You'd think they would focus on getting Fable, Perfect Dark and perhaps Everwild out the door first 
Hellblade 2 is finally out next month and that took them a year of development for every hour of 30fps gameplay.
The former Windows OEM lead Roanne Sones is now in charge of the Xbox hardware group. (again fueling rumors about third party licensed Xbox hardware).
They've also set up a new group called Xbox Experiences and Platforms focusing on QOL features.
Microsoft is really going in the direction Seamus Blackley always feared: Excel on Xbox.
Anyway I think that before that happens they should just bite the bullet, pull off the bandaid and announce at E3 that they're now a third party publisher. This year Call of Duty: Gulf War will be their biggest release by far and sell more on other platforms. Give Xbox Series X owners a bunch of games or a Phil Spencer fleshlight or whatever and pull the plug. Developers can get games out the door far quicker if its just Steam/PS5 and they no longer have to downgrade for Series S. Dragging along a dead platform is no help to anyone.
Also Rebrand that shit, call the non-Activision Blizzard/Bethesda stuff "Rainbow Games" or whatever, as that is more accurate as to what it actually is.
If this
is your focus now and you mandate it, don't be a coward hiding behind shady consultancy groups, stop pretending you still care about the past and own it.
Because in the end that is what pissed people like me off more than anything, that there was always this T-shirt or teaser or trailer for something that we actually do want.
Hellblade 2 is finally out next month and that took them a year of development for every hour of 30fps gameplay.
(04-06-2024, 09:10 AM)HardcoreRetro wrote: Just in time for the Xbox Series Y. As in Y was this shit console even made.Apparently Kareem Choudhry who was in charge of backwards compatibility, Xbox Cloud and new AI initiatives left Xbox and they merged his XEmTech group with the general Xbox Hardware Team.
The former Windows OEM lead Roanne Sones is now in charge of the Xbox hardware group. (again fueling rumors about third party licensed Xbox hardware).
They've also set up a new group called Xbox Experiences and Platforms focusing on QOL features.
Microsoft is really going in the direction Seamus Blackley always feared: Excel on Xbox.
Anyway I think that before that happens they should just bite the bullet, pull off the bandaid and announce at E3 that they're now a third party publisher. This year Call of Duty: Gulf War will be their biggest release by far and sell more on other platforms. Give Xbox Series X owners a bunch of games or a Phil Spencer fleshlight or whatever and pull the plug. Developers can get games out the door far quicker if its just Steam/PS5 and they no longer have to downgrade for Series S. Dragging along a dead platform is no help to anyone.
Also Rebrand that shit, call the non-Activision Blizzard/Bethesda stuff "Rainbow Games" or whatever, as that is more accurate as to what it actually is.
If this
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is your focus now and you mandate it, don't be a coward hiding behind shady consultancy groups, stop pretending you still care about the past and own it.
Because in the end that is what pissed people like me off more than anything, that there was always this T-shirt or teaser or trailer for something that we actually do want.