misk@piefed.social to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 days agoAsus’ new ROG Xbox Ally X set to break the bank at $999.99arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down10 cross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.worldarstechnica_index@ibbit.at
arrow-up143arrow-down1external-linkAsus’ new ROG Xbox Ally X set to break the bank at $999.99arstechnica.commisk@piefed.social to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square10linkfedilink cross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.worldarstechnica_index@ibbit.at
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·3 days agoAfter wasting an obscene amount of money on Activision Blizzard, their approach is now: Fire most developers and have the remaining ones use AI tools to compensate. Release all games for PlayStation and Switch (2) as well. End Xbox hardware development and license the brand to 3rd parties who need to make money on the hardware because it’s not subsidized by Microsoft. Make the competition, Steam Deck and even Switch 2 of all things, look like a steal by comparison. I’m confident 80% of the people here would make better business decisions.
minus-squareTelorand@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoXbox: Embrace, Extend, Extinguish! Also Xbox: …wait, were we supposed to do that to other projects?
minus-squareverdi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoLook at the leadership and you have the answer. These are ostensibly absolute imbeciles. They kept failing upwards and even with an infinite money cheat, they managed to failure at making anything good.
After wasting an obscene amount of money on Activision Blizzard, their approach is now:
Fire most developers and have the remaining ones use AI tools to compensate.
Release all games for PlayStation and Switch (2) as well.
End Xbox hardware development and license the brand to 3rd parties who need to make money on the hardware because it’s not subsidized by Microsoft.
Make the competition, Steam Deck and even Switch 2 of all things, look like a steal by comparison.
I’m confident 80% of the people here would make better business decisions.
Xbox: Embrace, Extend, Extinguish!
Also Xbox: …wait, were we supposed to do that to other projects?
Look at the leadership and you have the answer. These are ostensibly absolute imbeciles. They kept failing upwards and even with an infinite money cheat, they managed to failure at making anything good.