It is truly pitiful to see MS, a trillion dollar company, making themselves look so pathetic and weak in order to gain sympathy for this acquisition. If they weren’t so lazy and spent some of the billions they have invested in studios they could have possibly created some bangers. But no, they would rather play the victim card and look weak. Sony has always invested in their games and studios and always put out AAA titles that deliver. It’s the whole point of console gaming and yet MS are intent on being lazy and trying to buy up companies with established IP so they can just add them to their catalog to justify Gamepass even more.
This really shows how much more efficient Sony and Playstation is in the console space as well as Nintendo. MS has reduced the Xbox to the point of where I think many owners are questioning wether or not it’s worth to keep investing in such a pathetic company that doesn’t even believe in their own hardware. I thought console sales weren’t even the metric they used anymore? Wasn’t it engagement? They continue to spin and manipulate the conversation. I have a Series X and have always enjoyed Xbox as a whole. However, this generation and what Phil and company have reduced themselves to is making me not even want to keep it much longer. Yes, even though Starvield looks interesting. I cant invest my hard earned money into a product that the company doesn’t even believe in at this point. It defeats the whole purpose of being excited for the hardware and the ecosystem. I hope this deal doesn’t go through and MS changes personnel if possible to reboot this sad state of Xbox. They need people bak like J.Allard and Peter Moore and Seamus Blackley. Those were leaders and people who invested in games and the ecosystem. They believed in their hardware and pushed the boundaries of what it could do to create compelling new games. Phil is just content with being a victim and looking to buy up other people’s hard work and claim it as his while putting forth the least amount of effort. Xbox will never be the same and these hearings are bringing out the absolute worst in them. Shady, pitiful, groveling and just pathetic to even read anymore of this as it continues to go on. Block this deal and get this clown show over with already. Then change up the roster of people at Xbox if possible and see if they can actually make it a compelling platform again.