Game-Smack Ireland: This year the holiday season for games is going to be slightly different over any other year. Now that the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 are half way through their projected 10 year cycle, both Sony and Microsoft are trying to rejuvenate their brands. This month, Sony will first take the plunge and see if they can recreate the buzz and sales Nintendo’s Wii obtained when it was released nearly 4 years ago.
Gamesbeat caught up with Blackley to extract some wisdom about Microsoft’s journey in games, what he thinks Sharma should do, and where gaming can go next. Part of his message is hopeful, but Blackley sees a lot of peril on the road that Microsoft is following. And it makes him worry about the future of gaming.
"I expect that the new CEO, Asha Sharma, her job is going to be as a palliative care doctor who slides Xbox gently into the night."
LOL
Anyway, let's wait and see maybe Mia Khalifa will surprise us.
I’m on the fence about her. I’ll give her chance, but if she is there to finish things off. Well what can you do.
After seeing the article of the possible sunsetting of Xbox as said by Seamus Blackley I believe, I went onto X because of a post I saw. It was a gif of Vegeta powering up, the poster commented as Vegeta yelling “Don’t take my fiercest competitor away from me.” Standing there in his blue Sayian/Freiza corps outfit. So it got me to thinking, so let me ask a question to N4G.
If Vegeta is PlayStation, who would Xbox and Nintendo be in the Dragon Ball universe?
Who would be Master Roshi?
I have my own opinion of course, I just want to see what others think.
If you read Kotaku even semi-regularly, you already know that Xbox has been in a weird spot for some time now. And with today’s news that both Xbox boss Phil Spencer and President Sarah Bond are leaving and the new head of the brand will be a former Meta exec who previously lead Microsoft’s AI division, I think it’s time to call it. Xbox is dead. Time of death: February 20, 2026
This brand died in the last 2 years of 360 since Kinect announcement.. downfall started all of a sudden until reaching the point of no return with xbox 1 DRM disasters
So ready to defend that you posted it twice.
In any event, I have a more accurate quote: "It's dead, Jim".
Also Mark Twain:
I have never wished death on anyone but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.
While I normally agree... The future of xbox is on shaky ground. Well, xbox as we know it. Im not sure what they are shooting for but who they put in charge mixed with Phil retiring and bond just flat out leaving. It's not looking good.
Im with you but in western countries I have noticed a trend to put women in control to prevent any kind of critics.
Copilot is running the xbox division now, its first official act was fire Spencer and Bond then sell Xbox for scraps.
Oh come on, Xbox has been dead for at least 10 years now. I think what’s more important right now is Playstation’s death that is very slowly but surely happening through mismanagement and greed.
He's being clowned on by the entire internet but i have been clowning on him way before he became CEO. I hate modern PS so much man. To this day i have no idea how Astro Bot happend in this terrible PS era but that was clearly a miracle.
Every. Time! They compare the closing of a studio (one I liked, mind you, but they know their business better than internet dwellers) to the departure of not one but TWO major figureheads at Xbox. On top of Xbox's other problems, they are also now selling their games everywhere (not just PC).
Sorry diehard Xbox fanatics, we've been down this road before. PlayStation has closed studios. It happens. Maybe they weren't pulling their weight. Maybe they have a restructure in place. What ever the case, it won't come any close to tanking their brand. Xbox isn't in that boat. As a piece of hardware, it is all but irrelevant (hanging on only because of Game Pass at this point). It serves no other purpose because you don't even need that console to play its games. If it was just Xbox/PC, that would be different, but here we are.
So, this isn't the SonyToo that y'all love to hang on. Things are not good for Xbox hardware. At all. It is about time to start accepting that.
Respectfully, This is probably one of my least favorite tactics in making an argument.
I'll give you an example: If I like the color red, it doesn't mean I hate the color blue.
People lamenting the (potential) demise of the xbox brand has nothing to do with sony or playstation. It has everything to do with xbox. Now, for the sake of argument, you could say that Sony and Microsoft are two peas in a pod, and that they've both made absolutely baffling and worryingly stupid decisions in the recent past. But I truly believe that Xbox would be shooting itself in the foot regardless of Sony's presence (I look at you, Xbox One reveal with always online DRM and the inability to share games).
Sony, on the other hand, is making stupid decisions to stay competitive with the market, and like Microsoft, is seemingly forcing by proverbial gunpoint talented developers to try to make the next GAAS experience and never learning their lesson. I believe that Microsoft squandering RARE is the equivalent of Sony squandering Naughty Dog. Neither platform really knows what they want to be, BUT Sony is alot further along in figuring it out before Microsoft pulls out another revolver and takes aim at another of it's own toes.
Xbox died after the Xbox 360. The Xbox One was mediocre, the Series X was game shy. I'm glad Phil is retiring.
Exaggerated projection of xbox problems onto Sony. This is what gave xbox the extra slack all these generations to eventually run themselves into the ground.
This is why the views and comments are low, with lame articles that use divide-and-conquer pretensions.
To be fair "divide and conquer pretensions" have been present in the comment section of this website for years regardless of the articles title, composition or intent. It's therefore unlikely that's what's playing a part in low viewership and commenting.
Microsoft claimed the indie game uses "Minecraft content."
kinect is a circus act promising "big" things and delivering nothing but low ball titles and shame to the gaming business.
and charging around $100.00 is not going to help
As always we must wait and see, Kinect releases in what? Mid November? So I guess they still have a little time to further improve on things - Not trying to start a flame war or anything but I pick my Xbox over ps3 for multiplatform games because thats the first console i got. I'm just afraid Microsoft are going to forget the core gamer. Not only is Kinect a Step Backwards.It's a Overpriced Laggy Step Backward's - I agree and I do the same, mostly because I have two xbox 360s, one at home and one at work at the firestation. I have a PS3, but its always at home...plus, I like the 360 controller better...I mostly use my PS3 for their exclusives.
I just wish someone could take some clear steady video footage of the latest builds of these games. It seems that all we see are shaky blurry videos of people going out of their way to trip the system up. Or written articles on how it was either great or terrible with no video proof at all. Kinect is an embarrassment; as a 360 owner, and a hardcore gamer as well.
I hope it fails, mostly because I want 360 to focus back on whats most important. I am getting a PS move, and I already have a Wii (for the exclusives mostly), Kinect is like a bad dream that we as 360 fans want to wake up out of and see some new IPs in its place. I agree with both of you, I also use my 360 for every multiplatform mainly because I like XBL better than PSN, and I like the 360 controller better. Then I use my PS3 only for exclusives, and to download movies hahaha.
I could care less if Move or Kinect fails or succeeds because I really have no intentions on buying either. I will always prefer a controller over motion controls, no matter how good they arekinect is a circus act promising "big" things and delivering nothing but low ball titles and shame to the gaming business.you wanna talk about step backwards ? lets talk about how sony is a step backwards in online, how sony is a step back in the number of A,AA,AAA games in comparison to the 360, how sony is a step backwards in overall software and hardware sales in comparison to the 360.you wanna talk about step backwards? lets talk about how sony is a step backwards in online, how sony is a step back in the number of A,AA,AAA games in comparison to the 360, how sony is a step backwards in overall software and hardware sales in comparison to the 360. Now just watch the army of N4PS3fanboys are gonna approve this flaimebait article
and charging around $100.00 is not going to help. Kinect is barely a step in any direction. It's a slight evolution (but mostly an imitation) of concepts already done by Eye and EyeToy. Kinect is a step backwards and waste of MS resources. Why didn't they take that cash and buy some new first party studios to produce some new IP's?
I liked this article, very well written in my opinion.
On topic: Is Kinect a step backwards? It’s still to soon to tell. Preview articles are still all over the place as far as wether it works or not. Some are claiming that it’s almost unplayable, while others have had no problems at all and find it a refreshing changeAnd no, this isn't a Sony vs Microsoft comparison. You'd be hard-pressed to find anything coming out for Kinect (not tech demos, but actual games coming out) that hasn't already been done in some way on other camera-based games. kinect is pretty revolutionary in my opinion. what i dont understand is why noone is criticizing sony for making wii mote clones...i mean they didnt even care to change the controller much.
On topic: Is Kinect a step backwards? It’s still to soon to tell. Preview articles are still all over the place as far as wether it works or not. Some are claiming that it’s almost unplayable, while others have had no problems at all and find it a refreshing change.
As always we must wait and see, Kinect releases in what? Mid November? So I guess they still have a little time to further improve on things.
I just wish someone could take some clear steady video footage of the latest builds of these games. It seems that all we see are shaky blurry videos of people going out of their way to trip the system up. Or written articles on how it was either great or terrible with no video proof at all.
I just want to see if it works or not dammit!