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Series X|S looking like it could be the last generation of Xbox hardware before they pivot to being a publisher instead of a platform.
On what basis. People are parrotting this all over this thread with no actual reasoning.
I mean there is some justification to it, first off Xbox sales dropping 50percent yoy since release, Xbox gamepass subs have pretty much stagnated, this was said by then not me. So now they're main focus is PC. So they don't even care to much about the series x. They've been preaching cloud gaming as the future. And how they want they're sub service on everything else from their competitions console to tvs. They pretty much bought the largest publishers in the industry and have made their games exclusive to gamepass. There console customers chant to the masses they don't buy games anymore and just hope they come to gamepass. There policies about parity keeping the biggest game of the year off their console for months after release. Everything just points to them not caring about the series x and s. The fact majority of their sales to are series s consoles also shows people don't want the "most powerful console"
All this is pointing to maybe another generation of Xbox consoles and then it'll be cloud and whatever places they have their subscription service.
Console sales can be ignored for now. Thats the issus MS want to solve
Gamepass growth has stagnated but given its explosive growth during the pandemic, I don't think thats a massive cause for concern even if internally MS had set higher targets. If it remains stagnant over the next few years then that is a concern
They can care about PC while still caring about Xbox, they're entirely different markets.
They do believe Cloud is the future, as evidenced by their plans for a "cloud-hybrid" console. Console being the key word there. Perhaps your definition of a console is a device you insert discs into to play games, I don't think MS agree. They clearly see digital & cloud as the way forward but theres no reason that should eliminate the consoles
Wanting Gamepass on every platform is something they'd want even if they swapped positions with Sony. It simply makes money. They can still make games exclusive to Xbox even if Gamepass is on Playstation. People take for granted that Sony is going to continue its dominance with exclusives and Xbox is going to continue having the better subscription service -- that might not happen. Maybe in 5 years Xbox has all the cool exclusives while PS+ is the better value, but if Gamepass is on Playstation at the same time then they're just making money regardless
I don't get your point about BG3 being delayed on Xbox? They insisted on console parity which overall makes sense for them. Why would that indicate they plan to abandon the consoles?
The majority of sales being Series S should encourage them. Xbox said the future is digital and consumers agreed. On here its a touchy subject but Xbox know their target market. The majority of gamers don't care if they have Call of Duty on a disc or not, they just want to go home, turn on their console and play.
You make some good points about how poorly Xbox is performing but none that really convince me that Xbox is about to ditch the console market any time soon. The leaks alone should tell you otherwise