too many multiplatform stuff with nothing exclusive to the XBOX. And the exclusive games shown were already expected so nothing great.

They're conference was ok for the fans. But still nothing that would make someone with no Xbox jump in.

The Gears presentation was cringe worthy. Did you hear the deafening silence after the Gears logo came up it was Gears Pop? Then again when they said Gears is doing Halo Wars now. By the time they finally said, no were making a real Gears game they were clamoring for it.

All in all it was ok but still nothing for me to get excited about which is a shame when they come out the gate boasting 50 games, however many exclusives. There needs to be something there that says you need an Xbox if you don't have one. There wasn't.

The message I got is we finally believe exclusives matter but we're too far behind to matter. And also that machine we just released that's not selling so well. Well we're working on a new one to push out real soon, but don't feel too bad because we're trying to kill generations in consoles anyway. Microsoft even when they do a decent job just do nothing for me. They don't get gaming. It's just a way to make money for them. They really needed to wow us to get gamers trust back. Did anyone say wow that whole time?

Ps. Really disappointed in the Ninja theory news. I mean I get it. They need that financial security. But it's worrying times for them. All that talk about creative independence. Does that sound anything like Microsoft? Plus you could tell they know their fans are mainly on PlayStation. Cutting 50% of the gaming population out of your potential sales is not easy to do. Especially when your best games were on PlayStation and made them a success. Oh well. Good luck to them. I hope they don't end up like Rare or so many others.

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