Do you think Microsoft will eventually drop hardware and go 3rd party?

[Rekkapryde]

Why would they leave money on the table besides whatever weird Sony Stan fetish this is.

I’ve told you long ago that microsoft will continue to make hardware just like they do with their surface line.

Gaming division is just falling in line with the rest of their e&d models

it's not leaving money on the table IMO.

Go all out as a publisher. Coming out with another system means nothing either.

Go full third party and eat.

 

[Pressure]

it's not leaving money on the table IMO.

Go all out as a publisher. Coming out with another system means nothing either.

Go full third party and eat.

They don’t have to quit making hardware to promote their software.

 

[Rekkapryde]

They don’t have to quit making hardware to promote their software.

I just don't see it being worth the R&D and shyt when you are putting your games on other consoles anyway. What's the point of getting Xbox hardware when it's going to be on other consoles?

It's been a decade plus and the hardware sales are getting worse each gen.

I don't see it.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

I just don't see it being worth the R&D and shyt when you are putting your games on other consoles anyway. What's the point of getting Xbox hardware when it's going to be on other consoles?

It's been a decade plus and the hardware sales are getting worse each gen.

I don't see it.

 

[ALonelyDad]

PC elitist cats are not leaving Steam

An MS storefront on Nintendo and Playstation storefronts ain't happening either.

Just go full 3rd party Publisher and eat.

Steam might as well be the console the way the pc people stan it lol, it's hard for me to see anyone new come in and try to take that space. PC ppl only care about steam.

 

[itsyoung!!]

Steam might as well be the console the way the pc people stan it lol, it's hard for me to see anyone new come in and try to take that space. PC ppl only care about steam.

this makes no sense

a lot of the most popular games for PC players arent even on steam

League of Legends and Valorant use Tencent app
Fortnite uses EPIC app
World of Warcraft uses Blizzard app

Blizzard loader also has Call of Duty, Diablo 4, Hearthstone, Overwatch, etc

you could go years without using Steam app to play games if you just want to play the most mainstream games

and for many years up until recently, you had to use Origin to play EA games (Apex Legends, Battlefield, Battlefront) and no Blizzard game was on Steam at all (they only recently added Diablo and Overwatch)

I dont think I opened Steam once from 2016-2019 because the games I played were originally only on the Blizzard app (Diablo, Warcraft and Overwatch)

 

[daze23]

We've even heard that Microsoft is exploring options around letting third-parties build Xbox-branded devices, something that could extend as far as letting them directly use the Xbox operating system.

source: we heard

I don't see the point of a 3rd party console. shyt would be expensive, since 3rd party OEM's won't be selling it at a loss

 

[itsyoung!!]

Do you think you’ll ever drop the weight and finally be a productive member of society and get a job for your 41st birthday ? @Gizmo_Duck

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Cac tweets on cac tweets on cac tweets

 

[Apollo Creed]

Windows Central: Microsoft is exploring options around letting third-parties build Xbox-branded devices, possibly with the Xbox operating system​

Xbox has a new "VP of next-gen" and they'll be at CES alongside Lenovo ... but what could it mean for Xbox's future?

Lenovo's gaming handheld presentation is being held at CES 2025 on January 7, and Xbox's Jason Ronald will be in attendance.

www.windowscentral.com

What exactly are the cons of a Xbox OS and STorefront and shifting the hardware to folks who can handle it at scale and you get that overhead off your plate? Seems like a good opp to enter emerging markets tok

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

They’re just about to wrap up a major software drought and release high profile stuff. Their console sales will rebound

 

[DaSk8D00D]

They will keep making hardware (if they're smart they'll release the next console before PS6 like they did with the 360) but at this point its obvious that most, if not all games will eventually be multiplat.

At the very least if Sony doesn't eventually get everything, they're going to port as many games as they possibly can to Switch 2

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

They will keep making hardware (if they're smart they'll release the next console before PS6 like they did with the 360) but at this point its obvious that most, if not all games will eventually be multiplat.

At the very least if Sony doesn't eventually get everything, they're going to port as many games as they possibly can to Switch 2

Mostly Agreed, but I don’t really think releasing new hardware early is going to make a difference at this point.

no one (including MS themselves) would make exclusive software for it