I'm pretty sure MS will have a select a free game of your choice bundle around Star Wars and COD: BO as well. They did it with Destiny...
I believe he preceded Kevin Butler. Also unlike KB, he is an actual MS employee in their PR division and not just an actor.
I thought it was pretty corny actually. KB's commercials were much better, but those were professionally done.
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Kevin Butler wasn't real? Damn, I genuinely believed was a proper executive holding the positions of Director of Game Accuracy, VP of Big Action Moments, Chief Weaponologist, VP of First Person Shooter Relations, VP of PS3 Softball Team, Regional Manager of War, VP of Inspiration & Perspiration, VP of Virtual Pet Relations, VP of Family Showdowns, VP of Add More Awesome, VP of Infinite Infinity, VP of The Cold Hard Truth, VP of Silent But Deadly, VP of Heroic Actions, Director of Rumor Confirmation, VP of Enough is Enough, Family Activities Director, VP of Epic Footage, VP of Blu-ray Superiority, VP of Big Deal Deal Making, VP of Fanboy Relations, VP of Epic Gaming for All, VP of Family Funterventions, VP of Bringin' It in 3D, VP of Apologetic Apologies, VP of Realistic Movements, VP of Artistic Modification, VP of Still Got It, VP of Sharpening Things and VP of Explosions.
Microsoft should do a spoof series of ads featuring Bevin Kutler.
Man that was soooo cheezy and badly executed. Kevin Butler on the other hand was 100%+ awesomeness
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I'm sure they were going for cheesy. Anyway, I liked it.
I believe its because they know they suck at it
Maybe, maybe not. Xbox Original as Microsoft's first console and Xbox 360's RRoD problems were enough reasons to make this speculation and rumors happen.
Microsoft refuse to report "any other division financial results" fully. But I'm also curious to know more about Xbox division's finances.
Not necessarily.
That wasn't my point. Xbox may be as profitable as Playsation, and yet some people in Microsoft may think that it's irrelevant to Microsoft.
And yet Satya Nadella was at Xbox E3 2015 conference and is investing more money on Xbox.
And Michael Pachter was analyzing game industry for years.
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And the rumours would be baseless if Microsoft reported Xbox Division's net income. Or not baseless. But at least we'd know.
Ok, I'll grant you that modern media will report any whiff of doom and gloom but the lack of details isn't helping.
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PSA HMCC bundle for $300: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Xbox-One-Ha...869999&afepn=5335869999&rmvSB=true&rmvSB=true
east of eastside
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Predictions--
Microsoft to apply liquid cooling tech it showed off in Surface and Lumia last week to Xbox One and produce a liquid cooled, 16nmFinet, Xbox One set-top streaming box inspired by AMD's Project Quantum in 2016-17.
Microsoft will acquire Radeon Technologies Group from AMD, also in 2016-17, for the strategic advantage of owning and customizing the graphics tech in Xbox, Surface Book, and future devices.
Expect major disruption in the console space over the next two years.
Microsoft to apply liquid cooling tech it showed off in Surface and Lumia last week to Xbox One and produce a liquid cooled, 16nmFinet, Xbox One set-top streaming box inspired by AMD's Project Quantum in 2016-17.
Microsoft will acquire Radeon Technologies Group from AMD, also in 2016-17, for the strategic advantage of owning and customizing the graphics tech in Xbox, Surface Book, and future devices.
Expect major disruption in the console space over the next two years.
Rikimaru
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uh-uh
Surface Book uses Intel and nVidia.
He's not saying it currently uses it, but predicting in 2016-2017 it could switch over to it.
east of eastside
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So?
The Surface I'm typing on has an NVIDIA processor. OG Xbox was NVIDIA. They didn't stay the supplier for either.
Surface Book 1 (and maybe 2?), NVIDIA.. Surface Book 3...MS custom in-house GPU..?? Possibly.. Why did MS just buy Havok, is there a bigger picture that would fit nicely with an AMD acquisition? Combination local and cloud computing on a proprietary GPU in a future MS device?
The Surface dock just gives MS another legitimate reason to invest in AMD and use the graphics IP in a MS device besides Xbox. Windows OEM's can keep using NVIDIA.. MS needs to move onto custom proprietary chips and AMD is cheap for the taking.
Or should MS let Apple or Samsung buy AMD?
Smaller doesn't necessarily mean better. Look at the A9 TSMC vs Samsung problems for the iPhone. But sure logically, there will be a smaller chip of some sort. Also, the Xbox team already had/has a hand in Surface hardware. It was mentioned in the Windows 10 devices presentation. So they're probably more than jazzed that they could purely launch a product, with those lasting first impressions, free of fud.
For the rest of your post, probably not. "Mobile first, cloud first", says the CEO. Remember that, and software and services. There's currently around 100 million windows 10 installations, all able to run the Xbox App. Surely there's at least 10 million of those capable of running at an Xbox One performance minimum.
Look at all the streaming devices launching, with little local storage, voice/motion control, subscription services, and so on. Or refactored, look at all the always-on devices launching, with DRM so that you can't trade your content, and NSA backdoors
.I think you need to look beyond an overpowered physical box like feedback thought it was steering towards, and listen to the words and look at the actions of the company. Now that it's acceptable (see previously mentioned devices) and the sheer numbers mentioned above, I would think Xbox from now on as more like a Windows 10 device or service that gets to Azure. And that includes what's left of the current Xbox One.
I didn't realise you were talking about future products. By XB I assumed you meant XB1 as that's their going concern using AMD.
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How about in 2017/2018 seeing a Surface Book 3 carrying a Zen+GCNx+HBM2 APU that is 100% compatible with XBone titles at increased resolutions?
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Sounds more like wishful thinking than anything based in reality. Would have thought anti-trust laws at the very least would cock-block any purchase of AMD by MS.
Samsung are more likely to buy up AMD than MS, or even some Chinese tech company.
Why? MS buying the graphics arm of AMD doesn't naturally decrease the number of OS providers nor GPU providers unless MS's plan is to stop selling discrete GPUs.
MS seems to be full steam ahead in terms of becoming both a hardware/software company and transitioning using a strategy that includes acquisitions seems the logical course of action.
With the surface team and Panos on the game, we will get a box the size of a current generation power brick that can display real time physical holograms in 4k (my prediction for 2017). QB2 is going to give you new forms of headaches when it breaks into your living room.
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I would love to see the hardware they could develop if consoles had a larger selling price.
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I would love to see the hardware they could develop if consoles had a larger selling price.
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