It was probably a matter of poor communication. With some people working on PS5 games not having the full picture of what MS was planning to do and canning the hardware and physical teams in the wider restructuring. To illustrate this, my bro said just like with Embracer some people at Activision/Xbox are still unsure if they will keep their jobs or not.
I think the overall strategy hasn't changed though, they can promise the most powerful Xbox of all time today and change those plans if things continue to go south.
It'll depend on how well Xbox games do on PS5/Switch (will their playerbase actually grow), if the next-slate of "exclusives" like Hellblade II and Indiana Jones live up to expectations and how much confidence Xbox owners continue to have in the platform.
Interesting to note that Xbox games on PS5 are branded as 'Microsoft Corporation' and not Xbox, the Xbox splash screen is also missing.
And ours you clowns. Another long development effort wasted on a shitty GAAS project what could've been a good sequel to Arkham Knight instead.
I think the overall strategy hasn't changed though, they can promise the most powerful Xbox of all time today and change those plans if things continue to go south.
It'll depend on how well Xbox games do on PS5/Switch (will their playerbase actually grow), if the next-slate of "exclusives" like Hellblade II and Indiana Jones live up to expectations and how much confidence Xbox owners continue to have in the platform.
Interesting to note that Xbox games on PS5 are branded as 'Microsoft Corporation' and not Xbox, the Xbox splash screen is also missing.
And ours you clowns. Another long development effort wasted on a shitty GAAS project what could've been a good sequel to Arkham Knight instead.