor of churning out more Gears installments.
The guy's a walking contradiction. Now, Ed Fries, that's a guy who was genuinely about innovation and creative gaming development.
Oh the contradictory statements every single time with this guy. Why does he attend these events if everything he says holds no weight or not true or never happens. He Doesn't speak on behalf Xbox like he thinks he does because will always I repeat, always do the opposite. Because MS doesn't care about creating just money and BS.
Well that's good to hear considering I use it everyday. I'm not saying I want every game to use it (because i don't) but keep a handful of creative, fun games coming my way every year and I'm happy. That and continue introducing new features for it. I'm curious to see how the PC community and indie teams get creative with it in the coming years.
I am more than comfortable using mine. Can't get xbox on to work at all times but I'm working on that. Like previous poster, I have controller in hand and I still bark out commands at kinect. It's handy and fun and quite honestly that may be just good enough by me.
Kinect has got its uses, its just not the best for games. I would say its definitely worth paying the little extra in the bundle to have it.
Bought a Kinect for my XBO last week. Had it about three days before I took it back. If I had dozens of games on the system, it would make sense to use it for navigation, but I don't. I know that because I use the PS Camera for navigation. It's a great feature and something I think is great if you have enough games on either system.
However, it was just too sporadic for me to use it for anything else. So, I returned it.
I hooked it up to my cable box, but it's just as quick and simple without hooking the thing through the Xbox One.