Nice title on the article....probably should have read. 'What people are missing on the point of backwards compatibility'........eith er way BC is a great addition to have in a feature set of a console and anyone who try's to downplay it is an idiot because it isn't costing anything by having a free feature that allows you to play well made older games you may have liked last gen on your newer console and at your leisure.

It's a good feature, but I'm not dying without it and it really isn't that big of a deal for me to have.
I never sell my old consoles and it's something special to launch the older machines up and actually playing your game on those instead of using BC, it's really not the same thing. Also, BC as has been stated in earlier comments, isn't used that much and the reason for this is, most people that like either older games, or retro games, actually like playing them on the console they were intended to be played on. This is the sole reason as to why I've never been much of a fan of BC at all and I think many people think the same. Also, why buy a new console and expect to be able to play older versions? I want new games, not old ones.

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