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Xbox Series S to Continue Being Supported Despite Developer Concerns

Xbox CEO Phil Spencer reassures gamers that Xbox Series S will continue to receive the same games as Series X.

RaidenBlack509d ago

Abandon the Series S already and make the next-gen 1 console SKU only i.e 1 Xbox Prime variant. So that no devs have to compromise their games for yet another weaker hardware. Just keep it simple, PS6 and Xbox Prime.
And keep the Xbox portable optional or part of Xbox Series gen/SKU whatever. Dont push that handheld onto next-gen only development.

crazyCoconuts508d ago

What of all the people that bought to XSS? It's presumably a large % of their existing console base. Can't just leave them all out to dry.

RaidenBlack508d ago

I meant to say, abandon the dual SKU/weakerSKU approach for next gen

crazyCoconuts508d ago

Gotcha. A traditional handheld would throw a wrench in the plans because they would have similar issues to the S... Lower spec device that you want new games to support.
I doubt they'd make it traditional though... More like a PC handheld where you don't guarantee game performance or require custom builds

RaidenBlack507d ago

Exactly.... or else another whole generation of games will have to be designed & planned just to run on a weaker system from the get go.
No more Crysis 2007 moment.

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pwnmaster3000509d ago

Series s is holding series x back like how PS4 is holding PS5 back.

Christopher509d ago

The games going to PS4 are also going to Xbox One... But the games going to just PS5 aren't being held back by the Series S.

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arm71174508d ago

That's not a good example. MS enforces "feature" parity and all titles "must" release on both day and date. Sony does not have that same requirements for their last gen console. That's why you see games like Black Myth: Wukong, Astro Bot, Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart, Stella Blade, etc.

darthv72508d ago

Seeing as the 4 and 5 are two different generations... the better example would be the 5 and 5Pro which would be akin to the SS and SX. Both are part of the same generation. PS development targets the 5 first and then scales up to the Pro, so there are no games being made with the Pro in mind first. That is the opposite for XB where games target the X and the scale down to the S.

That is where you have developers who are concerned with scaling back on their vision and having to cut back on what they are wanting to make... like BMW. If they target the S first, then they would not be as critical of it because they would know the X would work better by virtue of being the better system. And can then add additional tweaks to take advantage of the better hardware... ala the 5Pro approach.

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai52d ago (Edited 52d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio52d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing52d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster9252d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit52d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing52d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster9252d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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Report: Injustice 3 in Development at NetherRealm Studios

Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.

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Spiders Studio, Developers of GreedFall: The Dying World, Announce Liquidation of the Company

Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.

What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.

We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.

If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."