The launch of new hardware will dominate the headlines at Microsoft's E3 conference, they just have to back it up with software.

Software , xbox only exclusives are instant purchase from me.

IMO, MS's troubles these past 3.5 years has been,
1. Poor product debut with marketing focus on television and kinect being too prominent. They suffered from that stigma even though they quickly pivoted.
2. A first party lineup which felt lacking compared to PS4.
3. Slight power / performance differential with PS4.

Scorpio addresses #3. I think MS re-positioned for gaming focus years ago to address #1. But #2 above is TBD. MS will announce things at E3 bu till they actually deliver the goods on some new first party titles it is all just vaporware.

I keep seeing these types of statements despite the fact that here especially, it really won't matter what they show. The people who have spent all their time bashing the lack of exclusives could watch Microsoft announce 40 unannounced exclusive titles at the show, & all they'd do is find a reason why all 40 suck.

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