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Xbox boss Phil Spencer on the future of gaming: “The business isn’t how many consoles you sell”

The head of Xbox just unveiled a new console, but Phil Spencer isn’t too worried about selling you one. “I don’t need to sell any specific version of the console in order for us to reach our business goals,” the told Verge in an interview yesterday, the day after Microsoft held its annual E3 keynote.

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Krangs_Uncle2411d ago

No, it's how many interviews you give a year.

mikeslemonade2411d ago

He’s right. This is coming from Sony fan:

1. Microsoft
2. Sony
3. Stadia
4. Nintendo

bouzebbal2411d ago

Funny it's not what they have been screaming last gen.. Zero honesty

mikeslemonade2411d ago (Edited 2411d ago )

Lol keep doubting, I’ve been right every generation on who won.

Microsoft will price out the competition by letting you play new games for $5-$10 a month.

I just got Xbox game pass ultimate for 3 years at $150.

And since 2018 Microsoft has bought out 15 studios. Microsoft has lots of cash just sitting on the side line.

I’m a Sony fan at heart but their business model is obsolete. Traditional console game is dying.

AspiringProGenji2411d ago

I didn’t join this site Yesterday @mike

Stop the bullshit

darthv722411d ago

Hey bouz... were the same people running things last gen too?

Different team, different dream.

rainslacker2411d ago

@Darth

Yeah. The new team isn't doing as well in terms of sales. What's your point?

Silly Mammo2411d ago

@darth

Problem is the dream seems to keep changing.

darthv722411d ago (Edited 2411d ago )

@rain I cant remember what sales were like before Phil but i can only assume there have been more units sold since his promotion than prior. My point is that under new management, they managed to turn things around to a respectful 40+ million units sold. Who knows how bad things would have been if nothing changed.

@silly, actually Phils dream has always been the same. To increase the number of engaged players for xbox services / games. He has done pretty good so far. Expanding that reach into PC and mobile is the next logical step.

xX-oldboy-Xx2411d ago

darthv72 - More units since Phil has been at the helm? Remove Kinect, price cuts, bundles, 3 console revisions - 3 CONSOLE REVISIONS - I had to had to say that twice. Is that a record for a single gen? Perhaps ms has won something after all.

Unspoken2411d ago (Edited 2411d ago )

Here come the Sony fanboys into every Xbox article. lol

Phil isn't incorrect in anything he is saying. And yes if they had high sales numbers he would talk about it. Both are correct and he would still say the focus is on software and services. Satya changed all that years ago but these children don't have half a brain to remember any of it. Microsoft has turned around many times and have increased profits even after trying multiple different innovative ideas and products.

They always scream doom and gloom. lol

Ju2411d ago

Well, I give MS that. With Sony not showing up they can at least show up in every interview.

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Sophisticated_Chap2410d ago

@ AspiringProGengi

Enough with the nonsense.

UltraNova2410d ago (Edited 2410d ago )

I'm sure MS and Phil are giving their fans what they want. Just as I'm sure we non-MS fans "dont get it" wink wink*. I mean after the 360, xbox fans were fed up with all those xbox games and just wanted services and more services until their eyes popped out and their wallets drained! /S

Damn the double standards and irony is off the charts with you people...

Ceaser98573612410d ago (Edited 2410d ago )

mIkelemonade

Thanks to MS for backing up Xbox because it wasn't doing well. Sony aint that powerful like MS but still doing better in Gaming department. Had Sony had that kind of Money things would have been different.

and its obvious now it doesnt matter how many console it sold for MS because PLAY ANYWHERE happened so they are very much focused on GAAS and software sales.. Most importantly GAAS
That way MS is making good money.. Once GAAS is available more than Xbox and PC platform they will make more... like the Netflix of Gaming..

Sony will be where it is and they are doing exceptionally well and they will continue to improve grow and do much better

pwnmaster30002410d ago (Edited 2410d ago )

Yooo mikeslemonade is a legend out here on n4g. Put some respect on this dudes name lol.

mikeslemonade2410d ago

^
You guys just have oldhead thinking.

And like someone said Microsoft is the closest thing to the Netflix of gaming. We had pretends like Onlive, Strydyr, and Stadia... but Microsoft has the connections, money, and fanbase to actually make it into the Netflix of gaming. And Netflix by the way is going down. It’s gonna be “Disney and Chill” sooner or later.

Sony is gonna sell slightly less than what they did this gen, it’s just gonna be a downward trend for traditional consoles.

badz1492410d ago (Edited 2410d ago )

HAHAHAHA Phil...you should do stand up comedy!

see this:

https://www.dualshockers.co...

PSN alone made more money than the whole xbox and Nintendo combined last year!! just PSN, not even the entire PS division.

I guess next Phil will say “The business isn’t about how much revenue you generate”

nowitzki20042410d ago

@mikeslemonade

Coming from MS fanboy supreme

1. PS4
2. Switch
3. Stadia
4. Nintendo WiiU
5. Xbox One

Facts are facts

Army_of_Darkness2410d ago

For ms it's not about console sales anymore because they are way behind ps4 sales... So now it's about how many sucka... Umm, errr.. I mean people fall for their monthly game pass.. And after seeing their e3 show I see not point in even getting their next gen console to begin with... Better off with a Sony and Nintendo combo.

mikeslemonade2410d ago

^
Lol fall for the gamepass..

Some of the games that will be there day 1:
Gears
Age of Empires remaster
Ori
Outer lands
Blair Witch
Pshychonaughts 2

And that’s just year 1. I paid $150 for 3 years. How am I getting tricked. You’re the ones who are getting “tricked” when you buy Outerlands for $60.

Potnoodle9992410d ago

@Bouzzebbal nor at the start of this gen 😂

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lelo2play2411d ago

Then he already won. Flawless victory.

russo1212411d ago (Edited 2411d ago )

These executives can talk trash whatever they want, I sincerely don't get the point what he's trying to achieve. Another re-read and it seems he wants an ecosystem to be console agnostic.

gravedigger2411d ago

Phil Spencer at E3 2 days ago:
"Xbox consoles are vital to us"

Surely if they manage to outsell PS5 during launch, they will scream out loud about that

alb18992411d ago

He didn't say consoles aren't vital but even Sony know that consoles won't be that important in the near future

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SyntheticForm2411d ago

Microsoft isn't competing with Sony because they don't 'need' to. That's why you're not seeing the story-driven, narrative heavy exclusives the likes of which Sony thrive on. Microsoft can continue doing what they're doing and mosey along just peachy. They're perfectly comfortable.

Sony may be crushing Microsoft in the first party games dept, but they're not crushing them financially - not by a long shot, and that's what Phil is basically saying. They don't need to match Sony in anything; consoles, games, etc because 'their' business model is 'working' for 'them.'

For people who care about games this sucks, but for Microsoft? Pshh.

Dark_Knightmare22411d ago

But comparing just their gaming divisions does show Sony crushing them

xX-oldboy-Xx2411d ago

Synthetic - Sony is absolutely crushing ms xbox division when it comes to revenue. Sounds to me like they've already conceded defeat next gen. These are not the comments of a confident person.

sinspirit2410d ago

This is Playstation versus XBox. Not Sony versus Microsoft. Keep that in mind. Microsoft's finances mean nothing about XBox's actual success. As can already be seen by still lacking substance and direction after almost 10 years.

Do you think it's okay for Microsoft to be comfortable? It's clear that this is their goal rather than providing industry leading games and content that they just want the constant influx of money through services and accessories. I don't think being comfortable is okay. That doesn't mean they have to rack their brains to do something. It just means they shouldn't be okay with their current status which is reliant on services that are enticing due to cost benefits rather than individual products that are enticing because of the quality of those products.

jznrpg2410d ago

They aren’t competing with Sony anymore because they can’t win. They realized their faithful will buy anything they dish out and they couldn’t win so they shifted focus on fully on subs earlier than they planned . They wanted a bigger piece of the pie but are happy with spending less and making more .

Mr_Writer852410d ago (Edited 2410d ago )

Edit
Just a quick note in 2018 Xbox Divison had record high revenue of £10b

PlayStation in the same year made £17b.

So they kinda are crushing them purely in the PlayStation vs Xbox. You have to include MS other business (Azure, Windows etc) to get the MS win over Sony.

But imo you're half right

They're not competing with Sony as I believe their long term goal is a new breed of publishing.

Think about it, atm game pass needs 3rd party games, that takes a chunk of money from MS.

But let's say in 5 years time MS have enough of their own content to phase out 3rd party games and not only offer value still, but take more profit.

Roughly before E3 there were 9m GP subs. All paying £4.99 a month.

That's £44m a month £538m a year.

Now let's just say all 9 million upgraded to GPU at £10.99 a month

That's now £98m a month and £1.8b a year.

In 10 years time, you may see an Xbox app on any sort of electronic device, phone, tablet, laptop, PC, TV, firesticks etc.

On that service is 300+ games all made/published by MS.

You have 40m subs. Even without price hikes etc that's £439m a month. £5.2b a year just selling games.

Publishers have their own store fronts on PC, but I think in the future most will have their own version of game pass.

As streaming becomes more viable, publishers will push their own content.

Much like Netflix vs Prime vs HBO vs Hulu vs Disney.

AspiringProGenji2410d ago

Lol the xbox fans sure brag about MS finances a lot. You don’t care that MS is being crushed with games as long as they make money. You must be a fan of EA too

Realms2410d ago (Edited 2410d ago )

Yeah ok their business model moving forward will catch up with them, they are banking on game pass constant revenue stream but the low quality of the games available thru this service will be their down fall. We are already seeing this play out. Zero new AAA games have been announced by MS, I suspect this is intentional since they have no desire to pore resources into games that they will have to add to their service day one. Expect to get a ton of games with less quality to pad their gaming service library.

TheEnigma3132410d ago

what does financially have to do with anything. The xbox division is not profitable at all. They are getting revenue off of windows and ms office 360.

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Kiwi662411d ago

Maybe it would help if people didn't keep asking him for an interview

xX-oldboy-Xx2411d ago

He is a grown man, he can say no. Maybe they ask because they know the chances of getting one is high.

Kiwi662411d ago

@oldboy but then people would complain about that

Kiwi662410d ago (Edited 2410d ago )

Wait, so people say he does too many interviews and so i make a suggestion and people don't like that idea ?

gamer78042411d ago

you are right Krangs_Uncle, but thats just part of it, it's Impressions, Interviews speaking and listening to customers, Game Sales, Consoles Sales, DLC Sales, subcriptions to services, customer service, etc.

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trooper_2410d ago

Spencer is so full of crapola, lol.

itsmebryan2410d ago

No, it's about how much money you make for a business. Now they have new money streams coming from their competition Sony and Nintendo. It think MS will do fine.

Jin_Sakai2410d ago

Xbox boss Phil Spencer on the future of gaming: “The business isn’t about how many consoles you sell when you’re losing”

Fixed.

We all know you’d be bragging on Twitter left and right if you were winning.

alb18992410d ago

Time will open your eyes my friend. What was important yesterday isn't today. Talk to blockbuster and they will help you understand.

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antbolton892411d ago

If the Xbox One had sold 90 million units that's all they would talk about.

Brave_Losers_Unite2411d ago (Edited 2411d ago )

Yup. They can't admit that they are the most inferior out of the three. Isnt Switch going to pass them soon?

Darkborn2411d ago

It should according to the numbers. Hell it might have already.

MONOLITHICIDE2411d ago

I might be getting a Switch here shortly. I have not bought an Nintendo system since Gameboy Advanced. My old ladys' been wanting a new Gameboy because her Gameboy color does not save files anymore. Was interested in getting the 3ds but why not just get the Switch mm'right?

Donnie812411d ago

If I’m not mistaken the Xbox has second place of this generation locked down. It passed the Wii U in sales years ago and I doubt it’s making a comeback

Pickledpepper2410d ago

I'm not sure about inferior. They have a more powerful console and let's look at microsoft net worth and let's look at Sony's net worth.
I own all platforms but to call Microsoft inferior is a bit naive. If they do fall behind in sells with the next gen (which they probably will) I don't think it will worry them to much, very deep pockets.

NXFather2410d ago

I am the best. I can admit that. Would you care to tell me the three? Oh my bad we just talking about video games. I could not pay one you to level with me on downtown there. Just tell me one thing anyone beat me on. If you're gonna say what are you talking about then there is no point responding. Just chalk it up a crazy person. I see how not one of you will bring it up in real life. We all see who did what? All the time.

RizBiz2410d ago

@Monolithicide The Gameboy Colour doesn't save games, each individual game does. Unscrew the games she wants to play and replace the batteries.

Mr_Writer852410d ago

@donnie

Nice spin, but it terms of competition the Switch is closing in, last gen or next gen means diddle squat.

Right now there are 3 consoles on sale and Xbox is close to coming 3rd.

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1-pwnsause-12411d ago

Aaron Greenberg would walk out of his room just to gloat about sales....

harmny2411d ago (Edited 2411d ago )

Whoops

TacoTaco2411d ago

It's not what they have today and it's not the reality of the situation, so stop saying things that Phil Spencer isn't even implying.

Do you know what a "business goal" is, to start? How about a point of reference... let's go with the company I work for. It's not doing so hot in its industry, and we lost quite a bit. We are not number one, not by a long shot. So, we have a business goal to, basically, "operate more efficiently."

We have done that last quarter. We're still not number one. Still not by a long shot. But guess what? Even though we didn't X the most Y, we still reached our business goal! Is that a concept you're capable of understanding?

rainslacker2411d ago

But, your company isn't going around acting like they are number one, even when conceding that they aren't. Spencer may occasionally act humble, but they haven't done what they should have been doing all gen, and now they're talking about next gen as if this gen never happened.

There's a huge difference between recognizing your place, and pretending your place is more than it is when it comes to business. There are plenty of stores that aren't as successful as Amazon. It doesn't mean they are making as much as Amazon, or are as good. Rhetorical example, I'm not trying to say amazon is better than everyone else.

xX-oldboy-Xx2411d ago

Taco Taco - So the business goal announced at the xbox one reveal, is that what you mean? Or do we change when our product doesn't sell as expected - "First to 10 million units win the gen" - Larry 'Major Nelson' Hryb.

They've constantly looked at how they can make the most money with out addressing the elephant in the room.

Now they have some new studios, some ok, some good. But their plan for those studios is a worry. Matt Booty wants a game every 3 months when Scarlet is released.

They want to follow the Netflix model, do you realise how much shit is on Netflix?

NXFather2410d ago

@rainslacker

When did any God, Any of them send a prophet to lie about his rank. Or how about this. When did any God tell us lucifer or any devil is number three?

darthv722411d ago

90 million is nothing when there are billions of potential gamers out there from consoles to pc to mobile. By expanding the reach, they dont have to worry about sales. They just have to provide entertainment that keeps people engaged.

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rainslacker2411d ago (Edited 2411d ago )

So, you expect MS to have more than 90 million subscribers to their service?

I wonder what makes anyone believe that. Steam, the largest and most successful company on PC, only has around 90 million monthly users, and they're a more mainstream accepted form of gaming than these sub services or streaming services.

I'd be surprised if they even go over 20 million users by the end of next gen.

I'm tired of the console wars being fought based on things that have nothing to do with the consoles. If you want MS to win the services war, then fight that war, and stop relating it to traditional consoles or PC gaming. It's a different market, so as console gamers, why should we care one way or the other? We'll compare next gen using their console sales, and it won't matter who has the most used service. I know it won't matter to Xbox fan boys if Sony or Stadia have the most users, and my money is actually on Google because of their reach.

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S2Killinit2410d ago

Evey new gen I go in with a mentality that I KNOW i’ll be supporting Playstation because of how great they support their consoles in the previous gen, but also with an open mind about xbox as a console i would buy if MS shows me why. But when MS opens its mouth about the future they envision for gaming, I remember why I dont support them anymore.

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alb18992411d ago

The thing is that everything change. MS has now so many ways to reach us that isn't anymore a thing of consoles sales. More important is how many people have good enough internet than how many consoles.

SyntheticForm2411d ago

Exactlyyyyyy.

Microsoft's business model is totally different; Sony rely on their console sales much more than Microsoft.

It's more about how many people can Microsoft reach, and consoles aren't but 'one' vessel they can use to achieve that.

TheEnigma3132410d ago

Sony beat their asses out of the console market because they couldn't compete.

Codewow2410d ago

The reality is that how many consoles sell isn’t the metric they’re looking at. They take a loss on every console sold for the majority of its generation. The number they want to see is library size. How many games has a person bought, how many dlc, how many subscriptions do they have, etc. because they are playing a margins game and consoles have a negative one.

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PhoenixUp2411d ago

Microsoft sure didn’t have that mindset last gen when they would never resist an opportunity to boast about Xbox 360 sales numbers

YodaCracker2411d ago

Because last gen it wasn’t true. The business back then WAS how many consoles you sold, and how many software sales that produced. That was a decade ago. We’re now entering the age of services and streaming. It doesn’t matter how many consoles Microsoft sells when you can get Game Pass on PC or stream the games on any device. Microsoft is in the best position heading into the future with xCloud and Game Pass. I’d be very surprised if they don’t pull in the highest revenue of any game company next gen.

fei-hung2411d ago

They make money from services, software and accessories. Therefore the more consoles you sell the more:

1) the more services you can provide for a fee,

2) the more software you can sell,

3) the more accessories you can sell.

MS has lost sales on:

1) accessories
2) services and
3) software

If console sales didn't matter, they wouldn't bother selling consoles and by that go out of their way to create consoles to it perform their competitor and try to out market their competitor.

vega2752411d ago (Edited 2411d ago )

Fei-hung

You are wrong. Microsoft made 9 billion in one quarter without selling a lot of consoles.
Even when fanboys scream "I'll just buy it on pc" Microsoft gets that money. Gamepass has millions of subscribers. So how have they lost service and software?

Sony has psnow and still hasn't cracked 1 million. Even with selling almost 1 hundred million consoles. Sony knows that what Microsoft and Google may be the future and doesn't want to be left behind.

So no console sales doesn't matter if you only sell 5 million copies sold. But being able to play it anywhere sales get you 20-30million copies sold from people who would not have bought your console.

Longadog2410d ago (Edited 2410d ago )

oh that was back then, huh? is that so.. okay, got it tiger... whatever lets you sleep at night *thumbs up* :)

seriously enjoy spencer crowd logic

Sevir2410d ago

That's interesting you bring up the 9 billion but compare that to Sony's Streaming service... Streaming, the very thing you've all critized Stadia for. PS Now is one aspect of the PSN which last year eclipsed both Nintendo and Microsoft's digital sales income combined. 12.5 billion in digital sales was profit for all of 2018 for Sony. And Sony themselves have now switched to a services and software focus for the rest of this Generation now that the PS4 is at market saturation.

All their interviews are next gen leaks and development hint that they are overhauling their Network infrastructure for the future to tackle and really make for a platform to do robust streaming and a more powerful online gaming experience. Along with their own partnership with MS for this purpose.

So you're not really saying much but trying to defend why MS hasn't sold as many XB's this gen as Sony sold over double that amount with PS4s

The PS and Xbox business will evolve to tackle Stadia. They'll offer stronger robust services in the next generation.

But let's not kid ourselves. If MS sold 90+ million XBOs in 6 years Phil would be talking about the importance of hardware sales in addition to services, because let's be real, if the XB business is about reaching users then selling Xboxes to provide services is 100% the goal, and if you Sell more hardware, you have a bigger pool of customers to market your services to

fiveby92410d ago

" It doesn’t matter how many consoles Microsoft sells when you can get Game Pass on PC or stream the games on any device."

If you believe that is true then why is MS even investing R&D money into producing yet another new console? If consoles sales mean so little then why did Sony sell so many consoles? Clearly, someone out there wants to buy consoles. MS would love to sell more consoles. It is important to them. They are just failing at it compared to the competition.

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darthv722411d ago

I love it when people compare last gen to this gen as if things on the management side never changed. Like i said above. Different team, different dream.

vega2752411d ago

They need to hold on to the hate. Its what they what they live for.

sinspirit2410d ago

XBox has been slacking for 10 years. There is no different dream here. Microsoft still controls XBox. They only fired XBox's scape goat CEO who was too forward on Microsoft's strategy about controlling consumers product ownership and selling services. Phil is pushing that same vision but slowly. The box is still lacking in software, big franchises are failing and reviewing worse and worse, we lack new IP's that are high quality, they worry entirely about their image and advertisement budgets while their product quality is low, they are focused on services and connectivity rather than individual quality products being properly managed and delivered to consumers, they still act like they are leaders of the industry in articles, interviews, and presentations when they have made every mistake they could have made and are still only kept afloat due to their parent company and services that entice consumers looking for surface level cost effectiveness rather than quality assured product management.

Why are you cheerleading a motto? It's not going to stick.

Prince-Ali2410d ago

Darth you have NOOO IDEA what you're talking about!!! EVERYTHING MS has now LITERALLY EVERYTHING they have now that you all seem to champion and point to Phil as the creator is COMPLETELY WRONG and was always part of the Xbox initiative since Don Mattrick was there lool.. i literally have an article from 2012 where everything were getting now was already approved and shown to be part of the plans except there was a lot more TV integration but they scaled back on that for now! And the Xbox One X has been an Xbox plan since 2013 to have a more powerful version of the system down the road... so literally nothing is Phil but you allll act like he's your lord and saviour lool

BLow2411d ago

The reason he keeps saying this because MS wants to sell you a service and not a console. They keep saying this over and over again. It's called programming or brainwashing. You keep saying the same thing over and over until people just except and believe anything you say. It's a very real concept.

Gamepass Gamepass Gamepass. Oh and Xbox Live. They are putting the two together so they are relient on each other. If they are tied together, you can't cancel one without canceling both. That's what they want.

Then all the fanboys validate what they say, then it spreads like a wildfire. Look at this year's E3. Most diehards said this is the make it or break it year. The general consensus is that they didn't deliver. Then you have the some saying to wait until next E3 already. You have some where one of the main highlights for them is a service. That ultimate package. Not a game but a service.

This is what MS wants. They want you to talk about a service rather than games. This has become apparent after this conference. But this is just my opinion and what do I know? What I do like is big quality AAA games and I know where to go to get it...

darthv722411d ago

Are you saying gamepass doesnt have big AAA games or are you trying to say that if Sony offered the same service it would be more your style because it is those AAA games you think of?

Vizigoth042411d ago

@darthv72

Sony mostly likely at some point may go the very same route, the difference though is that Sony actually makes exclusives that appeal to a variety of gamers. Where is Microsoft’s God of War, Death Stranding, Bloodborne, Days Gone, Horizon Zero Dawn, Uncharted, The Last of Us, or Spider-Man? There is far less heart and talent inside the majority of Game Pass games. You know the games you passed because you didn’t want to buy them in the first place.

xX-oldboy-Xx2411d ago

Yep - repeat until.it becomes the narrative. Subscriptions is all they want. Good luck to them, they are taking the industry in a direction I don't like. Remember they were the first to introduce paid online, that's now the norm.

Pickledpepper2410d ago (Edited 2410d ago )

Im playing horizon zero dawn at the moment to see what all the hype was about, its a good game but i cant help thinking, where have I done all this before? Killing animals for pouch upgrades, taking bases, setting traps, hitting weak points on enemies, climbing towers to open up map, collecting plants for different reasons, but until now I couldn't put my finger on it.
I know a lot of people are going to disagree but it's just a Far cry 3 clone but 3rd person

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rdgneoz32411d ago

Yah, during the 360 era they were constantly putting out number of units sold and comparing to the PS3. After getting beat badly by the PS4, they switched to reporting xbox live users (and including free accounts...). Now they don't care about selling consoles at all... Times have changed...

SyntheticForm2411d ago

That was a different time and smartphones were just burgeoning. Raw console sales meant a lot more to Microsoft back then. Everything's changed now; Microsoft have new ways to permeate the industry.

DarXyde2411d ago

Actually, you should consider that is still the case now. I believe it was this past December or the year prior that Greenberg came out of his hole to "congratulate" Nintendo on being the number one console sold that month and Xbox One came in second. You never hear about any other month.

UnholyLight2410d ago

Phil Spencer didn't exactly run the ship last gen tho? So I mean obviously they didn't have the same mindset 14 years ago they do now

alb18992410d ago

Can blockbuster talk about yesterday?
The market is changing and if you don't see it it is because you are missing some info bro.

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CP_Company2411d ago (Edited 2411d ago )

How it is not a business? You sell more, you have bigger pool of people to sell games, passes and so on.
This statement is so broken on so many levels.
And stop saying that people asks and you give an answer, you have to be adjucated to give proper answers and not just like clueless 5 years old kid on the street. .

TacoTaco2411d ago

Please don't talk about education when you can't even spell "educated", man. Since you are so adjucated and have full understanding of Microsoft's business goals, however, please, do tell me even one of the levels in which his statement is broken.

rdgneoz32411d ago

You around during last gen of consoles? They bragged all the time about how much the 360 was selling (even with red ring and usually reporting the numbers sold to stores, not customers). PS4 comes around and beats the xbone, suddenly they care about xbox live user numbers and no don't care about sales of systems at all...

xX-oldboy-Xx2411d ago

Taco Taco - maybe English isn't his first language? Also I get caught out often with auto correct, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

TK-662410d ago (Edited 2410d ago )

@rdgneoz3

"You around during last gen of consoles? They bragged all the time about how much the 360 was selling"

It's called being a salesmen. You spin your negatives into positives. Let's say sea of Theives at most has sold 2 million. You can announce that or announce that it has 8 million players and link it into talking up and success of Game Pass.

Every company in the industry has done this and will continue to do this.

TheSaint2410d ago

Because your grammar is perfect, right?

SyntheticForm2410d ago

I agree - CP_Company isn't educated, but a lot of us type from our phones, which tend to have a will of their own as we all know.

TacoTaco2410d ago

My grammar is competent enough to where I know not to insult other's education and age when I can't even spell the damn word.

And regarding last gen - why the heck do we care what someone else said a *decade* ago about some other set of consoles? Nintendo sold 100m+ Wii's, then they sold just 10% of that for their next system. That's so much worse than how MS is doing today, but no, let's drag Phil through the mud over things his crappy predecessors did, at a time when every living gamer knows the Xbox One is too old to be their focus today.

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starchild2411d ago

Selling more consoles isn't the only way to reach more people and sell more games and services. That's the whole point.

trooper_2410d ago

@Taco: Anyone with a brain knows what he meant. Look at you, trying to act smart when you can’t even prove him wrong.

StormLegend2411d ago

Not what I heard last generation and the beginning of this one. It's your own fault the Xbox one sold only 40 million.

darthv722411d ago

I think you are confusing Spencer with Matrick.

xX-oldboy-Xx2411d ago

All xbox at the end of the day, it's not a dictatorship. Mattrick was a fall guy.

alb18992411d ago

Even Sony doesn't know if ps5 will be their last console. Don't you get it?

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Kotick claims lawsuit objecting to MS-Activision deal was "tied to Embracer's desire to boost sales"

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OpenGL1d 5h ago

Yeah, the Microsoft deal has DEFINITELY worked out for everyone.

galgor1d 2h ago

Can this mother fucker just get lost already

PRIMORDUS1d 1h ago

He belongs in here ⚰️, hopefully sooner than later.

MrDead10h ago(Edited 10h ago)

Kotick Made $155 million from MS in the buyout, the little b*tch needs to stop whining. Thanks to this Microslop deal and massive industry consolidation thousands upon thousands of devs and other workers lost their livelihoods. This greedy piggie pervert needs shut up and f-off.

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Larry Hyrb (Major Nelson) announces he has been laid off by Unity

Larry writes: "As many of you have been with me during my career in gaming, I'd like to share personal news. Like many in the gaming space recently, I've been laid off from @Unity"

darthv722d ago

...me thinks a switch was involved.

1Victor2d ago

That’s some major layoffs best of luck to him and the rest that got laid off. It always hurt specially more before or during holidays.

The_Blue1d 19h ago

Cool, sucks to see him go!

elJoker51d 11h ago

Met Larry a couple times. Sucks to hear he got laid off. Real standup guy who just loves gaming and the industry.

SegaSaturn6691d 5h ago

Dude finally got laid at 58 years old. Bit of a weird flex but im still happy for the guy!🥂