Thats It, Im Calling It, Xbox Is Dead, Time...
This isn't a surprising death, when you look back at the last few years Thats It, Im Calling It, Xbox Is Dead, Time Of Death February 20 ...
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Breaking it down: This isnโt a surprising death, when you look back at the last few years Thats It, Im Calling It, Xbox Is Dead, Time Of Death February 20 This isnโt a surprising death, when you look back at the last few years Asha Sharma Microsoft Phil Spencer Xbox By Zack Zwiezen Published | Comments ( 0 ) | ๐ Copied!
ยฉ BritCats Studio () If you read Kotaku even semi-regularly, you already know that Xbox has been in a weird spot for some time now. And with todays 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 before lead Microsofts AI division , I think its time to call it. (it feels like chaos)
This death is far from sudden or surprising .
The Details
If anything, weve all seen it coming for a while now. Reading the news about Xbox often felt like checking in on someone battling a terminal disease and whose fight wasnt going well.
Looking at the endless layoffs, impossible demands from leadership, canceled projects, flops, games getting ported to PlayStation, and loads of mismanagement, it seemed clear that in recent years, Xbox wasnt doing well. The beginning of the end If I had to pick the moment when things truly got rough, it would be when Xbox bought Activision Blizzard .
Why This Matters
After spending $70 billion and enduring years of legal challenges to its efforts to buy the Call of Duty and Warcraft publisher, Xbox finally pulled it off in 2023. But suddenly, Xbox found itself under much more pressure to deliver . Xbox was no longer just a console created a small side hustle; instead it had morphed into a massive publisher with a huge suite of studios, franchises, and employees to manage.
The gaming community has been watching developments like this closely.
Key Takeaways
- Over the next two years, everything kicked off to change at Xbox.
- The company began de-emphasizing the idea that you even needed to own an Xbox to play Xbox games.
- Want to play Halo or Gears of War but dont own an Xbox?
- Dont worry, the games are launching on PC.
The Bottom Line
Dont worry, the games are launching on PC. Its fine, you can stream them via your phone or TV.
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Originally reported by Kotaku
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